Philips and Salesforce.com announced a collaboration to develop a cloud-based care coordination platform, with two clinical applications set to launch this summer.
A range of tech companies from Apple to Samsung to Google have been proposing solutions to healthcare’s biggest challenge – putting the rapidly-growing volume of healthcare data to good use. But while those “platforms” involve consumer health data, they don’t integrate a key piece of the healthcare puzzle – clinical data.
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Google Unveils Google Fit Open API Platform
Google has responded to Apple's HealthKit with the announcement of its new health and fitness platform called Google Fit at its annual I/O developers conference. The Open API platform will utilize sensors on mobile devices and wearables via Google's smartwatch to provide the consumer with a complete picture of their health and fitness.
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CSC Partners with Allscripts and HP to Bid on DoD EHR Contract
CSC announced today that it will partner with Allscripts and HP to bid on the DoD EHR contract. The CSC-led team intends to deliver a secure, enterprise-wide information technology (IT) solution that joins multiple disparate EHR systems into a single, open, interoperable and extensible EHR platform that seamlessly connects patients and providers. The DoD EHR contract is estimated to be valued at $11 billion dollars to replace the agency's system.
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9 Emerging Job Titles for Healthcare Executives in 2014
Study examines the new crop of emerging job titles for healthcare executives due to the evolution in healthcare delivery and payment models.
According to a recent study by Spencer Stuart and the American Hospital Association, the evolution in healthcare delivery and payment models is impacting the leadership, talent and organizational structures of hospitals and care systems. The findings have been drawn from a survey of senior hospital and care system executives and additional interviews
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Parkview Health To Pay $800k HIPAA Violation Settlement
Parkview Health System, Inc. has agreed to pay $800,000 in HIPAA violation settlement in medical records dumping case, according to the HHS. In addition to the $800,000 resolution amount, the settlement includes a corrective action plan requiring Parkview to revise their policies and procedures, train staff, and provide an implementation report to OCR. Parkview is a nonprofit health care system that provides community-based health care services to individuals in northeast Indiana and northwest
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AirStrip Appoints Orlando Portale Chairman of Innovation Advisory Board
AirStrip®, provider of mobile healthcare solutions for driving clinical transformation, today announced the formation of the AirStrip Innovation Advisory Board to be chaired by nationally recognized healthcare innovator Orlando Portale.
“AirStrip is recognized for a history of disruptive innovations, and with Orlando Portale at the helm of the Innovation Advisory Board, we will take a further leap forward. He will help us drive an expanded AirStrip ONE solution that includes connecting with and
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ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte Collaborates with Regenstrief Institute Partners to Accelerate the Use of Real World Evidence in Health Care
ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. are announcing that Regenstrief, an internationally recognized informatics and health care research organization, has become a member of ConvergeHEALTH’s real-world evidence and analytics consortium.
Regenstrief joins Intermountain Healthcare and Moffitt Cancer Center/M2Gen as part of a rapid-learning network established by ConvergeHEALTH to support the health industry’s shift toward a value-based system featuring personalized
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Gartner Ranks Dell the #1 IT Services Provider in Healthcare
Today, Dell Services announced it was ranked by Gartner as the number one worldwide IT Services provider in healthcare based on 2013 revenue. In 2014, Dell has added contracts from new and existing healthcare customers, as well as expanded legacy application support services for a major healthcare enterprise and signed a multi-million dollar contract with a new healthcare customer to provide service management, end user computing and database management services.
So far this year, Dell has
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Keys to Implementing a Sustainable Population Health Management Program
White paper from Siemens examines some of the critical success factors for a sustainable population health management program.
Population health management (PHM) has become and will continue to be a top priority for healthcare providers as the industry shifts from the current fee-for-service to new value-based purchasing models. Provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are driving the adoption of these models, which are designed to improve the quality of American healthcare, while large
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Only 8 Hospitals Have Attested for Meaningful Use Stage 2
Only 8 hospitals have attested for meaningful use stage 2 out of a total of 75 hospitals during the 2014 reporting year, according to the latest data released by CMS. For physicians, only 447 eligible providers have attested for MU Stage 2 out of total 1,497.
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