The American Medical Association (AMA) and Google are teaming up to launch the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge. Sponsored by Google, the challenge aims to inspire novel examples of mobile health technology - such as wearable devices and applications - that effectively monitor and share medical data between patients and physicians to improve the management of chronic diseases.“The AMA is working to unleash a new era of patient care through its Integrated Health Model
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TruSense Releases Amazon Alexa Integrated ‘Smart’ Personal Emergency Response Pendant
TruSense, a smart home monitoring solution designed for seniors, has added the first-ever smart personal emergency response (PERS) pendant to combine GPS with notification when it is not being worn. Made to alleviate caregiver worry, the pendant works in conjunction with TruSense Home, a sensor-based smart home solution. This allows for customized alerts when the user is not wearing the pendant, extending protection outside of the home.Customized alerts can notify caretakers when the wearer has
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Kern Medical to Implement Cerner Millennium EHR & PHM Platform
Kern Medical, a 222-bed acute care teaching center based in Bakersfield, California, has selected Cerner to implement the Cerner Millennium EHR and Cerner HealtheIntent big data and insights platform for population health management. Kern Medical's transition to Cerner Millennium EHR is designed to support an individual’s care journey across the continuum – from the doctor’s office to the hospital and outpatient clinics – with consistent patient engagement.Kern Medical made the choice based on
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Providence Health & Services Launches Digital Therapeutic Pilot Program for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
WellDoc announced a pilot program with Providence Health & Services to examine the use of WellDoc’s BlueStar, an FDA-cleared, proven digital therapeutic for individuals with type 2 diabetes. Providence Health & Services has utilized the power and innovation of mobile technology into clinical practice before and is now carrying it into the diabetes management arena.The pilot program will take place in the Providence Health & Services Oregon/SW Washington Region. It will include
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SCI Solutions Acquires Digital Patient Engagement Company DatStat
SCI Solutions (SCI), a patient access and care coordination software company has acquired DatStat, a provider of patient engagement and digital health tools. The combination of SCI’s market-leading patient scheduling, referral management and revenue cycle software with DatStat’s digital self-service tools for pre-visit preparation, secure messaging, visit summaries and care plans, creates a complete patient access and engagement solution for patients to conveniently connect with their care teams
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Public Health Study Reduces Asthma Rescue Inhaler Use by 78% in Louisville
Propeller Health and peer-reviewed healthcare journal, Health Affairs, published results from a cross-sector partnership in Louisville, KY, that it has successfully reduced the burden of asthma. As one of the largest public health studies on asthma, Air Louisville is a collaboration among 25 public, private and philanthropic organizations to use digital health technology to improve asthma. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funded the successful study, with additional funding from the
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4medica to Launch FHIR-based Clinical Data Repository for HIEs
In its latest offering for the health information exchange technology stack, 4medica is set to launch the industry’s first FHIR-based clinical data repository (CDR) with patient record matching; developed for patient-centered data homes and other initiatives. Scheduled for release in early summer, the 4medica CDR will also match patient records and eliminate duplicate records with powerful accuracy and speed. How the 4medica CDR advances a universal patient recordHistorically, HIEs move rather
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Iowa’s Largest Private Physician Group Transitions to eClinicalWorks EHR
Physician’s Clinic of Iowa (PCI), one of Iowa's largest, private specialty medical groups, will convert to eClinicalWorks’ comprehensive cloud EHR solution, V11, for all of its 84 providers. PCI selected the eClinicalWorks solution for its ability to seamlessly integrate within the existing hospital system, for its focus on ambulatory care and the connectivity with Carequality, an interoperability network. The eClinicalWorks solution will also help PCI streamline and improve overall efficiency
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AAFP & Zipnosis Partner to Bring Virtual Care to Family Physicians Nationwide
Today, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Zipnosis announced a strategic partnership to provide a virtual care platform to the AAFP’s 129,000 members and their patients. With the virtual care platform’s online diagnosis and treatment solution with the option of video, AAFP members now can offer their patients convenient access to care by connecting them virtually with their family physician anywhere at any time.AAFP plans to offer the virtual care platform to a select group of
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Innovaccer Launches InGraph to Transform Healthcare Analytics
To assist organizations facing the challenge of fragmented data and limited insights, Silicon Valley-based Innovaccer today announced the launch of their Population Health and Networks Analytics Solution, InGraph today. Built on our healthcare data platform, InGraph provides holistic population health and network analyses and offers a strong foundation to power efficient care management and cost-effective quality improvement.Efforts to improve care for a population or system have driven care
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