Community Hospital Anderson of Indiana has gone live on Imprivata PatientSecureas part of its efforts to address the patient misidentification crisis. Imprivata PatientSecure creates a 1:1 link between patients and their unique medical records using biometric identification. Patients utilize biometrics at registration to immediately display their electronic medical record, ensuring secure and efficient delivery of the best possible care.According to the 2016 National Patient Misidentification
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Dreamit Health Appoints Adam Dakin As Managing Director of Health
Digital health startup accelerator and venture fund Dreamit Health has appointed Adam Dakin as the new Managing Director of Health. In his new role as Managing Director, Dakin will focus on the development and acceleration of cutting-edge early stage digital health medical startups from around the world.Prior to joining Dreamit, Adam served as CEO of PhotoSonix Medical, a company he co-founded that is developing a consumer device for acne. Previously, he served as the CEO of Bioconnect Systems
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Zynx Health Unveils FHIR API to Deliver Evidence-Based Content for Enhanced Care
Zynx Health, a provider of evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions has launched the availability of Zynx Health API, which provides access to Zynx content in the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard format. The Zynx Health API enables solution developers to easily integrate evidence-based clinical content across the patient care journey, driving improved clinical and financial outcomesAs healthcare moves to risk-based alternative payment models that
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SERMO Launches Drug Ratings Search by FDA-Approved Indications for Physicians
SERMO, a global social network for physicians has added a new feature to its Drug Ratings platform that enables physicians to search for and research prescription drugs by FDA-approved indications. Developed by SERMO and SERMO physicians, Drug Ratings gives physicians a clinical decision support tool where they can research, rate, and share their direct experience on specific drugs. With this new feature, physicians can evaluate different classes of drugs against each other for treating specific
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Despite ACA Uncertainty, 80% of Providers Believe in Future of Population Health Management
A recent Health Catalyst survey finds that despite uncertainty around the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), 80 percent of healthcare executives stand firm on their population health strategy to address the quality and cost of healthcare. According to a July survey of 199 US healthcare executives by Health Catalyst. Sixty-eight percent of healthcare executives reported that PHM is “very important” to their healthcare delivery strategy during the next two years, while
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Mercy Health Taps Bernoulli for Medical Device Integration into Epic EHR
Mercy Health Services, a university-affiliated medical facility in Baltimore has selected Bernoulli, a provider of real-time patient safety, to deliver medical device connectivity to the health system’s perioperative suite. The company will implement its Bernoulli One architecture in anesthesia devices and will be part of Mercy’s perioperative Epic EHR go-live in 2018.Based on a modular architecture, device data captured by Bernoulli MDI can integrate with all hospital information systems that
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Zuckerberg, Chan Donate $10M to UCSF to Support Precision Medicine
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, will contribute $10 million to UCSF’s Institute for Computational Health Sciences (IHCS) to harness the power of “big data,” to support precision medicine, UCSF News Center reports. Atul Butte, MD, PhD, who leads UCSF’s Institute for Computational Health Sciences has been named the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg Distinguished Professor at UCSF.IHCS encourages researchers to think of data as a “recyclable” resource and is focused
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KLAS: 66% of Provider’s Perception of eClinicalWorks Was Negatively Impacted by DOJ Settlement
Nearly two-thirds of customers state their perception of eClinicalWorks (eCW) was negatively impacted by the recent settlement, according to a newly published KLAS report. On May 31, 2017, eClinicalWorks reached a settlement with the Department of Justice to pay a $155 million stemming from the False Claims Act for falsely meeting meaningful use certification.For the report, KLAS reached out to a number of eCW customers who had previously rated eClinicalWorks to see how their satisfaction and
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Accenture, Roche to Develop Data-Driven Analytics Platform for Diabetes Patients
Accenture is collaborating with Roche to develop a data-driven core analytics platform for Roche’s digital diabetes ecosystem. Under the terms of a five-year agreement, the new platform will be built on the Accenture Intelligent Patient Platform and offered to diabetes patients across North American, Europe and Asia, will allow Roche to gather and analyze data in a secure environment, generate new patient insights, and easily collaborate and integrate with its ecosystem partners and devices. At
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Meritus Health to Spend $100M on Epic EHR Implementation Over Next 5 Years
Meritus Health, a community focused, not-for-profit health care system based in Hagerstown, MD has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR across its continuum of care, reports Herald-Mail Media.The Epic EHR implementation is expected to cost $90M to $100M over the next five years that will improve system interoperability, connectivity with patients, access to information and data sharing. The pricey investment is expected to adversely affect Meritus' financial
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