athenahealth announced this morning that founder Jonathan Bush is stepping down as CEO, effectively immediately. The Board of Directors has initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives and will consider a sale, merger or other transaction involving the Company as well as continuing as an independent company. In addition, the Board has also initiated a search process to identify qualified CEO candidates.Jeff Immelt, Chairman of athenahealth, has been appointed Executive Chairman, Marc
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Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Blood-Based DNA Biomarker Panel
Researchers at Exact Sciences Corp. and Mayo Clinic announced significant progress toward developing a panel of novel, blood-based, DNA biomarkers that could accurately detect hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common cancer that originates in the liver. The researchers detailed their findings during a presentation today at Digestive Disease Week.Using DNA extracted from the blood samples of 244 people, including 95 diagnosed across all stages of HCC, 51 with cirrhosis, and 98 healthy
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Imprivata Launches Mobile Device Access for Secure Access to Clinical Mobile Devices & Apps
Healthcare IT security company Imprivata, today announced the launch of Imprivata Mobile Device Access (MDA), a mobile authentication solution that enables fast, secure access to clinical mobile devices and applications. The solution extends the Imprivata's single sign-on technology for authentication and access management (typically used in workstations) to shared mobile devices, empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of mobility in healthcare.Shared mobile devices facilitate
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Advocare to Replace GE Centricity with eClinicalWorks EHR & Revenue Cycle Platform
Advocare, LLC (“Advocare”), a physician-owned and physician governed multi-specialty medical group, today announced that it will replace GE Centricity with eClinicalWorks EHR and revenue cycle management platform. eClinicalWorks cloud-centric platform V11 will provide Advocare, one of the largest independent health systems, with the latest evolution of the core EHR to streamline and improve overall efficiency and communications and encourage preventive care for its patients. Advocare has nearly
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Apple Opens Health Records API to Developers and Researchers to Create Personalized Apps for Consumers
On Monday, Apple released a new Health Records API for developers and researchers that will empower consumers to better manage medications, nutrition plans, diagnosed diseases and more directly from their iPhone. The new API integration with third-party developers will allow patients of more than 500 hospitals and clinics to access medical information from various institutions organized into one view on their iPhone. Consumers will now be able to share their encrypted health records data from
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Fitango Health Unveils Oncology Precision Medicine App for Providers to Achieve Value-Based Goals
Fitango Health, a provider of integrated care management and patient engagement software, is announcing a transformative new solution, called Fitango Oncology. Fitango Health's innovative application allows healthcare providers to achieve value-based goals through end-to-end engagement spanning the continuum of care.This end-to-end solution is the first of its kind for both oncology and chronic care to integrate decision-support, treatment communication, along with enabling and engaging both
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2bPrecise and PierianDx Team Up to Offer Precision Medicine Solution for Providers
2bPrecise, an EHR-agnostic, cloud-based precision medicine platform, today announced it is collaborating with PierianDx, Inc., the leading clinical genomics knowledge base company, to offer a comprehensive precision medicine solution. The combined solution brings together genomic and clinical data to help providers make more informed care decisions for their patients. This unique technology enables clinicians to concentrate on the most important information to determine what is best for each
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Oshi Health Launches All-in-One Mobile App for IBD Management
Oshi Health, Inc. today announced the release of Oshi, a digital tracking mobile app with all-in-one features for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management and wellness including symptom tracking, curated learning, and expert Q&A. Oshi is now available for download on the Apple App Store or Android Google Play.Currently, there is no known cause or cure for Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC), the two main forms of IBD. Both are marked by inflammation in the lining of the
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Stratus Video Unveils Telehealth Interoperability Product
Language access company, Stratus Video, has announced the ability to add video remote interpreters to any telehealth video conferencing system with their new product, Stratus Link. If healthcare providers need to engage a limited English proficiency (LEP) patient remotely, they can now add a medically qualified Stratus Video interpreter to their telehealth video call.Stratus Video has partnered with thousands of healthcare facilities across the nation, many of whom utilized different telehealth
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EarlySense Acquires Analytics Score Tool That Predicts Cardiac Arrest Risk
EarlySense, the market leader in contact-free continuous monitoring solutions across the healthcare care continuum, announced today it has signed a deal for exclusive global rights to a cardiac predictive analytic scoring tool. Developed by Dr. Dana Edelson, Executive Medical Director of Rescue Care at the University of Chicago, the eCART ‘Lite’ early warning score tool analyzes heart and respiratory parameters to predict cardiac arrest risk and enable early intervention. Dr. Edelson’s clinical
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