Data security and care team coordination are the two top considerations for CIOs in healthcare today, according to a recent Spok survey. The report administered by CHIME surveyed more than 100 CIOs, who responded to questions about their big-picture goals, the use-cases driving their mobile app selections, and which common workflows they are focused on improving. When asked which business goals CIOs are focused on for the next 18 months, an overwhelming majority (81 percent) cited
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PrecisionBI Integrates With VitreosHealth for Population Health Analytics
PrecisionBI, a provider of healthcare analytics, business intelligence and clinical and financial decision has announced a strategic relationship with VitreosHealth, a provider of predictive and prescriptive health insights for population health management.As part of the partnership, PrecisionBI will leveraging VitreosHealth to bring customized care insights to its clients through interactive visualizations and quality metrics that will optimize performance across financial and clinical
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Zimmer Biomet Acquires Telerehabilitation Startup RespondWell
RespondWell, a telerehabilitation technology startup designed to provide personalized, clinician-supervised post-surgical physical therapy in the comfort of a patient’s home, has been acquired by Zimmer Biomet, a global leader in muskuloskeletal healthcare. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The RespondWell acquisition strengthens the recently announced Zimmer Biomet Signature Solutions™ commercial offering by integrating a comprehensive, at-home telerehabilitation
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ViiMed Taps Redox’s API to Integrate EHRs for Interoperability
ViiMed, a telehealth software provider has partnered with Redox to integrate its platform with all major EHR providers like Epic, Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, NextGen Healthcare, GE Healthcare, Meditech, Greenway Health, drchrono, and CPSI. The partnership will help healthcare organizations share, access, and connect the right data to make more informed decisions and provide higher-quality care. The cloud-based integration also helps healthcare organizations
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Duke Clinic, PatientsLikeMe Launches Virtual Clinical Trial for ALS Patients
Today, PatientsLikeMe has launched a virtual clinical trial with The Duke ALS Clinic that evaluates the potential of Lunasin, a soy peptide, to reverse symptoms in ALS patients. The Lunasin Virtual Trial is the first study of the supplement in ALS patients and follows a review analyzing its potential to reverse ALS in ALSUntangled, a website for clinicians, patients and researchers to explore alternative treatments. This launch marks one of the most unusual trials in the condition's history
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Infographic: Protecting Patient Records – the Risks and Costs of Data Loss
As National Cyber Security Awareness Month comes to a close, security software provider Safetica wants to remind healthcare professionals of the growing risks they face when handling a patient’s personal and financial records. Whether intentional or not, more than 200 data breaches involving individual records of at least 500 patients each—a total of approximately 100,000 records—took place last year in the U.S. Consider that the average cost to handle a data breach is $407 per compromised
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TrendShift Acquires Health Data Intelligence to Expand Capabilities in Population Health
Trendshift, a SaaS-based Decision Analytics and Risk Assessment company has acquired the assets of Columbus, OH-based Health Data Intelligence, LLC (“HDI”) for an undisclosed sum. The healthcare analytics and population health management company equips employers, benefit advisors, medical managers and payers with a cloud-based SaaS platform for more effective case management and concrete, risk-based intervention strategies and recommendations for clients.The Population Intelligence™ platform
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TigerText Launches Clinical Communications Platform for Value-Based Care
Clinical communication provider TigerText, today unveiled TigerFlow, a workflow-centric clinical communication solution that brings together an enterprise-wide platform, integration with clinical systems of record, an engaging user experience, and intelligent workflow mapping for better care team collaboration.The Next Evolution In Healthcare CommunicationsTigerFlow combines its mobile communications platform with data integration capabilities, end-to-end workflow consultation services provided
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Sutter Health, Validic Launch Patient-Generated Health Data Pilot Project
Sutter Health and digital health integration platform Validic has teamed up to launch a new federal pilot project to demonstrate how patient-generated health data (PGHD) can best be delivered to clinicians and researchers to improve patient care and outcomes. The pilot will focus on providing remote care and interventions using digital health devices to better manage and engage a population of individuals suffering from Type II diabetes. Results of this work will inform government policy and
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Inspira Health Network Launches Virtual Care Platform for Southern NJ
Inspira Health Network, one of southern New Jersey’s leading healthcare providers offering primary, acute and advanced care services is launching its own virtual care platform, Inspira eCare. The platform virtually connects patients with Inspira clinicians making it convenient and cost-effective for patients to receive care for common health conditions.Powered by virtual care company Zipnosis, Inspira eCare's virtual care platform allows patients to use their smartphones, tablets or computers to
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