athenahealth, a provider of cloud-based EHR and practice management solutions for medical groups and health systems, today announced the appointment of Prakash Khot as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective January 25, 2016. He will report directly to Jonathan Bush, athenahealth’s CEO.
In his new role, Mr. Khot will be responsible for leading all aspects of athenahealth’s technology vision and development. His primary focus will be advancing the overall direction and development of
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AHA, IBM Watson Health, Welltok Partner to Transform Heart Health
The American Heart Association is teaming up with IBM Watson Health and Welltok to develop a first of its kind workplace health solution that leverages the cognitive computing power of IBM Watson. Powered by IBM Watson, AHA, IBM, and Welltok will create a new offering that combines AHA's science-based metrics and health assessments with cognitive analytics, delivered on Welltok's health optimization platform. The effort is intended to help alleviate the burden of cardiovascular diseases, which
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Top 10 Hacking Exposure Areas for Healthcare IT Systems
Meditology Services, a professional services company specializing in IT solutions for healthcare organizations, announced new research based on a two year study from 2013-2015. As a follow up to this research endeavor, Meditology has released a white paper focused on ethical hacking, also known as penetration testing, and why it is a very effective way to test the security of healthcare information systems.
The paper, "Hacking Healthcare: Real-world Healthcare Security Exposures from
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Specialty Pharmacy Launches Care Management App Powered by Patient IO
Diplomat, the nation's largest independent specialty pharmacy launches AllMetRx, a new care management app powered by Patient IO. With AllMetRx™, real-time treatment data is captured by caregivers and patients to monitor adherence, side effects, and other pertinent clinical data which is shared with providers and stakeholders.
The care coordination solution that can be integrated with any healthcare software system, including electronic health records and population health management
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How Apple’s iOS9 Features Is Transforming Digital Health for Consumers
Infographic created by healthcare app developers at Innoppl, an open source, web devevelopment and mobile shop illustrates how Apple's iOS9 new features is transforming digital health for consumers.
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Accenture, Boston Scientific Launch Data-Driven Digital Health Solution for Hospitals
Boston Scientific Corporation and Accenture have developed a cloud-based, data-driven digital health solution for hospitals that will help improve patient outcomes and reduce costs to treat patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases.. The solution, ADVANTICS™ Care Pathway Transformation enables providers to make more proactive and informed decisions based on insights into the patient population, ultimately improving the care a patient experiences from hospital stay through post-discharge care
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Epic, Impact Advisors Takes Overall Best in KLAS Awards
The 2015/2016 Best in KLAS report published today named Epic and Impact Advisors as the 'Overall Best in KLAS based on the feedback of their customers. Epic earned the ranking of number one Overall Software Suite for the sixth consecutive year and was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor including receiving an additional seven Best in KLAS awards in seven segments.
Health IT consulting firm Impact Advisors was ranked the number one Overall IT Services Firm for the fourth
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Top 5 Health IT Solutions Hospitals Plan to Adopt in 2016
In a newly released report from HIMSS Analytics examines the changes in a hospitals’ buying intent from 2014 through 2015. The report identified the following top 5 technologies hospitals plan to adopt in 2016:
1. CPOE
2. Physician Documentation
3. Nurse Staffing/Scheduling
4. Dictation with Speech Recognition
5. Data Warehousing/Mining – Clinical
Report Background
In early 2015, in a forward-thinking article on Healthcare IT News, HIMSS Analytics identified 18 technologies
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Teladoc Inks Deal to Provide Telehealth Services for Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters
Teladoc has inked a contract with the Mississippi Insurance Department to provide telehealth services statewide to the 13,000 Mississippi Volunteer Firefighters and their dependents. By offering telehealth consults to its volunteer firefighters, the Mississippi Insurance Department expects the Teladoc program to be used as a recruiting incentive as demographic changes decrease the pool of available firefighters.
The program with Teladoc will also benefit the state by increasing the
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CareSync Joins athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ Program
CareSync, a provider of software and services for chronic disease management is joining athenahealth’s ‘More Disruption Please’ (MDP) program. The partnership will link athenahealth’s growing network of more than 73k health care providers with the capabilities of CareSync to more efficiently meet billing requirements for CPT code 99490 and manage patient care, especially for those coping with chronic conditions.
“Through this partnership, providers already using athenaClinicals® can quickly
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