Philips today announced it has expanded its General Care Solution with the new Philips IntelliVue GuardianSoftware mobile client application. The mobile app has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA and leverages the capabilities of Philips’ General Care solution, which includes Early Warning Scoring (EWS), to provide clinicians with the benefit of mobility and optimized workflows. In some hospital medical-surgical units, patient information and color-coded early warning scores are written on a
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Kyruus Launches ProviderMatch for Salesforce to Enable Precise Patient-Provider Matching
Kyruus, a patient-provider matching health IT company, today announced the launch of ProviderMatch for Salesforce, which integrates into Salesforce Health Cloud on the Salesforce AppExchange. Starting at $30k for a yearly subscription, ProviderMatch for Salesforce enables health system access centers to deliver a personalized, end-to-end patient experience by combining Salesforce’s 360-degree view of the patient with Kyruus’ robust matching, appointment booking, and provider data management
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Montefiore Health to Create AI-Based Screening Tool to Help Doctors Identify Lung Failure
Funded by a $1.2 million Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant, Montefiore Health System is building a new artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool to help doctors better identify and treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a deadly, but under-recognized, form of lung failure. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a rapidly progressive disease occurring in critically ill patients.The main complication in ARDS is that fluid leaks into the lungs making breathing
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CMS Awards Apprio $42M Contract for BI/Analytics to Support CMS Health IT Systems
Apprio, a provider of specialized technology solutions, particularly for the health, defense and homeland security markets, announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded the company a $42 million, a five-year contract under the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC).As part of the SPARC Contract, Apprio will perform business intelligence (BI) and analytics support tasks to support CMS health IT systems that will further improve operations in serving
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R1 Expands Physician Practice Footprint with CarePoint Health and Holston Medical Group
Hatred of billing and payment processes is a time-honored tradition in healthcare. Two of the biggest reasons it’s so frustrating as a patient are the lack of transparency and digital elements that we expect out of any typical consumer experience. R1, a provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) services is working to change this, announcing today its continued expansion into the physician practice market with the addition of CarePoint Health, one of the largest privately-held
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Partners Connected Health Unveils Mobile App for Patients/Provider to Share Patient-Generated Health Data from 250 Devices
Partners Connected Health, today announced the launch of a new patient-facing mobile app that allows patients to easily and securely share patient-generated health data (PGID) with their care team from a larger selection of consumer health devices, including activity trackers, wearables, sensors, and remote monitoring devices. Its VitalSnap feature enables the mobile app to capture personal health data from devices without a free-standing app and non-Bluetooth devices. Launched in 2017,
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AMIA Pushes ONC for More Transparency with How Cures Mandated EHR Reporting Program Performs with Live Patient Data
In comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) questioned the constrained scope of the EHR Reporting Program to “provide publicly available, comparative information on certified health IT,” to “inform acquisition upgrade, and customization decisions that best support end users’ needs.” In response, the nation’s informatics professionals strongly recommended that the EHR Reporting Program measure
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Infographic: Connecting the Dots in the Healthcare Internet of Things (IoT)
Healthcare will benefit massively from the Internet of Things (IoT) devices, which could help to optimize care, give patients more tailored treatment, and reduce readmission rates, but there are significant barriers to its adoption that have yet to be resolved. This infographic created by PodM2M sets out how to illustrate how IoT connectivity could benefit the healthcare sector and explores the issues that stand in the way of full adoption.
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HealthXCapital Launches $25M Early-Stage Digital Health VC Fund in SE Asia and India
Singapore-based venture capital firm HealthXCapital today announced the launch of its US$25 million digital health venture capital (VC) fund focused on emerging markets in South East Asia and India. The fund was backed by Apollo Hospitals, Jungle Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures (the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Limited), and other undisclosed private investors.HealthXCapital will focus on addressing: Access & Affordability — by investing in innovative healthcare
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DocuTAP Integrates with Urgent Care Group to Enable Seamless Scaling and Improved Efficiency
DocuTAP, a provider of electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) software for urgent care centers, announced a strategic new partnership with Urgent Care Group (UCG), a Nashville-based urgent care company. Urgent Care Group will use DocuTAP companywide and has implemented DocuTAP’s EMR and PM software solutions in their seven MEDcare Urgent Care centers across South Carolina in Anderson, Spartanburg, Columbia, and Charleston.Prior to the acquisition of MEDcare Urgent Care
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