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VitreosHealth Nabs $5M for Population Health Management Analytics

by Jasmine Pennic 01/27/2016 Leave a Comment

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Plano, TX-based VitreosHealth has raised $5M led by private equity firm Kinderhook Industries for its predictive and prescriptive health insights for population health management platform. The financing will help fuel the company’s ability to deliver insights as a service to healthcare providers and insurers for better health outcomes. The latest round brings the company’s total funding raised to more than $6.2M. With VitreosHealth's closed-loop performance management process, providers can
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Nextech Acquires Plastic Surgery EHR SupraMed

by Jasmine Pennic 01/26/2016 Leave a Comment

Nextech Acquires Plastic Surgery EHR SupraMed

Nextech Systems, a provider of specialty-focused healthcare technology solutions for physician practices has acquired plastic surgery EHR and office management provider SupraMed. The acquisition further cements Nextech's dominance in the plastic surgery market and demonstrates its commitment to delivering top-tier specialty-specific EHR and practice management solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. SupraMed's web-based practice management technology complements
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New York Digital Health Accelerator Showcases 6 Startups at Demo Day

by Jasmine Pennic 01/25/2016 Leave a Comment

New York Digital Health Accelerator

On Friday, the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) – a five month program showcased six early and growth-stage digital health startups for healthcare providers and patients in the areas of care coordination, patient engagement, and workflow improvement. Each startup received $100k in up-front funding per company from a syndicate of leading venture capital and strategic investors. 14 New Pilot Programs Anticipated to Result from Program Since entering the accelerator program, the
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HealthTap Launches SOS to Become the Uber of Disaster Response

by Jasmine Pennic 01/25/2016 Leave a Comment

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Imagine what's possible to do with 85,000 top doctors deployed in real-time to a disaster area well before the relief forces arrive. Starting today, population managers can now deploy world-class, compassionate healthcare via any mobile device or web connection in minutes during natural disasters, war, or terrorist attacks through HealthTap’s new SOS disaster relief platform. By virtually deploying doctor knowledge and expertise to jumpstart the relief process, including before local first
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Medical Device Excise Tax Suspension Could Rejuvenate Market

by Jasmine Pennic 01/21/2016 Leave a Comment

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  The suspension of the medical device excise tax, which was implemented in 2013 as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, also known as Obamacare), will have positive consequences for the US medical device market over the next few years, says an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData. The tax, which imposed a 2.3% tax on the domestic sales of medical devices in the US, to be paid by manufacturers or importers, was suspended on December 18, 2015,
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Senate Health Committee Release Draft Bill to Improve Health IT for Docs, Patients

by Jasmine Pennic 01/21/2016 Leave a Comment

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To inform the committee’s final legislation, Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released for feedback a staff discussion draft of the committee’s bipartisan legislation to improve health IT, including EHRs. The draft legislation released on Wednesday is the product of a bipartisan, full committee health information technology working group by Alexander and Murray in April—as well as a series of bipartisan hearings in the
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AbilTo Launches Tele-Behavioral Program for Substance Use

by Jasmine Pennic 01/20/2016 Leave a Comment

AbilTo, Inc., a provider of evidence-based behavioral change programs proven to improve medical health and lower cost for high-cost medical populations has announced the addition of its Depression and Substance Use program. The new program helps individuals understand the interaction between mood and substance use, and identify strategies to replace use with positive coping skills and healthy reinforcement.  AbilTo's Depression and Substance Use program helps participants focus on specific
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Vindell Washington Appointed ONC’s Principal Deputy National Coordinator

by Jasmine Pennic 01/19/2016 Leave a Comment

Vindell Washington Appointed ONC's Principal Deputy National Coordinator

Today, ONC National Coordinator Karen DeSalvo announced that Vindell Washington, MD, has been appointed the new Principal Deputy National Coordinator, effective January 25. In his new role, Washington will be responsible for driving executive leadership of all ONC programs, operations and policies. His responsibilities also includes advancing  key administration initiatives such as delivery system reform, the Precision Medicine Initiative and implementation of the Interoperability
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TigerText Wants to Eliminate the Ancient Pager & Fax in Healthcare

by Jasmine Pennic 01/15/2016 Leave a Comment

TigerText Wants to Eliminate the Ancient Pager & Fax in Healthcare

Secure messaging provider TigerText is on a mission to eradicate the outdated technology of pagers and fax machines in healthcare once and for all. To help bring the pager and fax machine one step closer to its demise, the company announced two new solutions – TigerPage and TigerFax that will allow users to receive and respond instantly to pages and faxes from their smartphone, in a secure, highly efficient, and HIPAA-compliant manner.  TigerPage: Helping Hospitals Turn the Page(r) With
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HIMSS Analytics Unveils On-Demand Health IT Market Intelligence Tool

by Jasmine Pennic 01/14/2016 Leave a Comment

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HIMSS Analytics® has launched a new market intelligence tool, Logic for healthcare providers, healthcare IT companies, governmental and education organizations and investors. Collaboratively built with hospitals and health systems, Logic will provide insight into predictive modeling, benchmarks and value optimization of health IT, including ranking and adoption of the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAMSM). Logic Market Intelligence Tool Overview  Logic builds off
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