Adoption of digital health tools reached record heights in 2018, according to a recently released survey report from Rock Health. In fact, eighty-nine percent of respondents used at least one digital health tool—up from 80% in 2015. Live video telemedicine and wearable adoption rates surged following a pause in growth in 2017. Meanwhile, respondents were increasingly guarded about their personal health data—in 2018, respondents were less willing to share data with highly-trusted entities like
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Apple to Deploy Health Records Feature on iPhone to Veterans
Today at HIMSS19, Apple announced a partnership with The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deploy the Health Records on iPhone feature to Veterans. For the first time, American veterans receiving care through the Veterans Health Administration will soon be able to securely view their aggregated health records directly in the Health app on their iPhone.Impact of VA Partnership with AppleHealth Records on iPhone will be the first record-sharing platform of its kind available to the VA,
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Providence St. Joseph Health Acquires Blockchain-Powered Revenue Cycle Platform Lumedic
Providence St. Joseph Health, one of the nation's largest health systems, today has acquired Lumedic, a next-generation revenue cycle management platform powered by blockchain technology. Providence St. Joseph Health will be the first integrated provider-payer system to establish a scalable blockchain platform to transform claims processing and enhance interoperability between providers and payers.Optimizing Revenue Cycle ManagementReducing inefficiencies in revenue cycle management (RCM) has
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CHIME Launches Innovation Center to Foster Health IT Innovation
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) today launched CHIME Innovation to facilitate the creation and adoption of healthcare technology innovation and to improve health and care globally. The launch marks the completion of the buildout of the Intermountain and CHIME Innovation Center powered by Sirius Healthcare within the Kem C. Gardner Intermountain Transformation Center in Murray, Utah.CHIME Innovation Center OverviewCHIME Innovation will serve as an educational
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VA Tops 1 Million Video Telehealth Visits in FY2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it has reached a telehealth milestone, achieving more than 1 million video telehealth visits in one fiscal year (FY18), a 19 percent increase in video telehealth visits over the prior year. From October 2017 through September 2018, Veterans received VA quality care during approximately 2.3 million episodes of telehealth care.- About half (1,074,400) were video telehealth encounters, which allows real-time interaction between VA care
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Change Healthcare Offers Free Healthcare Data Interoperability Services for Healthcare Industry
Change Healthcare today announced free clinical data interoperability services for the healthcare industry. The foundational, infrastructure services, namely record locator service, identity management, and document retrieval solution with the protection of patient privacy, support a comprehensive range of use cases. Change Healthcare Interoperability Powered by AWSThe interoperability services will run on the secure, scalable, and agile Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, providing Change
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Cerner Launches AI-Powered Chart Assist to Combat Physician Burnout
Cerner unveils Chart Assist, a new AI-enabled workflow, to join a suite of solutions designed to reduce physician burnout, enhance the clinician’s experience and increase productivity.Cerner Chart Assist OverviewCerner’s suite of AI-enabled solutions goes beyond traditional processing and focuses on user efficiency to identify gaps and inconsistencies within the patient record. These advancements will help providers address patient care and validate diagnoses, ultimately helping to reduce the
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R1, Intermountain to Build Innovation Center in Salt Lake City to Foster Revenue Cycle Innovation
In collaboration with Intermountain Healthcare, R1 plans to build a state-of-the-art Technology and Innovation Center in Salt Lake City to foster revenue cycle management (RCM) innovation. This move reflects the industry’s ongoing effort to offer patient-centric care across the healthcare continuum – starting with an improved patient financial experience. Innovation Center Opening DateScheduled to open in May 2019, the 30,000 square foot facility will be used to evaluate patient needs, test
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Health Data Analytics Platform Health Catalyst Raises $100M, Reaches $1B Valuation
Health Catalyst, a Silicon Slopes, Utah-based provider of next-generation data, analytics and improvement, today announced it has raised $100 million in Series F equity and debt funding led by OrbiMed. The funding also included participation from Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, UPMC Enterprises, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures also contributed to the financing, which lifts Health Catalyst's value above $1 billion. Health Catalyst plans to use the funding
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Ride Share Lyft Expands Partnerships to Address Medicare Advantage Plans
Ride-sharing company Lyft, today announced its plans to expand its collaboration with Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Institute, as well as work with LogistiCare to encompass certain Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. CMS continues to update MA plan flexibility to allow for additional services that address holistic health, and one of the key social determinants of health is access to services and programs. Transportation is the key to unlocking that access, and Lyft is a cost-effective,
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