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Lyft Business, today announced a partnership with Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the country to offer ride sharing for patients. Patients at Banner Health’s 28 hospitals, 46 urgent care sites and hundreds of centers, clinics and specialty care locations, will now be able to use Lyft to easily get to and from important medical appointments. In addition, Lyft and Banner will work toward creating innovative programs that could help increase access to health
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Konica Minolta Launches Portable Ultrasound for Optimized Clinical Workflow
, interventional guidance and outpatient centers. SONIMAGE MX1 delivers the power, ease-of-use and portability that physicians need to make a confident and efficient diagnosis at the point-of-care. Designed for MSK, anesthesia and pain management exams, the new ultrasound system provides high-resolution image quality and simplified workflow with an intuitive touchscreen interface. Developed with the MSK practitioner in mind to shorten the system learning curve, the easy-to-use MX1 System
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Cedar Raises $36M for Modern Patient Financial Management Platform
Cedar, the patient financial management platform for hospitals, health systems and independent medical groups, today announced a Series B fundraising round of $36 million, led by the global investment company Kinnevik. Participants in the round include existing investors Founders Fund and Thrive Capital, as well as Lakestar, Sound Ventures, Kevin Systrom of Instagram and Nat Turner of Flatiron Health. Cedar plans to use the funding to further invest in the next generation of its innovative
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HSBlox Unveils Healthcare Blockchain Referral Management Solution
HSBlox, a technology company that is bringing innovation and transparent economics to the healthcare ecosystem, today announced the launch of its Advanced Referral Manager (ARM) solution, which utilizes blockchain technology to automate the referral administration process, resulting in decreased network leakage, time and money savings for payers and providers, and enhanced patient care.Current market challenges reveal high costs and manual processes associated with referral administration,
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Allscripts Taps MedAware to Eliminate Prescription-based Medication Errors
MedAware has been selected by Allscripts patient safety and save lives. This is significant as new interoperability challenges arise created by an all-digital healthcare system. In the US alone, 1.5 million prescription errors per year result in injury or death. Nearly every organization has an EHR and physicians are being bombarded by huge stores of patient data. Allscripts has selected MedAware as its partner to put this data to work – to achieve meaningful interoperability and improve care
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Roche Acquires Rest of Foundational Medicine for $2.4B to Enhance Precision Medicine
Roche, today announced it has acquire all of the outstanding shares in Foundation Medicine that is not already owned by Roche and its affiliates for $2.4B, representing $137 per share. Together, the companies will leverage expertise in genomics and molecular information to enhance the development of perdsonalized medicines and care for patients with cancer.Foundation Medicine, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a market leading molecular information company dedicated to a transformation in
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Qardio Integrates Remote Monitoring Solution with Greenway Health EHR Solution
Qardio, today announced it has remote monitoring platform, QardioMD is integrated with Greenway Health’s electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solutions. QardioMD platform offers Qardio’s medical grade products and remote monitoring solutions to doctors, to help manage their patients’ health more efficiently while making billing for such care easier. The QardioMD remote monitoring solution is available to Greenway Health doctors via Greenway Marketplace at
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University Hospitals Taps 2bPrecise to Deliver Genomic Insights
University Hospitals, today announced it, has selected the 2bPrecise® platform to bring genomic data into the clinical workflow, impacting patient care in both acute and ambulatory settings. The 2bPrecise platform is an offering from 2bPrecise LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allscripts. University Hospitals (UH) serves the needs of patients through an integrated network of 18 hospitals, more than 50 outpatient health centers and 200 physician offices in 15 counties throughout northern Ohio.
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DreaMed Diabetes Granted FDA Approval for Personalized Diabetes Decision Support Solution
DreaMed Diabetes, an Israeli-based developer of personalized diabetes management solutions, today announced that the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a De Novo request for DreaMed Advisor Pro, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based diabetes treatment decision support software. Advisor Pro is indicated to assist healthcare providers in the management of people with type 1 diabetes who use insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).The announcement marks the second
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Deloitte Integrates Patient Engagement Solution with Apple to Improve Adherence to Treatment Plans
Deloitte, today announced it has integrated its ConvergeHEALTH Patient Connect product with Apple HealthKit, CareKit and ResearchKit frameworks, enabling patients to improve adherence to treatment plans while supporting connectivity to clinical research. This is the latest in a series of innovative additions to the ConvergeHEALTH product portfolio. ConvergeHEALTH is a group of products engineered and built by Deloitte to enable life sciences clients to respond to the shift to
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