SERMO's FICO score for drugs; First of its kind clinical decision tool now includes 600,000 ratingsSERMO, a global social network for physicians has announced major growth in physician ratings of pharmaceutical drugs on its one-of-a-kind Drug Ratings platform. With 625,000 individual ratings across several criteria submitted exclusively by physicians as of March 2018, Drug Ratings is the largest unbiased, global database of physician feedback on drugs.Launched in May 2017, Drug Ratings is the
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healthfinch Nabs $6M for Charlie Practice Automation Platform
healthfinch, a Madison-based healthcare IT startup, has secured $6 million in funding led by Adams Street Partners to continue building and supporting its award-winning Charlie Practice Automation Platform. This funding brings the company’s total raised to over $17MM since it was founded in 2011.The Charlie Practice Automation Platform, developed by healthfinch, automates routine, repetitive clinical tasks in athenahealth, Epic, and Allscripts EMRs. Its refill management and visit planning
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Aetion Raises $36M to Expand Evidence Analytics Platform for Value-Based Care
Aetion, a software platform company that delivers real-world analytics and evidence needed for biopharma and payers to engage in value-based care, has raised $36.4 million in Series B funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and included a new investor, Amgen Ventures, alongside existing investors Flare Capital Partners, Lakestar and Oxeon Ventures. Mohamad Makhzoumi of NEA will join the Aetion board of directors.With the addition of the $36 million, Aetion has raised a
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Zocdoc Joins Epic App Orchard to Enable Patient Self-Scheduling
Zocdoc, the digital health marketplace used by millions of patients, today announced its availability in the Epic App Orchard. Dozens of leading health systems take advantage of an API integration between Zocdoc and Epic, and Zocdoc's inclusion in the App Orchard program creates a more streamlined experience. Customers include the Mount Sinai Health System, Houston Methodist, and many more.As an App Orchard contributor, Zocdoc will utilize application programming interfaces (APIs), which serve
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Oracle Health Unveils mHealth Connector Cloud Service to Collect Patient Data During Clinical Trials
Oracle Health Sciences releases its new mHealth Connector Cloud Service that will enable clinical study teams to remotely collect e-Source data from patient sensors, wearables and apps during their clinical trials, all while delivering a new level of patient engagement and centricity.“We are thrilled to announce our new mHealth Connector as it holds great promise in speeding clinical trials and bringing more drugs to market faster. Being able to take what used to be patient-recorded data and
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Critical Access Hospital Replaces Paragon with eClinicalWorks Acute Care EHR
Waverly Health Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital located in Waverly, Iowa is expanding its relationship with eClinicalWorks by replacing their existing EHR from Paragon Inpatient to eClinicalWorks Acute Care EHR and Revenue Cycle Management. This transition will reduce overall implementation costs while creating unified patient records in inpatient and outpatient communities while ensuring the seamless exchange of information.“At Waverly Health Center we are dedicated to providing high
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U.S. News to Add Patient Experience Ratings to Online Doctor Profiles
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and civic journalism, collaborates with Binary Fountain, a provider of patient feedback management solutions. The Binary Fountain has one of the largest data repositories of online patient reviews and surveys in the healthcare industry. Through this partnership, U.S. News will publish patient experience ratings from Binary Fountain on many of its doctor profile pages, enabling consumers to compare physicians and help make
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Surescripts Expands Interoperable Network to Over 300 Hospitals, 230M+ Patient Records Accessible in EHR
Surescripts today announced that it’s expanding access to clinical records of more than 230 million patients to a growing group of clinicians across 295 hospitals nationwide. Through the Surescripts Network Alliance, more clinicians can now leverage its Record Locator & Exchange for a more complete view of patient history data directly in the EHR. Successfully delivering past care locations and summaries from outside a given region or health system remains a challenge for many healthcare
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AMA and Google Launch Healthcare Interoperability and Innovation Challenge to Foster Data Sharing
The American Medical Association (AMA) and Google are teaming up to launch the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge. Sponsored by Google, the challenge aims to inspire novel examples of mobile health technology - such as wearable devices and applications - that effectively monitor and share medical data between patients and physicians to improve the management of chronic diseases.“The AMA is working to unleash a new era of patient care through its Integrated Health Model
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TruSense Releases Amazon Alexa Integrated ‘Smart’ Personal Emergency Response Pendant
TruSense, a smart home monitoring solution designed for seniors, has added the first-ever smart personal emergency response (PERS) pendant to combine GPS with notification when it is not being worn. Made to alleviate caregiver worry, the pendant works in conjunction with TruSense Home, a sensor-based smart home solution. This allows for customized alerts when the user is not wearing the pendant, extending protection outside of the home.Customized alerts can notify caretakers when the wearer has
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