One of the main battles to efficient healthcare is complicated and incompatible medical records systems. Health Fidelity, a health IT startup funded by UPMC, has developed a vendor-neutral tool to solve the data acquisition problem called HF360 Data Acquisition. HF360 Data Acquisition is a flexible platform that healthcare providers and health plans can use to retrieve medical records and other patient data in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.The platform can acquire both structured
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GE Healthcare Acquires Novia Strategies to Expand Clinical Consulting Capabilities
GE Healthcare has acquired Novia Strategies, a healthcare clinical consulting firm focused on delivering critical outcomes in hospital operations. The acquisition will expand GE Healthcare’s clinical consulting capabilities to help healthcare organizations meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable healthcare for their patients. Originally founded under the name of InnoVia Health by Nancy Lakier in 1995, Novia Strategies help hospitals and health systems improve
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Stanford Researchers Develop Algorithm to Diagnose Heart Arrhythmias
Stanford researchers from the Machine Learning Group have developed an algorithm that is able to outperform cardiologists in arrhythmia detection, according to research published on arXiv. The new deep learning algorithm can diagnose 14 types of heart rhythm defects, called arrhythmias and has the ability to sort through data from rural locations where people do not have routine access to cardiologists. Traditionally, patients suspected to have an arrhythmia will often get an electrocardiogram
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Telehealth Monitoring Provider VRI Acquires Healthcom
Valued Relationships, Inc.(VRI), a provider of telehealth monitoring solutions to seniors has acquired Sullivan, Illinois-based Healthcom to expand its footprint in senior care market. Founded in 1992 by CEO Ralph Kirk, Healthcom partners with healthcare providers to provide services that enhance the standard of care.From medical alert services and medication management to telehealth solutions and care transitions, Healthcom offers an integrated service to help reduce readmissions, improve
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Apixio Launches AI-Driven Code Compliance Auditor App for Health Plans
Apixio, a data science company for healthcare has announced the launch of Compliance Auditor, a first-of-its-kind software platform that uses AI to help health plans audit 100% of their coding work in a fraction of the time. Compliance Auditor makes it possible for insurers to validate the accuracy and compliance of their risk adjustment chart coding efforts, paving the way toward fair and complete reimbursement. Powered by Apixio’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform, Compliance Auditor
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Baxter Announces Bi-Directional Integration With Epic Willow Pharmacy
Baxter International, a technology provider of medication preparation and delivery has announced a new bi-directional integration between the DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow Manager and the Epic Willow Inpatient Pharmacy System. The integration will help hospitals efficiently comply with requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other insurers that call for accuracy in the documentation of the drugs used to compound doses for patients.DoseEdge Pharmacy Workflow
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Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care Goes Live on MEDITECH EHR
Canada’s Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care (Waypoint) announced this week that it is now LIVE with MEDITECH’s 6.1 EHR. The 301-bed psychiatric hospital located in Penetanguishene, Ontario, partnered with Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) in Whitby to implement MEDITECH’s fully-integrated EHR.To ensure effective and efficient use of resources in alignment with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Health Information System (HIS) Renewal Strategy,
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Therachat Unveils AI-Chatbot Platform to Augment Therapy Sessions
Therachat, a smart journaling tool for therapists and their clients, today launched the next generation of its HIPAA-compliant platform designed to augment therapy sessions. The smart journaling application provides therapists with a customizable platform to assign homework to clients (like journaling and emotion tracking), direct messaging and text message analysis -- powered by artificial intelligence (AI).Beset by ignorant stigmas and bracing for funding cuts, mental health care faces a
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Qardio Integrates QardioMD Solutions with Hint’s Direct Primary Care Platform
Digital health ecosystem Qardio has announced an integration partnership with Hint, a direct care administration platform. The integration will instantly allow the doctors to provide QardioMD devices to their patients while gaining access to the doctor’s dashboard where they can view their patient’s home measurements, automatically analyzed and sorted to save doctors’ time and money, while providing better care. Qardio’s digital health ecosystem of solutions include smart blood pressure monitor,
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Medtronic, Aetna Form Outcomes-Based Partnership for Diabetic Patients
Medtronic, a medical technology provider has entered into a new outcomes-based, risk-sharing agreement with Aetna for type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients currently on multiple daily insulin injections for their diabetes management. The agreement will measure health outcomes for a patient with diabetes who transition to Medtronic’s insulin pump therapy that constantly self-adjusts to keep patients’ blood sugar levels in range based on their personalized needs.This outcomes-based, risk-sharing
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