Jasmine Pennic | HIT Consultant

New Technology Allows Doctors to Remotely Monitor Patient Heart Conditions Via Wireless Messaging

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A new experimental technology option for heart disease is currently being tested that allows doctors to remotely monitor patient heart conditions via wireless messaging, PR Newswire reports. The clinical trail called LAPTOP-HF (Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy) at the University of Kansas hospital is designed to investigate a new way to help treat heart failure by helping doctors adjust a patient's medications before symptoms develop or require
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Black Book Ranking Names Top Health Information Exchange Vendors by Segment

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A survey conducted by full-service market research company Black Book Rankings has revealed the top  health information exchange solutions by segments. Black Book Rankings, a division of Black Book Market Research LLC, provides healthcare IT users, media, investors, analysts, quality minded vendors, and prospective software system buyers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and other interested sectors of the clinical technology industry with comprehensive comparison data of the industry's top
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State of Illinois Invests $4M to Launch New Biotech Hub for Startups

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The state of Illinois has announced it will provide $4 million to help launch a new biotech hub for startups in downtown Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times reports. The new incubator, called MATTER will be located next to 1871 on the 12th floor of the Merchandise Mart thanks to a $2.5 million investment, and a $1.5 million loan from the state. Merchandise Mart is already home to 1871, a co-working center for startups that has produced more than 200 jobs and created more than 1,000 jobs since its
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Former Shelby Regional CFO Charged with Meaningful Use Fraud

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Tom White, the former CFO for Dr. Tariq Mahmood’s Texas hospitals has been charged with meaningful use fraud and aggravated identity theft in the Eastern District of Texas, FBI.gov reports. According to the indictment by a federal grand jury, White falsely attested to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that Shelby Regional Medical Center (Shelby Regional) successfully met the meaningful use requirements for the 2012 fiscal year. To give the impression of using a certified EHR,
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Private Equity Firm Acquires GHX, Healthcare Supply Chain Leader

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Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, and Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a privately-held provider of connected, intelligent healthcare supply chains, have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of GHX by an affiliate of Thoma Bravo. Financial details were not disclosed. The current GHX senior management team will continue to manage the company. “GHX maintains a strong position in North America and Europe with solutions that span the breadth of the
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Pristine Partners With WCA To Bring Google Glass To Wound Care

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Wound Care Advantage (WCA), a wound care service company, and Pristine, the only company that’s developed commercially available Google Glass-based software that meets HIPAA regulations, have partnered to bring Google Glass into an outpatient wound care setting for the first time. Google Glass is wireless, handsfree and supports first person perspectives—all of which present incredible opportunities to improve wound care delivery. The device will be implemented at Wound Care Advantage’s
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