A new study in this week’s Journal of Medical Internet Research finds that a mobile platform using artificial intelligence helps diabetics and obese people better than the federal government’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. The pilot study, “Weight Loss Using a Novel Mobile Diabetes Prevention Program Delivery Platform With Human Coaching: 65-Week Observational Follow-Up,” published yesterday followed diabetics and obese people over the course of 65 weeks. Participants logged their
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Allscripts to Acquire Mobile Patient Engagement Platform HealthGrid for $60M
Allscripts has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HealthGrid Holding Company, a mobile enterprise patient engagement platform business for $60 million. Once the The acquisition will expand the Allscripts FollowMyHealthplatform portfolio, the company’s patient engagement solution focused on connecting patients with providers. The added functionality will enable providers to reach 100% of their patient populations without requiring patients to sign up for a portal. Instead, the new
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7wireVentures Launch $100M Connected Consumer Health Fund with Coalition of Healthcare Organizations
7wireVentures is an early stage healthcare venture firm based in Chicago has closed a $100 million fund and formed a coalition with eight healthcare provider and plans dedicated to investing in companies that use technology to help consumers get and stay healthy. The coalition of leading healthcare service organizations include Allina Health, Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield, Bon Secours Health System, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Memorial Hermann Health System, Rush
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Trinity Health Moves to Epic for Single Integrated EHR & Rev Cycle Platform
Michigan-based provider Trinity Health has announced it has selected Epic for a single, enterprise-wide electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management platform. The Epic integrated system will enable the health system to improve experiences for patients and clinicians.Trinity Health's fully integrated health record will improve the care experience across the entire system by providing a single, comprehensive health record for each person.For patients and consumers, it will provide
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EXL Acquires Payment Integrity Company SCIO Health Analytics for $240M
EXL, an operations management and analytics company has signed an agreement to acquire SCIO Health Analytics, a West Hartford Connecticut-based leading healthcare analytics solution and services company for $240 million, excluding adjustments for cash, debt, and working capital. SCIO has been focused on using next-generation analytics to help payers, providers, and life sciences organizations make the transition to value-based care, improve revenue, reduce financial loss, uncover fraud, waste,
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SwipeSense Acquires Mobile App iScrub Lite for Recording Hand Hygiene Observations
SwipeSense, a Chicago-based healthcare technology company, today announced the acquisition of iScrub Lite, the leading mobile app for hand hygiene observation. Originally conceived and developed by the Computational Epidemiology Research Group at the University of Iowa, iScrub Lite was launched to simplify the time-consuming and error-prone process of recording hand hygiene observations and sharing the results with health care professionals. In fact, the CDC has recommended iScrub Lite as a part
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Names First-Ever Chief Innovation Officer
Children's Hospital Los Angeles has appointed Omkar P. Kulkarni as the hospital's first chief innovation officer to help drive clinical innovation at one of the nation's top pediatric institutions, starting May 7. In his new role, Kulkarni will be responsible for fostering innovation across CHLA's clinical and research enterprises – including finding successful new methods of care, incubating new medical tools and software, and rallying communities in and out of the hospital to solve problems
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Suki Lands $20M to Create AI-Driven Alexa for Doctors Platform
Suki, an n AI-powered, voice-enabled digital assistant for doctors that lifts the burden of documentation has raised $20 million that comes from a Series A round led by Venrock with participation from First Round and Social Capital, as well as individual Googlers and angels, Nat Turner of Flatiron Health, and Marc Benioff. Venrock also led the seed round.Founder by former Google and Salesforce executives Punit Soni and Karthik Rajan, Suki's AI-driven voice-enabled digital assistant for doctors
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Health2047 Nabs $27.2M from AMA to Ramp Up Innovation Incubator
Health2047, a Silicon Valley-based healthcare innovation enterprise has announced a $27.2 million follow-on investment from its founding partner, the American Medical Association (AMA). Health2047 plans to utilize the funding ramp up development and commercialization of promising new technology-based solutions in the areas of chronic disease reduction, radical productivity change, and value-based healthcare. Launched in 2016, Health2047’s mission is to transform U.S. healthcare at the system
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OnlyBoth Launches AI-Driven Home Health Agency Benchmarking Engine
Pittsburgh-based OnlyBoth Inc., today announced the launch of its no-cost Home Health Agency benchmarking engine, which applies innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to Medicare data previously gathered about providers. The unique engine delivers text-based insights so users can easily compare and contrast home health agency performance for informed decision-making.As transparency becomes more of a requirement, particularly with the CMS news about the prices this week, so will
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