Digital health is proving to be a valuable asset for the pharma industry, as it points to a more streamlined and more cost-effective drug development process, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.Recent years have seen a large increase in investment towards digital health – a multifaceted segment of the industry that can combine software-based therapies into various aspects of the drug development process.Rahael Maladwala, Healthcare Analyst at GlobalData, notes:
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Tea Leaves Health Launches Decisionology Platform
Tea Leaves Health, a Welltok company and leading provider of a SaaS-based analytics and marketing technology platform, today announced the launch of its new high-growth platform, Decisionology. Decisionology is a new enterprise-level healthcare business development and market intelligence platform that empowers and informs hospital and health system executives’ strategic business decisions. Decisionology gathers all of a health organization’s critical data in one place to clearly identify
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Ciox Health, NextGen Partner to Streamline Medical Record Retrievals
Ciox Health , today announce its partnership with NextGen Healthcare to streamline medical record retrievals, reducing faxes and phone calls needed. The technology-driven healthcare company has joined forces with NextGen Healthcare to boost efficiency of medical record release and deepen integration of health plan requests, laying the foundation for further use of advanced technologies in the way health information is exchanged.The joint service, Ciox Clinical Extract Service with NextGen Share,
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Report: Automated Patient Experiences Will Transform the Delivery of Care
World Business Research (WBR) and Conversa Health have released a new report, “Healthcare 2020: How Automated Patient Experiences Will Transform the Landscape”. Based on direct interviews and survey responses from 134 leading healthcare executives, the report explores how healthcare executives view automated healthcare technologies, their use cases and planned adoption.Survey respondents reported wide-ranging benefits related to automated healthcare, uses of patient generated health data, and an
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HIMSS18 Day 3 Coverage Highlights & Summary
Health Insurer Cigna to Acquire Express Scripts for $67 BillionCigna Corporation has acquired Express Scripts Holding Company in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $67 billion, including Cigna’s assumption of approximately $15 billion in Express Scripts debt. The acquisition is expected to be completed by December 31, 2018.The combined company will be named Cigna. Cigna’s headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, will become the headquarters for the combined company, and
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PeriGen Unveils AI-Powered Fetal and Maternal Early Warning Solution
PeriGen, an innovator of perinatal early warning systems unveiled their new artificial intelligence powered fetal and maternal early warning solution, Periwatch at HIMSS18. PeriWatch™ Vigilance is a new early warning platform for obstetrics that automatically identifies patients whose conditions are worsening, facilitating more timely interventions.Vigilance augments currently installed fetal surveillance systems, providing a critical layer of patient safety without requiring a hospital to "rip
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Get Real Health Announce Winner of “Flip the Patient” Challenge
Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), a HIMSS organization, and WEGO Health, the world's largest network of patient leaders, today announced digital health startup Get Real Health as the winner of its first "Flip the Patient" Challenge. The award was announced in the PCHAlliance Connected Health Experience at the 2018 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas. Get Real Health was chosen as the winner of the challenge by an independent committee comprised of select
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HIMSS18 Day 3 Coverage Highlights & Summary
Inovalon to Acquire ABILITY Network for $1.2BInovalon, a technology company providing advanced, cloud-based platforms empowering a data-driven transformation from volume-based to value-based models has acquired ABILITY Network (“ABILITY”) for $1.2 billion. The combination of Inovalon and ABILITY creates a vertically integrated cloud-based platform empowering the achievement of real-time, value-based care from payers, manufacturers, and diagnostics all the way to the patient’s point of
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UnitedHealthcare Offers Apple Watch for Eligible Plan Participants
For the first time, the Apple Watch will be integrated into UnitedHealthcare Motion, a national digital wellness program that provides eligible plan participants access to activity trackers that can enable them to earn up to $1,000 per year by meeting certain daily walking goals.Eligible participants will be able to receive and start using Apple Watch (initially paying only tax and shipping), with the option to apply program earnings toward the full purchase price of the device. Program
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JPMorgan Chase, VisitPay Partner to Offer Healthcare Receivables Financing
VisitPay, a provider of patient financial engagement, has entered into an exclusive agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in connection with the bank’s plan to extend recourse financing to VisitPay’s new Balance Transfer program, which will provide wholesale funding to healthcare providers. St Luke’s Health System in Boise, a long standing VisitPay client, is among the innovation partners shaping the program.With the launch of the Balance Transfer program, VisitPay now offers providers a
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