Merck Global Health Innovation Fund announced a $5.0 million investment in Exostar to enable them to accelerate the growth and expansion of their healthcare and life science business. Exostar’s cloud-based authentication identity hub for the healthcare industry, Secure Access Manager (SAM), connects customers with other organizations securely across large communities of users. The investment, made by the Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, will help Exostar maintain its rapid growth in these
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Patient Engagement Market Expected to Reach $13.7B by 2019
The global patient engagement market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 20% from 2014 to 2019, to reach $13.7 billion by 2019, according to a new report from ReportsnReports. The shift from a volume-based to a value-based model fueled by growing demand from consumers for improved healthcare quality and greater value is forcing healthcare providers and payers to provide more patient engagement solutions.
Patient Engagement Market Segments
Based on the mode of delivery, web-based solutions
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ONC’s Chief Nursing Officer Judy Murphy Resigns
In a note to ONC staff, Karen DeSalvo announced that ONC Chief Nursing Officer and Director of the Office of Clinical Quality and Safety Judy Murphy will be resigning to become the new Chief Nursing Officer with IBM Healthcare Global Business Services. Murphy joined the ONC in 2011 as the Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy where she led the HITECH funded program offices helping over 100,000 providers and 1,300 critical access and rural hospitals meet the meaningful use incentive
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Wearable Fitness Trackers Adoption Trends (Infographic)
Wearable fitness trackers have created an unprecedented opportunity for the healthcare community to collect valuable data that could greatly impact patient care and health insurance premiums. Still, adoption rates for such devices remain low in the U.S. adult population.
While the use of health and fitness tracking devices has more than doubled in the last two years, a new nationwide survey conducted by TechnologyAdvice shows that only 25.1 percent of adults are currently using either a
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Philips Telehealth Apps Receives 510(k) Clearance for New Digital Health Platform
Royal Philips has announced its telehealth apps eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion have received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A part of Philips Hospital to Home's suite of telehealth programs, eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion are focused on patient care within the home and are the first clinical applications to be available through the cloud-based digital health platform, which Philips announced in collaboration with Salesforce.com earlier this summer.
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ICD-10: Bracing for Minimal Disruption to Your Healthcare Organization
ICD-10 is the largest healthcare mandate in history: Are You Ready? Many in healthcare are focused on meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, but ask clinicians and they will tell you it is the upcoming conversion to ICD-10 that has their undivided attention. Why?
- The precision documentation requirements are exponentially higher than what was required by ICD-9
- For the first time, ICD-10 puts the responsibility for accurate coding solely in the hands of the physician.
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Medfusion Launches New Integration to Allscripts Pro EHR
Medfusion, a leading provider of patient portal software for more than 9.7 million patients, has launched its new integration to the Allscripts Pro EHR, available now for customers. This integration enables discrete data and secure messages to flow more efficiently between practices and their patients and creates a foundation for Medfusion to independently launch innovative new features to customers in the years to come.
To ensure there would be no interruption to customers’ 2014 Meaningful
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Optum to Acquire MedSynergies to Boost Revenue Cycle Market Share
Optum, a data services division of UnitedHealth Group Inc. announced it will acquire MedSynergies Inc., which provides physician practice management, revenue management, physician referral management and other business services to physician groups aligned with large health systems. Terms of the deal has not been disclosed and is subject to to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
MedSynergies will provide Optum with innovative physician practice management
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Axial Exchange’s Patient Engagement App Integrates with Apple HealthKit
Axial Exchange, Inc., a pioneer in using mobile applications to deepen the patient’s role in improving outcomes, today announced that it has completed its integration with Apple HealthKit. Axial Exchange app users will now be able to view all of their health and wellness data from the Axial app and other health applications in one, comprehensive mobile dashboard. Apple HealthKit allows health and fitness apps to share their data with each other and with Apple’s new Health app.
“Giving users
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Nuances Launches Clintegrity 360 Compliance Services at AHIMA 2014
Today at AHIMA, Nuance announced the expansion of its healthcare consulting services to help organizations more holistically respond to compliance, physician engagement, ICD-10, and shifting payment models. The newest offering, Clintegrity 360 | Compliance Services, provides the management tools and training required to effectively monitor complex coding requirements, and leverage technology to avoid issues that may affect the reliability of hospital reimbursement.
Nuance Clintegrity 360 |
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