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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LunaPBC Partners With Genetic Alliance to Drive Medical Discovery
LunaPBC, the founder of LunaDNA, the first community-owned genomic and health data platform, today announced a partnership with Genetic Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to providing ordinary people with powerful tools to transform research. Through the partnership, LunaDNA’s members will gain access to powerful new tools and resources to support health management, while maximizing research opportunities for disease foundations and patient advocacy organizations at scale. Shared values across
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Veta Health Acquires License for 2 Boston Children’s Hospital Homegrown Solutions
Veta Health, the digital health management platform that offers care pathways for ambulatory care management, today announced a strategic alliance with Boston Children's Hospital, whereby it has acquired the license to two homegrown technology solutions, TriVox Health and HelpSteps. The acquisition of licenses to these platforms, which have been deployed in over ten clinics and 15+ clinical areas and reached over 40,000 users to date, furthers Veta Health's technological capabilities as well as
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Mercom: Global Digital Health/Health IT VC Funding Tops $9.5B in 2018
Global venture capital (VC) funding in digital health/health IT, including private equity and corporate venture capital, reach a record-breaking $9.5 billion in funding in 2019, according to market research firm Mercom Capital. The Q4 and Annual 2018 Digital Health (Healthcare IT) Funding and M&A Report also contains year-over-year (YoY) and quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) information on market activity displayed in easy-to-digest charts, graphs, and tables, as well as data-driven analysis The
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Proteus Launches Digital Cancer Chemotherapy Pill Program for Cancer Patients
Proteus Digital Health, Inc., Fairview Health Services, and the University of Minnesota Health announced that for the first time cancer patients are using digital oncology medicines to support treatment regimens and improve outcomes. This advancement helps patients complete oral chemotherapy cycles while oncologists gain new insights into their patients’ treatment progress and overall health status. Proteus, Fairview, and the University of Minnesota Health unveiled the care model for digital
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XIFIN Enters Precision Medicine Market With Launch of VisualStrata
XIFIN has announced the launch of its precision medicine informatics platform, VisualStrata, to help healthcare professionals gain deeper insights into optimal disease treatments and drive personalized care decisions. VisualStrata is the only precision medicine informatics tool that uniquely curates and visualizes diagnostic, clinical and financial data to document the patient journey through diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Precision medicine (PM) programs have the potential to decrease
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PerfectServe Acquires Secure Communication Platform Telmediq
PerfectServe, a provider of cloud-based clinical communication and collaboration (CC&C) solutions, announced the acquisition of secure communications platform Telmediq . The combined power of PerfectServe and Telmediq to connect physicians and nurses across the healthcare continuum creates a clear choice for healthcare organizations looking for a wide-ranging care team collaboration functionality, higher service levels and the latest advancements in technology. Telmediq unifies
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California Health Care Foundation Invests in Nomad Health to Optimize Online Marketplace
Nomad Health, the first online marketplace for healthcare jobs, today announced that they have received an investment from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). CHCF is providing funding through its Health Innovation Fund, which has previously invested in a number of breakthrough healthcare companies, including Quartet Health, Landmark Health, Omada Health, and Propeller Health. As a partner, CHCF will leverage its relationships with healthcare organizations across the state to help
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Cerner Co-Founder & Vice Chairman Cliff Illig Announces Retirement
Cerner, announced today that Cliff Illig, company co-founder and vice chairman of the board of directors, has retired from Cerner to focus on outside interests. Illig co-founded Cerner in 1979 and has served on the board since 1980. He has been vice chairman since March 1999, except for July 2017 through February 2018, when he was chairman of the board and interim CEO. Illig previously served as the company’s chief operating officer until October 1998, and as president of Cerner until March
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