Aetna and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have announced a new accountable care organization (ACO) collaboration designed to improve the quality of care and lower health care costs through more coordinated care. This is Aetna’s first pediatric ACO arrangement.
ACO Agreement Details
Under the contract, members of Aetna commercial plans (up to age 19) in the five-county Philadelphia area and Burlington County, N.J., and who receive care from CHOP physicians, became part of the
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Philips Launches Lumify Smart Device Ultrasound Solution in U.S.
Royal Philips has announced that Lumify, a smart device ultrasound solution, is now available for purchase by licensed healthcare providers or organizations in the U.S. Philips’ new ultrasound digital health approach connects off-the-shelf compatible smart devices, a mobile application, advanced ultrasound transducer technology, integrated IT and support services to help healthcare providers improve patient care and reduce costs.
Subscription Model
Available with a monthly subscription
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KLAS Report Finds Cerner, InterSystems Top Global EMR Vendors
A new KLAS report finds EMR vendors Cerner and InterSystems as the top-performing fully rated global multiregional vendors. Provider surveys and commentary show that Cerner performs very well in Europe and the Middle East, while InterSystems performs well in Asia/Oceania and the Middle East. The report also finds Allscripts had the highest score in the Europe market.
The report, "Global EMR Performance 2015" highlights vendor performance by region, shows that Epic performs best in
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New Browser Extension Helps Med Students Contribute to Wikipedia Medical Articles
Docgraph, a company that works to create, maintain, and improve open healthcare datasets has publicly released Batea, a new browser extension that allows med students contribute clinically relevant portions of their browsing patterns to data scientists working with Wikipedia. Until now, Batea has previously in private beta with medical students from UCSF and UTHouston.
Key Benefits
Built by DocGraph with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Batea will improve clinical
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Doctors Can Now Earn CME Credits Virtually via HealthTap’s Global Rounds
Starting today, doctors can now earn official Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits for socially collaborating and learning from fellow clinicians while providing invaluable solutions for challenging patient cases for free through HealthTap's new Global RoundsTM platform. Global RoundsTM presents doctors with the latest peer-reviewed medical literature, readily available at their fingertips and relevant to a patient's question or condition.
Now, doctors can also add insights from
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Mental Health App Joyable Raises $8M to Treat Anxiety, Depression
San-Francisco-based Joyable, an evidence-based, affordable mental health service provider has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by returning investors Thrive Capital and Harrison Metal. The funding will be used to develop the company's first-ever native mobile app to offer Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and expand its service to more of the 15 million Americans currently suffering from clinical social anxiety. The company previously raised $2M seed round.
Launched in March 2015,
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Practo, Uber Partner to Help Patients Reach Doctors in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore
India-based physician search portal Practo is teaming up with on-demand transportation platform Uber to make it easier for consumers to reach doctors, so they never have to worry about running late for an appointment. Starting this week, patients in India, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines who book an appointment via Practo's app will be able to see the closest Uber available when they get a reminder alert for their appointments.
How It Works
Using the Practo app, patients can view
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Merck to Produce Anti-Diabetes Meds in Algeria to Improve Care of Patients
Merck, a leading life sciences and technology company, today announced the commissioning of its anti-diabetes medicine production unit for the treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure. A joint venture project has subsequently been set up between the company and its partner, the Algerian laboratory Novapharm to produce 500 million tablets for the Algerian market.
The production unit located in Bou Ismail, a remote village 40 km west of Algiers, will help increase national production
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Uber Teams with Voalte, SMH to Offer Patients Rides to Doctor’s Appointment
Sarasota, FL-based healthcare communication company Voalte is teaming up with Uber and Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, to create a new Voalte app that could make scheduling transportation easier for patients who need a ride to their doctors’ or medical appointments.
Pilot Program Details
The pilot program will integrate Voalte's app with Uber’s internet-enabled platform to give a group of Sarasota Memorial patients discharged from the hospital a convenient option to pre-arrange
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Rally Health Launches Online Healthcare Shopping Experience, 20M Have Access at Launch
Consumer-centric digital health company Rally Health today launched Rally Connect, an online experience that enables people to shop for the right health care based on their personal needs. Rally Connect integrates with a person’s contracted health plan to offer a better understanding of both the quality and cost of the care they receive. The result is cost savings both for the consumer and for the health plan.
At launch, 20 million people enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans will have
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