Mental health startup Lantern that provides online programs that provide effective, affordable support for emotional well-being has raised $17M in funding led by Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Other investors in the round included participation from Mayfield Fund, SoftTech Venture Capital andStanford University. As a leading mental health provider and research organization, UPMC will partner with Lantern to leverage its platform within a myriad of clinical settings and conditions.
Proven Approach,
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SwervePay Raises $10M for Text-Based Patient Medical Bill Payment Platform
SwervePay, a cloud-based patient-centric payment platform that empowers patient to pay their medical bills on the go has raised $10 million in funding led by Chicago-based Garland Capital Group. The capital will be used to accelerate its channel partner network and hire additional talent to accelerate growth.
According to Accenture, 98 percent of patients will not use hospital/physician mobile apps and 64% won't use portals(Harris poll). Through SwervePay's portal free platform, Physicians
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FDB Releases CPOE-Ready Drug Database for EHR Canadian Market
First Databank, a provider of clinical drug knowledge that helps improve medication-related decisions and patient outcomes has released FDB OrderKnowledge®Canada, a pre-built medication ordering drug knowledge base specifically designed to help make computerized provider order entry (CPOE) applications more intuitive and user-friendly.
Although there has been significant federal investment since 2001 to spur EHR adoption across Canada, deployment of CPOE applications is still relatively low.
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Zipnosis Launches The “Boarding Pass” of Healthcare
Zipnosis, which provides health systems with a white-labeled, fully integrated and comprehensive virtual care platform that utilizes an adaptive online interview, as well as phone and video when appropriate, is expanding its offering with ZipTicket™ – a healthcare “boarding pass” that gives patients front-of-the-line access to routine lab tests such as a rapid strep test.
Evidence-based Quality Care Regardless of Access Point
By using Zipnosis’s virtual care solution, health
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Henry Ford Taps Philips for Predictive Analytics Engine to Manage At-Risk Patients
Integrated health system Henry Ford has selected Royal Philips for its predictive analytics engine CareSage to manage their patient populations by proactively identifying at-risk patients most likely to need an emergency transport in the next 30 days, helping prevent avoidable hospitalizations. According to reports, 57% of Medicare patients are released without any direct monitoring by a healthcare professional. To resolve this, CareSage provides analysis of real-time and historical data from
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Patient Engagement Company Premise Health Acquires IMWell Health
Brentwood, TN-based Premise Health, a worksite health and patient engagement company has acquired IMWell Health, a Fort Smith, Arkansas-based company that specializes in primary care clinics for mid-size companies and municipalities. The acquisition will help accelerate Premise Health's strategic expansion to improve the cost and quality of employer health care. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Spun out of the merger of CHS Health Services and Take Care Employer
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Doc Halo Unveils Enterprise-Wide Scheduling and Messaging System Halo Pronto
Secure texting and HIPAA-compliant app Doc Halo, today unveil Halo Pronto™, the industry's first-ever enterprise-wide scheduling and messaging system. The newest feature is now available as part of the Halo Mobile Health Platform will allow clinical providers to:
- Access enterprise-wide schedules with up-to-the-minute accuracy.
- Instantly find on-call providers anywhere in the health system and message them immediately.
- Activate critical-care teams (Code, STEMI and Stroke
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New Partnership Allows Pharmacy Patients To Receive Digital Coupons for Meds
Mobile pharmacy platform mscripts and McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions (MPRS), a provider of pharmaceutical manufacturer-sponsored patient adherence programs are entering an exclusive partnership dedicated to empowering patients with medication cost-savings and personalized adherence support to better manage their health.
Unlike current in-market mobile coupon messaging that is delivered directly from the pharmaceutical manufacturer, this new-to-market solution allows
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MercyRockford Health Selects Premier for Supply Chain
MercyRockford Health System, a vertically-integrated regional health system with five hospitals and 561 W-2 employed physician partners in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, has partnered with Premier, Inc., a healthcare improvement company, for group purchasing and expense reduction services on a system-wide basis. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Formed in January 2015 through the merger of Mercy Health System and Rockford Health System, MercyRockford also operates
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Safety & Security Challenges of Connected Medical Devices
Infographic created by TÜV SÜD looks at the safety/security challenges that manufacturers of connected medical devices now face, from the mass exposure of medical records to the sinister hacking of a patients' pacemaker.
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