Hashed Health, a healthcare technology consortium building blockchain solutions and supporting blockchain network development has raised $1.8 million in funding led by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital. Founded in 2016, the Nashville, TN-based company provides value-added services such as product management, product development, regulatory guidance, and technology support services for blockchain solutions and blockchain networks.For most healthcare organizations, Blockchain technology will be
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MCG Health Taps InterSystems to Streamline Evidence-based Decision Making for Health Plans, Care Providers
MCG Health, a leading provider of informed care solutions has tapped InterSystems to leverage its InterSystems HealthShare® as the interoperability platform to share its evidence-based care guidelines and analytics with health plans and providers. Built on InterSystems Interoperability Platform, MCG’s new cloud-based Care Net solution will connect payers and providers to enable more efficient care processes and more informed medical decisions based on healthcare best practices.The exchange of
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CHIME Survey: EHR Optimization, Population Health Named Top Investment Priorities for Healthcare CIOs
EHR optimization and population health has been named the top investment priorities for healthcare CIOs over the next three years, according to a survey of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. Other investment priorities for healthcare CIOs over the next three years include:• Consumer/clinical and operational analytics (16 percent)• Virtual/telehealth technology enhancements (13 percent)• Revenue
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Sam’s Club to Offer higi Health Screening Kiosks in 622 Pharmacy Locations
Sam’s Club has teamed up with Chicago-based digital health startup higi to make their free, self-service health screening kiosks available at 622 Sam’s Club locations with a pharmacy. The higi self-service stations will complement the existing free health screening program that Sam’s Club offers every month from January through October to both members and the public.Research has shown that Americans are eager to leverage digital tools to manage their personal health. The health kiosks stations
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Xerox: Nearly Half of Americans Worry Their Personal Healthcare Information Will Be Stolen
According to the 2017 Xerox eHealth Survey, released by Xerox today, nearly half of Americans (44 percent) are worried about having their personal healthcare information stolen. In 2016, more than one data breach was reported each day2 and healthcare providers can help protect personal information against these threats.The Xerox survey, conducted online by Harris Poll in January 2017 among more than 3,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older, shows more than three quarters (76 percent) believe it would
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MAP, Intent Solutions Partner to Track Patient Adherence to Medication Via Biometric Pill
MAP Health Management, LLC has partnered with Intent Solutions to track patient adherence to medication protocols for patients with a Substance Use Disorder diagnosis who are served by MAP’s patient engagement technology. As part of the partnership, both companies will launch a pilot program in early March to target patients whose risk for relapse is continuously measured by MAP’s technology will be provided a TAD™ device.The device will send real-time data to MAP’s platform when a patient takes
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Beacon Health System ACO Taps Koan Health for Value-Based Analytics
CHA ACO — a federally recognized accountable care organization (ACO) owned by Beacon Health System has tapped Dallas-based Koan Health to provide comprehensive healthcare analytics, risk management and performance improvement services for multiple CHA ACO and Beacon initiatives. As part of the agreement, CHA ACO and Beacon will have access to Koan Health's proprietary analytic tools and consulting services that analyze and target areas for improvement in population health and specific episodes
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Jupiter Medical Center to Implement Watson for Oncology for Data-Driven Cancer Treatment Decisions
IBM has announced that Jupiter Medical Center will implement Watson for Oncology's platform to provide physician insights to deliver personalized, evidence-based cancer treatment. The announcement marks Jupiter as the first U.S. community hospital to adopt Watson for Oncology, which is scheduled to go-live at the beginning of March.Trained by Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), Watson for Oncology provides information to oncologists to help them deliver evidence-based treatment options by analyzing
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GoodRx and Iodine Merge Quietly to Bring Transparency to Drug Pricing
GoodRx, a Santa Monica, CA-based startup that compares retail prices of prescription drugs from different pharmacies in the United States has quietly merged with San Francisco-based startup Iodine, FastCompany first reports. The merger was not announced publicly, but Iodine CEO Thomas Goetz confirmed the deal took place at the end of 2016. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.Founded in 2013, Iodine mines clinical data to help consumers make better decisions about their medications.
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eClinicalWorks Integrates Qardio’s Smart Blood Pressure Monitor With EHR Platform
Ambulatory EHR provider eClinicalWorks has announced integration with Qardio's medically accurate health monitoring devices to deliver patient health monitoring to support over 125k physicians in the USA and abroad. The integration partnership benefits both doctors using eClinicalWorks system and their patients. Doctors get deeper insights into their patients health while patients save time and cost by reducing routine or unnecessary doctor’s visits.Integration DetailsThrough this integration
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