CareCloud, a cloud-based EHR/practice management platform, today announced its top predictions for 2018, including modern mobile technology redefining how medical groups deliver patient experience alongside patient care. Medical practices have reached a tipping point as the industry accelerates its shift to value-based care and adapts to patient demands for a better consumer experience at the doctor’s office.CareCloud researchers tracking the intersection of technology with patient expectations
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Zansors Develops Cloud System to Allow Sensors & Apps to Send Patient-Generated Data
Zansors labs has built the cloud components to allow sensors and apps to send data to medical institutions using the Direct standard, in compliance with Meaningful Use requirements. This ensures that patients using Zansors tools have a secure way to send their personal health data to their healthcare team.Zansors’ infrastructure will help patients send data from evidence based apps, through a secure cloud-based channel, to clinicians via a health system’s Electronic Health Record (EHR). This
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12 Defining Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2018
PwC's Health Research Institute (HRI) outlines 12 defining healthcare trends to watch in 2018 that will be distinguished by persistent uncertainty and risk. 2018 will be distinguished by persistent uncertainty and risk for the US health industry. 2018 is likely to mirror 2017 - a year marked by raucous debates over health and tax reform and a series of crises triggered by natural disasters - in terms of volatility, according to the latest research from PwC's Health Research Institute
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BioSymetrics Launches Analytics Platform to Revolutionize AI in Biomedicine
BioSymetrics, Inc., a technology company that aims to transform data analytics for the biomedical industry, today announced the launch of its pre-processing and analytics platform, Augusta. Augusta is a proprietary technology that allows standardized processing and integration of multiple, diverse raw data types, facilitating rapid deployment of AI projects in precision medicine, drug discovery, and digital health data applications. Currently, Augusta provides over 150 modules for the processing
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Biotricity Awarded FDA 510(k) Clearance for its Biometric Remote Monitoring Device
Biotricity - a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company dedicated to delivering innovative, biometric remote monitoring solutions, that details how the Company has received its 510(k) clearance for its Bioflux device with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This latest 510(k) is the final FDA requirement needed for Biotricity to bring to market Bioflux in the U.S.Bioflux consists of a proprietary mobile ECG monitoring device and an ECG viewer software package, that
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Cigna Acquires Brighter to Expand Digital Health Engagement of Consumers
Health insurer giant Cigna has announced the acquisition of Brighter Inc., a SaaS-based digital health plan platform and engagement service provider to leading health services organizations. The acquisition of Brigther's digital health plan platform will build upon the already successful relationship between Cigna and Brighter by accelerating the development of Cigna’s mobile and desktop platforms and creating new end-to-end experiences that connect health consumers and providers with the
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Doctor.com, Connect Health Merge to Power the Digital Patient Journey
Doctor.com has merged with Connect Healthcare, a provider of SaaS provider directory and reputation management solutions to healthcare enterprises. For the first time, healthcare organizations can manage provider data, search, online listings, patient feedback analysis, reputation monitoring, transparency, and online scheduling -- all from one unified platform.Doctor.com seamlessly integrates provider data warehousing, web-wide listings management, reputation insights, universal online
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YC-Backed Elemeno Health Nabs $1.3M for Cloud-Based Virtual Coach
Elemeno Health, a Y Combinator-backed digital health startup has raised $1.3 million in seed funding led by Launchpad Digital Health. The startup plans to use the funding to expand and invest in its proprietary cloud solution for frontline healthcare teams. Currently, Elemeno Health’s app is in use by teams in multiple health systems in California, including UCSF.Founded in 2016 by UCSF Associate Professor Arup Roy-Burman, MD, and veteran Electronic Arts (EA) Game Developer Ed Nanale, Elemeno
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drchrono EHR Integrates With FlexScanMD to Help Medical Practices Track Product Inventory
Mobile EHR provider drchrono has announced its new integration partnership with the leading provider of cloud-based, medical inventory management, FlexScanMD. The new integration between drchrono and FlexScanMD allows medical practices to seamlessly track the products they stock, dispense and sell. Although inventory management is highly critical to many medical practices, it is often handled manually due to the lack of communication between a practice’s inventory management software, EHR and
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TriNetX Launches NLP Service to Extract Clinical Facts From Physician Notes & Clinical Reports
TriNetX, a global health research network for healthcare organizations, biopharmaceutical companies, and Contract Research Organizations (CROs), today announced the general availability of its Natural Language Processing (NLP) service. TriNetX’s NLP service utilizes sophisticated algorithms to extract clinical facts from physician notes and clinical reports, links them with other Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data, and makes the combined data available for assessing study feasibility, protocol
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