Fitbit, today announced it has acquired Twine Health, a HIPAA-compliant health coaching platform that delivers a user-friendly experience to help people manage chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, and to support lifestyle interventions, such as weight loss and smoking cessation.Twine Health’s proven coaching platform is a strong foundation upon which Fitbit plans to expand its offerings to self-insured employers, health plans and health systems. Through the acquisition, Fitbit
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DrFirst Launches E-Prescribing App to Combat Opioid Over-Prescribing
DrFirst, a provider of in e-prescribing and medication management solutions, today announced the launch of iPrescribe, a mobile app that allows physicians to prescribe legend drugs and controlled substances while complying with state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirements. The iPrescribe app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.iPrescribe is the first mobile solution to optimize access to all the necessary tools physicians need to manage patients’
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Change Healthcare Awarded DIN PACS Contract by US Defense Logistics
Change Healthcare today announced that it has been awarded a new Digital Imaging Network-PACS (DIN-PACS) IV contract by the United States Defense Logistics Agency. The DIN-PACS IV contract is a multiyear, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a combined five-year base period and one five-year option period.Under the DIN-PACS IV contract, the Military Health System and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities can procure the full suite of McKesson enterprise imaging
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Engine Biosciences Lands $10M for AI-Driven Drug Discovery Platform
Engine Biosciences("Engine"), a San Francisco, CA-based biotech company pioneering its artificial intelligence and genomics network biomedicine platform for drug discovery has raised $10 million. The seed round was co-led by by DHVC (Danhua Capital) and 6 Dimensions Capital, with participation from global biopharmaceutical leader WuXi AppTec, EDBI, Pavilion Capital, Baidu Ventures, WI Harper, and Nest.Bio Ventures.The company plans to utilize the funding to support its proprietary platform,
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Epic Launches One Virtual System Worldwide to Support Interoperability
Epic Systems, today announced the launch of their new "One Virtual System Worldwide" initiative to ensure clinicians across all organizations using Epic can not only exchange more data, but can interact with each other on that data.The One Virtual System Worldwide initiative consists of three parts: 1. Come Together: Epic finds patient records and brings their data together from Epic organizations, organizations that use other EHRs, government, and networks.2. Happy Together: MyChart patient
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Why Did the Global Digital Health Market Strengthen During Q4 2017?
Healthcare innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC, today released the latest edition of its quarterly study, digihealth impact trac. The report focuses on key Q4 2017 market themes and previews five digital health trends that will matter in 2018. The research reveals that telemedicine is having a far-reaching impact as adoption surges globally. Most importantly, telemedicine solutions are delivering economic benefits and re-shaping the patient-physician relationship, as clinicians learn what it
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drchrono, Nimblr Partner to Automate Two-Way Texting for Patients and Practices
Mobile EHR provider drchrono, today announced a new partnership with Nimblr, developers of Holly, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant who automates healthcare appointments in sync with a practice’s practice management platform.Holly is the first AI virtual assistant focused on front desk tasks for a physician’s practice, and through its integration with drchrono, will give healthcare providers using the practice management platform two-way conversational texting between practices and its
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New Apple Watch App Uses Algorithm to Detect Seizures & Alert Providers
Smart Monitor, a Silicon Valley, CA-based provider of clinically validated solutions for the management of complex chronic conditions has announced the launch of SmartWatch Inspyre for the Apple Watch. The new Apple Watch app uses a unique algorithm to recognize a wearer’s repetitive shaking movements, similar to those caused by convulsive seizures. Designated family members and care providers are alerted upon onset of these movement patterns so they can intervene in a timely manner to maximize
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How Semi-Integrated Payments Can Save Hospitals
On average, hospitals collect less than 65 cents for every patient-dollar owed. Many hospitals have massive “doubtful accounts,” or accounts that are unlikely to ever produce a dime, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. Only a small percentage of these unpaid accounts ever go to collections — the rest are written off as losses.If hospitals are to continue existing, they must make more money than they spend. Unfortunately, the rising cost of healthcare is not helping hospitals recover
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Apple Partners With 12 Hospitals to Bring Medical Records to iPhone for Consumers
Today, Apple announced a new feature as part of the iOS 11.3 beta update for customers to see their medical records right on their iPhone. Johns Hopkins Medicine, Cedars-Sinai, Penn Medicine and other participating hospitals and clinics are among the first to make this beta feature available to their patients.Traditionally, patients’ medical records were held across multiple locations, requiring patients to log into each care provider’s website via a patient portal and painstakingly piece
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