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Medtronic to Buy Covidien for $42.9B, Rebase to Ireland to Reduce Tax Burden

by Jasmine Pennic 06/16/2014 Leave a Comment

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Medtronic To Buy Smaller Rival Covidien In $43 Bln Deal (via http://361db.com) Medical device maker Medtronic, Inc. (MDT: Quote) agreed late Sunday to acquire smaller rival Covidien plc (COV: Quote) in a cash and stock deal valued at about $42.9 billion. The deal will help Medtronic shift base to Ireland and save it from paying…
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Google Set to Launch Google Fit to Compete Against Apple and Samsung’s Fitness Trackers

by Jasmine Pennic 06/13/2014 Leave a Comment

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Google Fit: Another Try At Health Data? (via InformationWeek) Google looks to announce a new service at the Google I/O conference that will track activity data. Will it succeed where Google Health failed? Google reportedly is preparing to re-enter the personal health market with the release of a health data aggregation…
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5 ICD-10 Areas that Should Not Be Delayed

by Jasmine Pennic 06/13/2014 Leave a Comment

5 ICD-10 Areas

As healthcare organizations around the country struggle with the impacts of the latest ICD-10 delay, many are looking for ways to mitigate the financial and productivity impacts. Healthcare organizations can now take advantage of the additional time and refine their ICD-10 plans in such a way that minimizes impacts on productivity and reimbursements to more fully realize cost and quality improvements. Here are five ICD-10 areas that should not be delayed according to Wolters Kluwer Health: 
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IBM Partners with Epic to Bid on $11B DoD HIM Contract

by Jasmine Pennic 06/11/2014 2 Comments

DoD EHR Modernization Project_IBM Partners with Epic to Bid on DoD HIM Contract

IBM today announced that it will team with Epic to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) contract worth potentially $11 billion dollars. With 9.7 million beneficiaries, including active duty, retirees and their dependents, DHMSM will replace and modernize the Military Health System (MHS) clinical systems. IBM and Epic will propose a solution to transform the MHS leveraging Epic's high performance, interoperable and secure EHR software which is
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Epocrates Ranked #1 Top Medical Reference App Among U.S. Physicians

by Jasmine Pennic 06/10/2014 Leave a Comment

Epocrates Ranked #1 Top Medical Reference App

Epocrates, Inc., an athenahealth, Inc. service has been ranked the number one medical reference app on smartphones and tablets among U.S. physicians for the fifth consecutive year, according to Manhattan Research's 2014 Taking the Pulse® U.S. study. The newly released Taking the Pulse U.S. study reports on technology adoption and behavior trends among physicians across the U.S. More than 3,000 physicians shared their opinions. Key findings include:
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Lifespan’s $100M Epic Implementation Erodes Cashflow

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A $100 million Epic implementation for Lifespan, Rhode Island’s largest health system has resulted in eroding cash flow and bond rating, according to Moody’s Investors analysts. The rating agency gave the health system a negative financial outlook and downgraded their rating to Baa2- only two levels away from junk status, Modern Healthcare reports.
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The Future of Biosensing Wearables Report by Rock Health

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The Future of Biosensing Wearables research report by Rock Health encompasses an in-depth review of the current landscape of wearables, how products evolve into narrower use cases (by improving functionality, reliability, and convenience), and business models for wearable companies in the face of technology giants Apple and Samsung moving aggressively into digital health.
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Dell,Texas A&M Health Science Center Team Up to Create Health Technology Academy

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Dell and Texas A&M Health Science Center To Create Health Technology Academy

Dell and Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) have announced the creation of a health technology academy to provide customized information technology education to the ever-evolving health professions workforce. The pioneering collaboration will empower current and future caregivers to improve patient outcomes through enhanced health information technology practices. 
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Smart Health Hero by LyfeChannel Wins Code-a-Palooza Challenge

by Jasmine Pennic 06/03/2014 Leave a Comment

Smart Health Hero by LyfeChannel

Smart Health Hero by LyfeChannel  of San Carlos, California was announced the winner of the second annual Code-a-Palooza challenge during the 2014 Health Datapalooza. The team develped a new electronic tool designed to help patients and their families use Medicare claims data to make health care choices. Fifty-six developers submitted proposals to Code-a-Palooza for new visualization tools that help consumers use the 2012 Medicare Provider Payment data released by the Centers for Medicare &
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Availity Acquires RevPoint to Enable Enhanced Patient Access Tools

by Jasmine Pennic 06/02/2014 Leave a Comment

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Availity's acquisition of RevPoint addresses demand for improved reimbursement management tools; simplifies “up-front” payment processes for providers and their patients.  Availity, provider of health information networks, today announced it has acquired Nashville, Tennessee-based RevPoint Healthcare Technologies, an innovative provider of revenue cycle tools that increase patient collections at the beginning of the revenue cycle process. Unlike traditional collection tools developed to
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