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Ochsner Health Launches Innovation Accelerator to Revolutionize Patient Centered Care

by Jasmine Pennic 03/27/2015 Leave a Comment

Ochsner Health Launches Innovation Accelerator to Revolutionize Patient Centered Care

On Thursday at the Health Innovation Summit at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW), Ochsner Health System announced the launch of an innovation accelerator called iO designed to support and partner with companies working to revolutionize patient-centered care, NOLA first reports. Through the accelerator, patient-centered care solutions for both patients and providers can be tested, validated, funded and launched.  The new accelerator will focus on developing entirely new ways for providers
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Scripps Health Selects Epic for Integrated EHR & RCM System

by Jasmine Pennic 03/26/2015 1 Comment

Scripps Health has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR and revenue cycle management (RCM) system, and is in its final phase of the selection process. The new system will replace Scripps’ current ambulatory and inpatient EHR and revenue cycle management systems. System design is slated to begin in mid-2015, with implementation planned to kick off in mid-2017, subject to final approval of Scripps’ agreement with Epic by the Scripps Health board of
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AMC Health, Qualcomm Partner to Enhance Virtual Care Coordination

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Roche and Qualcomm Partner to Innovate Remote Patient Monitoring

Qualcomm Life, Inc. and AMC Health, a provider of 'real-time' patient management solutions are partnering to accelerate the transformation of chronic care and population health management by significantly enhancing connectivity and care coordination for at-risk patients, specifically those with heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, asthma or COPD, in a cost-effective manner. Under the new partnership, the companies will integrate Qualcomm Life's 2net Connectivity Platform with AMC Health's
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Philips, Mount Sinai To Create Digital Pathology Repository

by Jasmine Pennic 03/25/2015 Leave a Comment

Philips, Mount Sinai To Create Digital Pathology Repository

Today, Philips announced a joint development agreement with the Mount Sinai Health System to create a digital image pathology repository containing the digital scans of patient tissue slides and data analytics to pursue the discovery of new tissue-based tests and unlock pathology data. The collaboration aims to advance clinical research and ultimately enable better care for complex diseases, including cancer. Terms of this collaboration agreement were managed by Mount Sinai Innovation Partners,
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Survey: 5 Millennial Trends Altering the Delivery of Healthcare

by Jasmine Pennic 03/25/2015 Leave a Comment

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Advances in healthcare technology is altering the future delivery of healthcare and insurance for the next generation of younger patients known as millennials, according to a new consumer survey by PNC Healthcare. The survey of more than 5,000 consumers nationwide explored the impact of patient-centered care among various age groups, including millennials (ages 21-32), Generation X or Gen-Xers (ages 33-49), baby boomers (ages 50-71) and seniors (age 72+). Five growing trends among
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ZeOmega Acquires HealthUnity To Close Gaps in Interoperability

by Jasmine Pennic 03/24/2015 Leave a Comment

ZeOmega Acquires HealthUnity To Close Gaps in Interoperability

On Monday, population health management provider ZeOmega announced the acquisition of HealthUnity, a provider of interoperability solutions that enable providers, payers and public health organizations to streamline the secure exchange of patient data across disparate systems. HealthUnity offerings also include private and public HIE, master person index, referral management and patient consent to integrated delivery networks (IDNs), health systems, group practices and state collaboratives.
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46% of Clinicians Believe mHealth Apps Will Improve Patient Engagement

by Jasmine Pennic 03/19/2015 1 Comment

Connected Health_Mobile Health

46 percent of clinicians believe mHealth apps will improve the clinician-patient relationship and plan to introduce mobile health apps to their practice over the next five years., according to a new survey by Research Now. Based on the response of 500 healthcare professionals and 1,000 mobile health app users, the survey looks into the use of mobile health apps and assesses their potential in healthcare.  Overall, the finding were very positive with 96 percent of consumers who believe mhealth
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Conversa Health Raises $2.5M for Automated Digital Checkups

by Jasmine Pennic 03/18/2015 Leave a Comment

Conversa Health Raises $2.5M for Automated Digital Checkups

  Conversa Health, a San Rafael, Calif.-based provider focused on automating digital conversations between physicians and their patients, announced it has closed a $2.5 million seed round. The funding was led by top-tier healthcare angel investors and has appointed industry veteran Daniel Dean as chief technology officer, responsible for all engineering and product management. Dean will lead Conversa's talented team of Health IT engineers in building out a robust product roadmap for
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Practice Fusion Releases Free EPCS to Ensure I-STOP Compliance for NY Providers

by Jasmine Pennic 03/17/2015 Leave a Comment

Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for doctors and patients , today announced that it is now certified for the electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS). With this certification, Practice Fusion can help ensure that its New York State physicians are able to comply with the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing Act (I-STOP) requirement for EPCS. Easily accessible from a mobile tablet or device, providers’ can quickly and securely transmit controlled substance prescriptions,
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NY Gov Cuomo Approves EPCS Delay to March 2016

by Jasmine Pennic 03/16/2015 1 Comment

Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances

On Friday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that would postpone the deadline for doctors in the state of New York to use only electronic prescriptions to March 27, 2016 . According to lawmakers, many physicians still lack the required federal approval for their computer systems to perform electronic prescriptions for controlled substances (EPCS) intended to prevent prescription fraud, Washington Times report.   “This is a victory for patient safety,” said Dr. Andrew Kleinman,
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