LexisNexis and QuadraMed, a division of Harris Healthcare, today announced they have partnered to improve patient matching for QuadraMed’s Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) software and clean-up customers at over 1,200 healthcare facilities. QuadraMed diagnoses, treats, cures and prevents patient identity issues through a comprehensive set of software and services, including duplicate and overlap reconciliation, but its ability to confirm that two records represent the same person is
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BREAKING: eMDs Acquires Ambulatory EHR Aprima to Strengthen Position in Ambulatory EHR Market
eMDs announced today that it has acquired Aprima Medical Software (“Aprima”), a provider of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) software and revenue cycle management (RCM) solutions to ambulatory care organizations. The acquisition strengthens eMDs position in the ambulatory EHR space to serve over 63,000 providers in over 26,000 practices and hospitals across the world.For two decades, Aprima serves physicians in primary care and more than 70 specialties with a fast,
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Prenetics Group Acquires ‘Psychologist in a Pocket’ Kelaa App
Prenetics, a Southeast Asia-based global genetics, and digital health company announced it has acquired Kelaa App, the core product of Soma Analytics and associated assets. Founded in Germany in 2013, the Kelaa’ smartphone app available on Apple and Android devices provides tailored recommendations on how to deal with day-to-day stresses through bite-sized personalized daily sessions for employees and businesses. Used by a number of Britain’s leading medium to large enterprises, including
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Former ONC Chief Karen DeSalvo Joins LRVHealth as Executive Advisor
Former ONC Chief and Assistant Secretary at HHS joins “Inside Healthcare” investing platform focused on identifying and nurturing digital health innovation. Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who served as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Assistant Secretary for Health (Acting) during the Obama administration is joining LRVHealth as an executive advisor. LRVHealth is an early-stage venture platform exclusively focused on finding, investing in and building disruptive new digital health,
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Phynd Lands $8M to Expand EHR-Integrated Provider Information Platform
Phynd, a Dallas-based provider information management platform, today announced it has raised more than $8 million in Series B funding from participating investors MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Rex Ventures (the investment arm of UNC Health Care), Orlando Healthcare Ventures and Dallas Venture Partners. Provider Information ManagementFounded in 2013, Phynd is a strategic enterprise platform managing all operational provider data, powering your core processes with robust provider data via
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MbientLab Launches Wearable Sensor Solution for Physical & Occupational Therapists
MbientLab, a company building the next generation of sensors and tools for the healthcare industry, announced the availability of its MIOTherapy (MIO) – the first wearable technology platform that integrates the effectiveness of traditional physical therapy with smart sensors, therapeutic exercises, games, and 3D visualization technology to personalize and improve outpatient rehabilitation and accelerate recovery.Wearable Sensor Technology to Improve Outcomes of TherapyUsing a unique combination
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Digital Reasoning and Clearwater Merges AI + Security to Transform Patient Experience
Digital Reasoning and Clearwater (a healthcare security provider) today announced a strategic three-year Cyber Risk Services partnership enabling healthcare providers to realize the promise of artificial intelligence (AI) supported by a proven and trusted cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance program. This partnership sets the standard for how the healthcare industry can merge these cutting-edge technologies to derive deeper value from patient data + achieve a triple aim - cost, quality, and
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Blockchain Technology: A Hopeful Secure Solution for Healthcare?
An electronic health record, or EHR, contains the patient’s name, date of birth, and social security number. It also contains the names of the patient’s employers, dependents, and more. Considering the increasing number of healthcare data breaches, blockchain technology that enables patient-mediated health data exchange provides a potential security solution opportunity.Infographic created by Duquesne University School of Nursing illustrates the promising potential of utilizing blockchain
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Taking New Medications: Consumers Blame Anxiety on Lack of Time with Physicians
More than half of consumers lack confidence in their ability to properly take new medications as directed, according to a survey released by DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and patient medication management solutions. Among the consumers who had concerns about taking new medications correctly, two-thirds blamed their anxiety on a lack of time with physicians at the point of care.Survey BackgroundThe online survey of 200 consumers was 40 percent male and 60 percent
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Health Gorilla Brings Data Interoperability to 24 Hospitals in Mexico
Health Gorilla and Grupo Ángeles Servicios de Salud, a major health system in Mexico, just announced a new partnership to enable interoperability across its 24-hospital system. This creates the largest interoperable network in Mexico and will improve care for millions of patients by making it easy for providers to access all of their health data at the point of care.As part of this initiative, Grupo Angeles Servicios de Salud will bring together data from multiple disparate IT systems across the
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