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Surescripts Adds NextGen Healthcare for EPA, Reaches 250k Prescribers Nationwide

by Jasmine Pennic 02/24/2015 Leave a Comment

Surescripts Adds NextGen Healthcare for EPA, Reaches 250k Prescribers Nationwide

  Surescripts, the largest health information network, further expanded the reach of its electronic prior authorization (ePA) solution to include NextGen Healthcare, a provider of healthcare information systems, services and connectivity solutions. The addition of NextGen Healthcare, among the nation’s largest electronic health record (EHR) vendors, will afford 250,000 prescribers nationwide the ability to fulfill prior authorization requests faster and more efficiently, using
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Black Book Rankings Toughens EHR Survey Standards To Avoid Intentional Bias

by Jasmine Pennic 02/23/2015 Leave a Comment

Black Book Ranking Names Top Health Information Exchange Vendors

Black Book Rankings announced on Friday that its EHR survey standards will be rigidly audited to remove ballots cast by provider organizations that serve as the resellers, VARs and/or channel partners. Black Book’s recent survey inspection of the nearly 29,000 EHR user ballots collected from Q3 2014 to Q1 2015 discovered 33 hospital resellers casting EHR satisfaction and loyalty responses for 740 physician practices. This discovery prompted supplementary audits and an extended resurveying phase
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Mercy R&D & Johns Hopkins Joins Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator

by Jasmine Pennic 02/20/2015 Leave a Comment

Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator Debuts First Class of 10 Startups

Mercy Research & Development and Johns Hopkins are the two most recent additions to join the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator to advance mobile health innovation. They join the two previously announced collaborators, University of Kansas Medical Center and Providence Health & Services that will offer mentorship and possible opportunities for clinical validation or pilot programs.  Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator Overview The Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator, Powered by Techstars, is a
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Rite Aid Launches First-Ever Healthcare Innovation Challenge

by Jasmine Pennic 02/19/2015 Leave a Comment

Rite Aid Launches First-Ever Healthcare Innovation Challenge

Rite Aid is announcing the first-ever healthcare Innovation Challenge, a nationwide search for original product ideas that will improve the health and well-being of Rite Aid customers. Rite Aid’s Innovation Challenge is being conducted in partnership with Edison Nation Medical, a leader in medical and healthcare innovation. Edison Nation Medical will work to design, develop and patent the chosen health and wellness products that will be sold exclusively at Rite Aid stores and . The challenge is
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Walgreens Adds Patient-Reported Data from PatientsLikeMe Members

by Jasmine Pennic 02/18/2015 Leave a Comment

Walgreens Adds Patient-Reported Data from PatientsLikeMe Members

    PatientsLikeMe is now working with Walgreens to help make it easier for people to understand how the medications they take may affect them. Now, anyone researching a medication or filling a prescription on Walgreens.com can access a newly enhanched dashboard that shows how their prescribed medication has impacted other patients on the therapy, including medication side effects for more than 5,000 medications , as reported by PatientsLikeMe members.   PatientsLikeMe is a
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Advisory Board Acquires Clinovations for Undisclosed Sum

by Jasmine Pennic 02/13/2015 Leave a Comment

Advisory Board Acquires Clinovations for Undisclosed Sum

Health IT consulting firm Clinovations announce that the company has been acquired by global consulting firm The Advisory Board Co. for an undisclosed sum. Taking a clinically-oriented approach, Clinovations serves more than 50 clients helping them derive value from their EHR investments and other health care technology systems. The company also works with life sciences and federal provider agencies providing strategic guidance and tactical support on how to leverage health information
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ePatientFinder Raises $2.6M to Connect Patients with Clinical Trials

by Jasmine Pennic 02/12/2015 Leave a Comment

ePatientFinder

52% of patients want to learn about advanced treatment opportunities from their own doctor—not the Internet. To help doctors learn about new, life-changing treatments for their patients, ePatientFinder has developed advanced algorithms to match physicians with treatments that are relevant to their patients, based on their existing EHR data. This week, the Austin-based health technology announced it has raised $2.58 million in Series A equity financing led by Parsons & Whittemore alongside
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Imagine Health Raises $21M to Expand Benefits Model for Self-Insured Employers

by Jasmine Pennic 02/11/2015 Leave a Comment

Imagine Health

Imagine Health, a provider of independent provider of high-performance provider teams has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Trident Capitaland HLM Venture Partners. The capital will be used to expand its transformative approach to healthcare into new markets, including immediate development activities in Phoenix,San Francisco and Atlanta. Imagine Health currently has high-performing hospital and physician teams—known as SmartCare™—in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Albuquerque
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Google Partners with Mayo Clinic to Improve Health-Related Search Content

by Jasmine Pennic 02/10/2015 Leave a Comment

Google Partners with Mayo Clinic to Improve Health-Related Search Content

59% of U.S. adults say they use the Internet to research and gather health information with approximately 35% of those adults end up using the information they find to diagnose themselves, according to the Pew Research Center. To improve the quality of health-related search content, Google is introducing structured, curated, and verified health information information into its Knowledge Graph smart search algorithm. To ensure consumers receive accurate information, Google has partnered with the
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Emory, WellStar In Talks To Create “Unified Health System”

by Jasmine Pennic 02/10/2015 Leave a Comment

Emory, WellStar In Talks To Create "Unified Health System"

On Monday, Emory University and WellStar Health System announced formal discussions to combine Emory Healthcare, an entity owned by Emory University, and WellStar Health System into a new, unified health system. The unified health system could create a new, innovative healthcare system combined with the best of community-based care and academic medicine.   Both Board of Trustees have each approved a resolution to continue discussions for the next 45 days to weigh the options of
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