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Specialty EMR Provider, Modernizing Medicine Raises $15M

by Jasmine Pennic 11/12/2014 Leave a Comment

Modernizing Medicine

Cloud based, specialty-specific EMR provider, Modernizing Medicine has announced that it has closed $15M of an expected $20M in venture capital funding led by Summit Partners and Pentland Group. Many of the company's investors are medical specialists who use EMA bringing its total funding to $44M. The EMR provider currently serving eight different medical specialties, more than 4,000 providers have adopted Modernizing Medicine’s EMA in their practices. Developed by surgical physicians, EMA
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5 Facts About Digital Health in Canada

by Jasmine Pennic 11/11/2014 Leave a Comment

5 Facts About Digital Health in Canada

This week marks the first-ever Digital Health Week in Canada, taking place from November 10 to 14, 2014 led by a unique collaboration of 18 organizations to recognize how digital health is transforming care and helping to improve delivery of care across the country.  Canada's Digital Health Strategy According to Infoway, Canada's digital health infrastructure has three fundamental components: 1. Point of Care Systems - Compatible systems that your health care providers use to send,
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19.7M “Clinically Inappropriate” Physician Referrals Occur Each Year

by Jasmine Pennic 11/10/2014 Leave a Comment

Physician Referrals Graphic

Research from Kyruus highlights how "clinically inappropriate physician referrals" can lead to poor patient care and costly inefficiencies.     Nearly 20 million times a year in the U.S., patients are sent to a doctor who is not the right match for their specific condition. This is one of many key stats in the new physician referrals survey conducted by Kyruus,that highlights the massive issues in the doctor-patient referral system. Why does this matter? “Clinically inappropriate” referrals
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Rite Aid to Test HealthSpot Telemedicine Kiosks in Ohio Stores

by Jasmine Pennic 11/07/2014 Leave a Comment

Rite Aid to Test HealthSpot Telehealth Kiosks in Ohio Stores

Rite Aid Corporation announced on Friday it will pilot HealthSpot's enclosed telemedicine kiosks in select Ohio stores. The partnership marks the first major partnership with a nationwide pharmacy chain for the Dublin, OH based telehealth startup. The initial pilot markets for Rite Aid are Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Dayton and Springfield. Rite Aid customers who use the telemedicine kiosk will be able to connect with a network of physicians including staff at the Cleveland Clinic and other
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68% of Healthcare Data Breaches Due to Device Loss or Theft, Not Hacking

by Jasmine Pennic 11/04/2014 1 Comment

Healthcare Data Breaches`

68 percent of all healthcare data breaches since 2010 are due to device theft or loss, according to the 2014 Healthcare Breach Report from Bitglass. Despite the recent headlines of hacker attacks to hospitals, only 23 percent of healthcare data breaches were a result of cybercriminals compromising networks and exfiltrating data. The findings come from analyzing data on the United States Department of Health and Human Services' "The Wall of Shame," a database of breach disclosures required as
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3 Reasons Why Pharma mHealth Apps Have Failed

by Jasmine Pennic 10/31/2014 Leave a Comment

36 Positive Signs of Health IT Adoption Progress

Pharma mHealth companies are struggling to have an impact on the mHealth app market generating only limited downloads and usage, despite releasing more than 100 pharma mHealth apps for iOS and Android. According to Research2Guidance's new report “Pharma App Market Benchmarking 2014”, the leading Pharma companies have been able to generate 6.6m downloads since 2008 and have less than 1m active users. Given the dominance and reach of the pharma industry, the numbers are extremely
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GE Healthcare Launches Health Innovation Village for Startups

by Jasmine Pennic 10/28/2014 Leave a Comment

Health Innovation Village

Today GE Healthcare announced the official opening of Health Innovation Village, its first health tech startup campus located in Finland. Located at GE’s campus in Helsinki, the village was conceived by Didier Deltort and Mikko Kauppinen – country manager and finance manager at GE in Finland. Their goal is to turn the village into a leading centre of healthcare innovation. The Health Innovation Village is already home to 20 health tech startups covering technology innovations that feed into
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Report: mHealth Apps Market Ripe for Transformation

by Jasmine Pennic 10/27/2014 Leave a Comment

mHealth Apps Market_FDA Finally Releases Guidelines for Mobile Medical Apps

The mHealth apps market is ripe for transformation with powerful new entrants such as Apple, Google, and Samsung joining the space, according to a new study by ABI Research. The two year study of Android and iOS mhealth apps reveals very little continuity in the popularity of mHealth apps. Overall, app popularity is split between the range of vendors and their functionality. As the mHealth market matures, mHealth apps will increasingly be expected to share healthcare data with a range of
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Verizon Unveils New HIPAA-Ready Solutions for Payers/Providers

by Jasmine Pennic 10/24/2014 Leave a Comment

Verizon Unveils New HIPAA-Ready Solutions

Verizon Enterprise Solution today announced that its Virtual Contact Center and IP-based Interactive Voice Response (IP IVR) offerings are now HIPAA-ready. With these solutions, U.S. healthcare providers and payers can now effectively manage incoming inquiries from users, such as patients and healthcare professionals, while sharing electronic patient health information. A cloud-based offering, Verizon’s Virtual Contact Center offers a holistic and coordinated experience for users and can be
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Karen DeSalvo Steps Down from ONC to Focus on Ebola Response

by Jasmine Pennic 10/24/2014 Leave a Comment

Karen DeSalvo

ONC National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo is stepping down to become the acting assistant secretary of health to focus on the Ebola response. The position oversees the surgeon's general office playing a heavy role in tackling public health issues.   “As the acting assistant secretary for health, Karen's experience as a practicing physician, a senior member of the HHS team, and as a nationally recognized leader in public health, will be invaluable to the department and me. She will
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