Geneia today announced a multi-year, strategic partnership with Covidien to help improve the health of and reduce the costs for chronically ill patients. The partnership with Covidien has agreed to provide Geneia with rights to sell its ZephyrLIFE remote patient monitoring solutions in designated markets to monitor patients with heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses in the home setting.
Geneia’s @home product combines Covidien’s ZephyrLIFE remote monitoring technology with
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Department of Homeland Security Goes Live on eClinicalWorks
eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions announces that the Department of Homeland Security is live using eClinicalWorks Cloud-based EHR system for up to 1,000 of its medical professionals to help manage care at all 23 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. Using eClinicalWorks allows the department to create a complete longitudinal record and share data between facilities. Integration with its current systems, including laboratory,
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Launchpad Digital Health Funds Its First 5 Companies
Launchpad Digital Health, a focused next generation accelerator announced that it has funded its first five companies. Each company accepted into the accelerator program receives:
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Fitbit Dominates Digital Fitness Tracker Market
Fitbit is the early dominant leader in the market for digital fitness trackers with nearly 40% of the market, according to new research Parks Associates announced today in advance of the firm's Connected Health Summit: Engaging Consumers, September 4-5 in San Diego, California. The 2Q 2014 survey of more than 5,000 U.S. broadband households found that Fitbit is far ahead of its closest competitors Samsung (14%), Nike+ Sensor (14%), and Nike Fuelband (8%).
"Slightly more than 6% of U.S.
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An Accountable Provider’s Guide to Consumer-Driven Health Care
New white paper from Lumeris provides an accountable provider’s guide to consumer-driven health care and offers 5 strategies to successfully engage patients
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Walgreens and Greenway Health Implement Largest Pharmacy EHR Ever
Greenway Health today announced the completion of the largest centralized cloud based pharmacy EHR system ever deployed, Walgreens Cloud EHR. Walgreens has completed its chain-wide rollout of the Greenway Health-powered EHR solution, giving pharmacy staff at all of its more than 8,200 locations a single, complete view of patients’ prescription, immunization and health testing records.
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TigerText Secure Messaging Volume Surges 750%
TigerText, the leader in secure, real-time secure messaging for the enterprise, marked the first half of 2014 with record sales and customer growth, which led to a 750% spike in message volume. TigerText customers are now sending over 300 million messages per month across its secure platform.
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AirStrip Raises $25M for Mobile Enabled Healthcare Expansion
AirStrip, provider of mobile healthcare applications that drive clinical transformation, has raised $25 million in a strategic funding round led by the Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund, Sequoia Capital and Wellcome Trust that includes some of the most influential leaders in healthcare.
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Verizon Unveils QR Code Login That Eliminates Usernames and Passwords for Healthcare
Verizon's QR Code Login by their Universal Identity Services enables healthcare providers to help address strict HIPAA compliance mandates.
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Practice Fusion Partners With Vitals for Online Appointment Booking and Doctor Reviews
Practice Fusion, a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) platform, is partnering with Vitals, a leader in providing online transparency tools and data that help consumers find top doctors and make informed decisions about their medical care. The 12 million patients who visit Vitals for online appointment booking and patient reviews each month will now have access to doctors who use Practice Fusion and its consumer-facing site, Patient Fusion. In turn, these Practice Fusion doctors are
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