Wellstar Health System announced it has ended merger negotiations with Emory Healthcare, Atlanta Business Chronicle reports. The proposed merger failed to fit into Wellstar’s “new strategic direction," according to Gary Miller, chairman of the system's board of trustees.
"WellStar has declined to enter the next stage of discussions with Emory University,” Miller said. “We respect Emory University as a leading, international academic medical center. WellStar will accelerate multiple horizontal
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Walgreens Plans to Expand Telehealth Platform to 25 States
Walgreens, in collaboration with telehealth platform provider MDLIVE, today announced an expansion of its telehealth platform to users in Colorado, Illinois and Washington. Additionally, the company announced users can now access the platform via the Walgreens website on desktop and tablet devices, in states where the service is currently offered.
Walgreens and MDLIVE first launched the platform last December through the Walgreens mobile application in California and Michigan. The
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55% of Millennials Would Trust A Health App Over Health Professionals
Fifty-five percent of millennials who live with diabetes stated they would trust a health app over a health professional for advice. The same number stated they are connecting with their doctors more frequently because of health apps, according to Telcare's first National Diabetes Awareness Index. The mobile diabetes management provider developed the Index to measure consumer awareness about diabetes and attitudes towards the use of technology in healthcare.
The index findings reflect a
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New Bill Proposes 2 Year ICD-10 Grace Period
A new bill introduced into the US House of Representatives introduced by Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL-6) on June 4 proposes a two-year “grace period” for accepting codes submitted in ICD-10-CM/PCS. The bill, H.R. 2652, Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015, would establish a two-year ICD-10 grace period during which physicians and other health care providers submitting claims and other documents using ICD–10 are not penalized for errors, mistakes, and malfunctions relating to
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Former Facebook CFO Launches Digital Health Company Lyra Health
Former Facebook and Genentech CFO David Ebersman along with experienced group of tech leaders, clinicians, data scientists, and health care policy experts has announced the launch of a new new behavioral digital health startup called Lyra Health. Backed by venture capital firm Venrock, Lyra Health will have a singular focus on transforming behavioral health, enabling more patients to get the care they need, when they need it.
Approximately 50 million Americans suffer from behavioral health
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Careport Health Raises $3.8M to Optimize Post-Acute Care
Careport Health, a technology company that helps health systems better manage their post-acute care networks has raised $3.8M in funding to accelerate growth. The round was led by Baseline Ventures, with participation from CommonAngels Ventures, Excelerate Health Ventures, Generator Ventures, Launch Capital, 500 Startups and Andy Palmer.
Eliminating the Information Gap
After witnessing the challenges of finding post-hospital care, Dr. Lissy Hu, a Harvard Medical School and Harvard Business
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StartUp Health Adds 12 Digital Health Startups to its Portfolio
StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company for Healthcare Transformers has announced the addition of 12 new digital health startups to its global portfolio, bringing the total to 102 companies.
The newest addition of 6 companies represent a diverse range of subsectors (from telemedicine and patient engagement to wellness, nutrition and diagnostics) and locations including Dubai, UAE, Tel Aviv, Israel, Austin, TX, Boston, MA and New York, NY.
The newest portfolio
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5 Common Myths About The ICD-10 Transition
With ICD-10 compliance date less than five months away, there is still an abundance of common misconceptions associated to this transition. For providers, these ICD-10 misconceptions can prove extremely costly and damaging to the implementation.
Pam Klugman, chief product officer of Clear Vision Information Systems specifically warns providers to avoid these five common myths about ICD-10:
1. The new ICD-10 codes are simply increased and renumbered code sets. While it is true
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Allscripts Expands Patient Admin System Presence in UK
Allscripts is expanding its patient administration system presence in the United Kingdom with recent agreements from East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust to deploy Allscripts PASTM. As part of the agreement, the Allscripts PAS will replace the Trusts' existing system and will empower the health organizations to use a highly flexible and configurable solution to manage patient data. Allscripts PAS is currently used across the National
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HealthSouth to Use TruClinic’s Telemedicine Portal for Discharge Planning
Utah-based TruClinic and HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Utah announced a joint agreement which enables HealthSouth to utilize TruClinic’s telemedicine portal for discharge planning and continued communication via a hub and spoke system, connecting patients with their health care providers. The referring doctors now have real time capability to follow up patients’ progress.
HealthSouth looked to telemedicine alternatives in order to reduce inefficient practices in the referral and
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