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Jiff Adds Garmin, Glooko, Others to Enterprise Health Platform

by HITC Staff 02/12/2016 Leave a Comment

Jiff Adds Garmin, Glooko, Others to Enterprise Health Platform

The digital health space is growing rapidly, and more and more digital health solutions (wearables like Fitbit, telemedicine like Doctor On Demand, and chronic condition coaches like Omada) are reaching millions of consumers through their employers. Jiff, the company that helps employers offer all of these solutions in an easy-to-manage platform, is announcing today it's expanding its platform to include some major players in the health space: Garmin, My Dietitian, higi, and Glooko.  These
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HIMSS, eClinicalWorks, Modernizing Medicine, Others Join CommonWell Health Alliance

by HITC Staff 02/11/2016 Leave a Comment

CommonWell Health Alliance Expands Interoperability Services with Tenet Health

CommonWell Health Alliance today announced seven new members are joining its effort to enhance nationwide health data exchange regardless of health IT vendor, geography or setting of care. These new members augment the reach of CommonWell Services in the ambulatory market, increase its membership representation for provider-engagement, imaging and EMS solutions, as well as expand into the direct-to-consumer arena. Here is a look at the seven new members: eClinicalWorks joins CommonWell as
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Report: Wearables Poised to Dominate Medical Device Market Share

by HITC Staff 02/11/2016 1 Comment

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A new patent landscape report from iRunway reveals a tectonic shift in the medical devices industry, with new technology players poised to take significant market share from traditional medical device manufacturers in the non-invasive monitoring arena. Medtronics, General Electric, Eli Lilly Company and others have long controlled sizable and lucrative healthcare monitoring markets, and they will likely continue to dominate invasive monitoring.  However, Jawbone, Fitbit, Google, Garmin and
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Backed by UPMC, Mental Health Startup Lantern Raises $17M

by HITC Staff 02/10/2016 Leave a Comment

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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

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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

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First Databank

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

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  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

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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

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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

by HITC Staff 02/09/2016 Leave a Comment

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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