NJHA and its HRET announce a $1.5 million investment to roll out Collective Medical to hospitals statewide to better monitor opioid prescriptions. As opioid overdoses continue to claim more lives, the New Jersey Hospital Association and its Health Research and Educational Trust announce a $1.5 million investment in an emergency department tracking tool for hospitals statewide to better monitor opioid prescriptions.The tool, developed by Collective Medical, supplies automatic clinical alerts in
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Kaiser Permanente, Emory Healthcare to Create New Integrated Care Model
Emory Healthcare, the clinical arm of Emory University, and Kaiser Permanente, today announced a new collaboration to develop a new integrated care model that provides Kaiser Permanente members with a fully integrated health care experience, and in the process advances patient- and family-centered care in metro Atlanta and beyond. As part of the collaboration, Emory University Hospital Midtown and Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital will become the primary hospitals for Kaiser Permanente physicians
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BioTel Care Unveils Next-Gen Wireless Blood Glucose Monitor for Diabetes Management
BioTel CareTM (formally known as Telcare), a BioTelemetry company has announced the release of its next-generation wireless blood glucose monitor for diabetes management. BioTel Care developed the first FDA-cleared, cellular-enabled glucometer which supports real-time transmission and consolidation of patient data in an FDA-cleared cloud. Building on the success of this technology, BioTel Care is launching its next-generation blood glucose monitor, which includes an innovative touch-screen user
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Benchling Raises $14.5M for Biologics Platform to Streamline R&D for Scientists, Researchers
Benchling, a San Francisco, CA-based biologics platform for scientists, research managers, and executives to streamline and track R&D from discovery to bioprocessing, today announced it has raised $14.5M in Series B funding led by Benchmark. The round also included participation from from F-Prime Capital, a global venture capital firm associated with Fidelity Investments, and returning investor Thrive Capital. Benchling plans to utilize the funding to accelerate product development and
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Google Recognizes Doctor.com as Only Google My Business Partner for Healthcare
Doctor.com, the first customer experience platform purpose-built for the healthcare industry, today announced that it has officially been recognized by Google as the only healthcare-exclusive organization to be a Featured Google My Business (GMB) Partner. This partnership enables Doctor.com clients to have unparalleled control over the Google My Business listings for all of their providers and facilities, a task which is often challenging for healthcare organizations.Doctor.com's platform
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WISHIN, PatientPing Partners to Advance Care Coordination Throughout Wisconsin
Today, PatientPing and WISHIN announced their partnership to improve the health of countless lives in Wisconsin by bolstering its care coordination efforts across the network with real-time patient notifications and additional context. WISHIN, which stands for the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network, is the state’s designated entity for healthcare information exchange (HIE). Using PatientPing’s lightweight care coordination technology, WISHIN is improving upon the existing network of
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Innovaccer Launches Automated Chart Retrieval Solution and Physician Engagement Solution for Payers
With the introduction of new payment models and transition to a patient-centric approach, the role of healthcare payers has become imminent. Historically, healthcare payers have been relying on claims data to build and manage multiple cost reduction programs, but claims data can provide the view of only half of the picture. Payers invest millions of dollars and countless hours retrieving charts and relevant clinical data, taking up as much as 20 days. The lack of comprehensive information along
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GPB Capital Acquires Revenue Cycle Provider Health Prime International
GPB Capital, today announced it has acquired a majority ownership take in Health Prime International (HPI), a National Harbor, MD-based provider of practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices. GPB Capital plans to optimize HPI’s product offerings by integrating HPI with its existing healthcare IT portfolio companies including Cantata Health, Itelagen Healthcare, MDS Medical, Meta Healthcare IT Solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not
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Medidata Acquires SHYFT Analytics for $195M to Power Digital Transformation in Life Sciences
Medidata today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SHYFT Analytics for $195 million in cash, closing the loop on clinical development with commercial and real-world data analytics. SHYFT Analytics cloud data analytics platform for life sciences provides insights on 45B patient records and 2M providers. Medidata's unified platform, pioneering analytics, and unrivaled expertise power the development of new therapies for over 1,000 pharmaceutical companies, biotech,
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Cardiovascular Research Consortium to Provide Access to Real-World Heart Care Data Via TriNetX
Today TriNetX, the global health research network, announced that the Cardiovascular Research Consortium (CRC) has selected TriNetX’s real-world evidence platform to provide the biopharma industry with the first-of-its-kind access to extensive cardiology-specific clinical data. The CRC is a nationwide network of community-based cardiology practices and is one of the largest searchable cardiology patient bases in the U.S, treating an upwards of 3 million patients across 30+ states. Heart disease
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