Imprivata, the healthcare IT security company, today introduced Imprivata Identity Governance as the first step in enabling end-to-end Healthcare Identity and Access Management (IAM) with Microsoft Azure Active Directory. Imprivata Identity Governance delivers a new level of security and compliance to healthcare organizations by ensuring the right users have the right access to the right on-premises and cloud applications, and the audit trail to prove it.Complements Microsoft Azure Experience
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Connecticut Launches State-Wide Hospital Quality Scorecard & Cost Estimator
The Connecticut Office of Health Strategy (OHS) has launched a state-wide online hospital quality scorecard and cost estimator solution called Healthcare CT to assist residents in making informed decisions concerning their healthcare among healthcare providers. The website has interactive tables and graphs that allow consumers to search, sort, and filter by entity, quality measure, health topic, and rating. In addition, the solution promotes cost transparency in healthcare improves access to
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Norton Healthcare Goes Live on Kyruus ProviderMatch Patient Access Platform
Norton Healthcare, a not-for-profit health system based in Louisville, has deployed the Kyruus patient-provider matching solutions to enhance patient access across its five hospitals, 14 urgent care clinics, and 190 medical practices. Now working with Kyruus, Norton Healthcare is empowering consumers to choose the providers that best suit their unique clinical needs and personal preferences for both adult and pediatric care.Enterprise-Wide Provider DirectoryBefore deploying ProviderMatch for
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M&A: Experian Acquires Care Coordination Platform MyHealthDirect
Experian has acquired MyHealthDirect, a developer of digital care coordination solutions based in Nashville that optimizes scheduling and care planning for providers, payers and consumers. The move gives Experian’s health business a strategic boost as it continues enabling clients to meet the changing demands of consumers – in particular, demands around removing complexity and increasing transparency in healthcare. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Growing Importance of
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UCHealth Offers Virtual Assistant “Livi” to Patients Through Amazon Alexa
UCHealth announced this week it now offers a virtual assistant called “Livi” who allows patients to interact universally across the healthcare system using conversational AI, accessed through smart speakers.Introducing Virtual Assistant "Livi"Livi is a fully functional, all-inclusive virtual assistant sets the healthcare system apart from others that have launched virtual assistants only for a few services or specific tasks. Visitors to www.uchealth.org can chat with Livi through text commands,
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DrChrono EHR Integrates With OutcomeMD to Track, Analyze Patient Outcome Data, Cofounding Factors
DrChrono, a medical practice EHR and OutcomeMD, a company revolutionizing medical outcome tracking, today announced its integration that gives practices using DrChrono’s EHR the seamless ability to incorporate patient-reported outcomes into their clinical flow.
OutcomeMD Solution Overview
OutcomeMD is a software solution that uses literature validated patient-reported outcome instruments to score and track a patient’s symptom severity and inform treatment decisions. The platform’s outcome
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DrFirst Integrates With Imprivata to Enable Single Sign-On Secure Messaging
DrFirst announced today their collaboration to deliver single sign-on (SSO) access to HIPAA compliant messaging. Using DrFirst Backline and Imprivata Mobile Device Access, users can now securely communicate in real-time across care team members and patients without the burden of manual logins to access Backline.Impact of Single Sign-On for CliniciansResearchers have found that single sign-on improves productivity among providers, increases HIPAA compliance, decreases errors, and significantly
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Genneve Raises $4M for Telemedicine Clinic for Women with Menopause
Genneve, a Seattle-based digital health company for women in midlife & menopause has raised $4M in seed funding led by BlueRun Ventures including participation from Maven Ventures and Startup Health. The latest round brings the startup’s total funding to date to $5.3 million, GeekWire first reports.Telemedicine Clinic for MenopauseEvery woman will experience menopause which lasts 4-10 years, costing her on average $20k through trial-and-error spending on prescriptions, doctor visits,
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SHUH, Syapse to Build South Korea’s First Real-World Data Sharing Network for Precision Oncology Hospitals
SNUH and Syapse will collaboratively work towards building South Korea’s first real-world data-sharing network for leading precision oncology hospitals in the region. Syapse, a company accelerating precision medicine through insights derived from its global health system network, and Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), a South Korea-based hospital, today announced that they have extended their partnership with a new multi-year agreement. As part of their partnership, SNUH and Syapse will
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Cerner, Duke to Pilot Cerner Learning Network to Innovate Clinical Research Registries
Cerner Corporation has announced the development of the Cerner Learning Health Network to help clinicians more easily and efficiently gain health insights and guide care. As part of the development, Cerner and the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) have joined together to pilot the Cerner Learning Health Network and innovate clinical research registries in the process.Learning Registry by the DCRI Pilot ProjectThe pilot project and study, named the Learning Registry by the DCRI, will use
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