Clinical trials are a crucial component to advancing healthcare, bringing new therapies to market and better understanding the pathological process of disease in the human body. That said, the clinical research industry is bogged down in antiquated processes, and is hungry for innovative tech that puts patients first to drive the industry forward.ObvioHealth, a healthcare technology company, just announced the official launch of its mobile application for site-less clinical studies—ClaimIt. The
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Puerto Rico’s Largest MSO Goes Live on Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform
Inmediata, Puerto Rico's largest Management Service Organization (MSO), went live on Innovaccer’s healthcare data platform to drive analytics-powered healthcare, gain insights into provider performance and deliver value-based care. Inmediata currently manages around 70% of patient data across the island of Puerto Rico. Using rapid integration and advanced data analytics provided by Innovaccer's healthcare data platform company, Inmediata will be able to bring their data together and identify
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University of Louisville Hospital Goes Live on Integration Engine to Support Interoperability
Orion Health announced that the University of Louisville Hospital has selected and gone-live with its newly-launched Rhapsody as a Service (RaaS). RaaS is a cloud-based integration engine that University of Louisville Hospital uses to support critical interoperability and security initiatives, and realize major time savings. This news follows Orion Health’s recent acquisition of its Rhapsody business by Hg, a private equity technology investor. While the Hg agreement will not be fully completed
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Change Healthcare Rolls Out “Kill Switch” for HealthQX Value-based Care Analytics Suite
Change Healthcare Intelligent Healthcare Network, today unveiled “BYOK” and “kill switch” technology to help payers and providers control security and respond to threats quickly and decisively. The new BYOK service ncludes an innovative “Bring Your Own Key” (BYOK) service now offered as part of the company’s cloud-based HealthQx® value-based care analytics suite.Prior to today’s release of this new Change Healthcare Security Management BYOK service, cloud encryption keys in healthcare were
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Phoenix Health Systems Selected for Multi-Year IT Outsourcing Partnership by Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center
Phoenix Health Systems, the leading independent provider of hospital IT outsourcing and consulting services, today announced that Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center has signed a long-term contract for IT department management and software and infrastructure support. Southwest Regional is a modern facility with 165 licensed beds offering advanced equipment and a broad range of services to our patients. Its physicians and other healthcare professionals remain on the forefront of modern
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Cricket Health Appoints Dr. Carmen A. Peralta as New Chief Medical Officer
Cricket Health, a specialty care provider for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients, announced today that Carmen A. Peralta, MD, MAS, has been named the company’s chief medical officer (CMO). Dr. Peralta, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and a renowned nephrologist who has served on Cricket Health’s medical advisory board, will lead the company’s medical team as it expands its programs and clinical footprint around
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CareCloud Adds Spanish to Patient Experience Platform, Breeze
Medical groups using CareCloud's eCommerce platform Breeze en Español to help patients manage and pay for their healthcareAs part of a continued drive to improve every aspect of a patient’s experience and make healthcare more accessible, CareCloud, the platform for high-growth medical groups, is making its patient experience management platform, Breeze, available in Spanish. Through Breeze en Español, medical groups now will be able to remove the complexity and difficulty of scheduling,
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Breaking: CMS Proposes Historic Changes to Restore the Doctor-Patient Relationship & Streamline Clinical Billing
CMS proposed historic changes to Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and the Quality Payment Program (QPP) to restore the doctor-patient relationship and streamline clinical billing.On Thursday, , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed historic changes that would increase the amount of time that doctors and other clinicians can spend with their patients by reducing the burden of paperwork that clinicians face when billing Medicare. The proposed rules would fundamentally improve
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Qardio and UFOA Launch Remote Monitoring Hypertension Program for NYC Firefighters
Qardio, a digital health company, and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association (UFOA) of New York City representing 2600 active members and 5000 retirees, announced today that Qardio remote monitoring solutions for hypertension will be available to additional UFOA’s active members who will now have an easy way to check on their blood pressure anytime, anywhere and share their vitals with their doctors automatically. This initiative is the result of a successful nine-month pilot program conducted
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CarePort Health, Jackson Health Launch First-of-its-Kind Integration with Cerner EHR System
CarePort Health, a provider of care management and post-acute outcomes solutions, announced that longtime Care Management client Jackson Health System will continue its partnership and extend its agreement to utilize CarePort’s discharge planning and referral management platforms at six Miami-area hospitals, medical centers and long-term care facilities.Additionally, CarePort and Jackson Health System developed a first-of-its-kind integration solution between the hospital’s Cerner EHR and the
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