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Healthcare API Platform PokitDok Lands Strategic Investment from McKesson Ventures

by Jasmine Pennic 02/17/2016 Leave a Comment

Healthcare API Platform PokitDok Lands Strategic Investment from McKesson Ventures

McKesson Ventures has made an strategic investment in healthcare API platform startup PokitDok . The financial details of the strategic investment were not disclosed. PokitDok believes the relationship with McKession Ventures will help foster productive innovation in healthcare interoperability.  Tom Rodgers, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at McKesson Ventures will join PokitDok as a board observer. “McKesson is an established provider of enterprise-level healthcare data
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7 Key Trends in EHR Technical Support to Know in 2016

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7 Key Trends in EHR Technical Support to Know in 2016

Quality EHR technical support/experience is the key to continued EHR loyalty, utilization, and overall customer satisfaction, according to recent Black Book survey of nearly 2,200 health It users. Conducted in Q4 2015, Black Book surveyed hospital and network physician based EHR software users, employing eighteen key performance indicators specific to comprehensive technical support experiences in Q4 2015. Managed tech support vendors evaluated included EHR and HIS vendors, EHR partnered
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Infographic: Rise of Mobility in Healthcare

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Report: mHealth Market Will Account for Nearly $18B in 2016 Alone

Editor’s Note:  This post is sponsored by Samsung. Mobility in healthcare spending is projected to reach $5.4 billion this year, according to an IDC Health Insights report. With the U.S. coming in as the largest market in the world for mobile devices due to a large number of manufacturers, technological advancements, an increasing population with smartphones, tablets, and laptops and a growing awareness about the devices and technology, it’s no wonder the healthcare industry is taking strides to
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Pfizer, Galvanize Partner to Launch Health & Wellness Innovation Program

by Jasmine Pennic 02/12/2016 Leave a Comment

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Galvanize and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (PCH) has announced a joint health and wellness innovation program that will enable up to ten startup companies specializing in the development of potential solutions for improved sleep, stress management, energy, aging and nutrition to access Galvanize’s network of technical talent and investors. The first cohort of companies will be jointly selected by Galvanize and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare for a six-month program beginning on March 7, 2016, that
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Digital Health Accelerator Dreamit Health Lands $325k Grant

by Jasmine Pennic 02/11/2016 Leave a Comment

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Digital health startup accelerator Dreamit Health has received a$325,000 grant from Blackstone Charitable Foundation to accelerate more high-potential digital health startups, strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Philadelphia. Developed in collaboration with Penn Medicine and Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the grant will also allow Dreamit to expand its high-impact accelerator practices based on the program's previous three years of success. The funding will also grow the
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Cerner Launches Open Developer Platform for Smart on FHIR Apps

by Jasmine Pennic 02/10/2016 Leave a Comment

Cerner Open Developer Experience

To help accelerate an open community of healthcare innovation, EHR giant Cerner has launched the Cerner Open Developer Experience (code_)to enhance collaboration with third-party and client developers on SMART® on FHIR® applications.  code_ is a digital experience designed to meet market expectations of open communications, robust API documentation, provide clearly defined guidelines and access to tools that enable innovative app development. How It Works Any developer can visit the new
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Senate Health Committee Passes Bill to Improve Health IT

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EHR Optimization EHRs Meaningful Use Stage 3_Ambulatory EHR_Specialty-Driven EHRs

Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced that the Senate health committee has unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that will improve health information technology. The Improving Health Information Technology Act (S. 2511) is the product of a bipartisan, full committee health information technology working group announced by Alexander and Murray in April—as well as a series of six bipartisan hearings in the committee. The committee
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5 Required Competencies of A Successful Life Sciences CIO

by Jasmine Pennic 02/04/2016 Leave a Comment

IMS Health

More than 80 percent of leading life sciences companies have created new digital and innovation leadership roles to capitalize on the information technology transformation in healthcare, with nearly half hiring new chief information officers during the past three years, according to new research issued this week by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. The rise of mobile, cloud, predictive analytics and other digital innovations offers new opportunities for advancing patient care as
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President Obama to Request $1B for Cancer ‘Moonshot’

by Jasmine Pennic 02/03/2016 Leave a Comment

White House to Request $1B for Cancer ‘Moonshot’

President Obama is planning to ask Congress for $755M in mandatory funds for new cancer-related research activities at both NIH and the Food and Drug Administration part of its National Cancer ‘Moonshot’ imitative. The Moonshot initiative will begin immediately with $195M in new cancer activities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Fiscal Year 2016. Over time, other agencies will make new investments in this effort, beginning with the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans
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Doctor on Demand Adds Nationwide Psychiatric Telehealth Visits

by Jasmine Pennic 02/02/2016 Leave a Comment

Doctor on Demand Adds Psychiatric Telehealth Visits

San Francisco, CA-based Doctor On Demand has expanded its behavioral health services to include psychiatrists telehealth video visits now available nationwide. The company began offering mental health care services in December 2014 with the addition of psychologists to its provider network. The new addition of psychiatrists video visits represents a significant expansion of access to mental health care through Doctor On Demand. Now, patients can receive both therapy from a doctorate-level
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