Geisinger Health System is collaborating with Cerner to utilize Cerner's HealtheIntent population health management platform to further extend Geisinger’s data-driven population health capabilities.
Geisinger leveraged HealtheIntent, a system-agnostic, near real-time platform that normalizes data from any source, to aggregate clinical and financial data from its core EHR and other sources, such as its insurance company, in a proof-of-concept project. Given the positive outcome of the
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MD Revolution Pulls In $23M to Expand Chronic Care Management
End-to-end chronic care management (CCM) and patient engagement MD Revolution has raised $23 million in funding, co-led by Chicago-based Jump Capital and a leading global healthcare technology company. This brings their total funding to date to over $30 million.
MD Revolution’s first CCM customers enrolled in February 2015 when the first payments were made for the new Medicare Part B CCM code. MD Revolution now serves over 100 practices and plans to add hundreds of additional practices
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ACO: Integrated Health Network Exceeds Clinical Quality Goals
Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin (IHN) exceeded its clinical quality goals in the first year of a three-year accountable care relationship with UnitedHealthcare, due to enhanced care coordination for patients and better sharing of clinical and financial data.
The results are based on the experiences of 60,000 employer-sponsored health plan participants who sought care from IHN physicians in 2014. During the first year of the program, more patients received the preventive
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Population Health Management Market Set to Top $32B by 2020
According to a new report from Tractica, the global market for population health management market is expected to more than double in size during the next 5 years, increasing from $14.0 billion in 2015 to $31.9 billion by 2020. The report, “Population Health Management Software and Services”, focuses on the main apps for PHM software, including care coordination and patient interaction, care plan development and management, analytics, and data management, along with PHM services such as
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Allscripts Integrates with TeleTracking to Improve Care Coordination
Ambulatory EHR provider, Allscripts announced it will integrate with TeleTracking Technologies including a reseller agreement to make it easier for clients to purchase both solutions. As the healthcare industry transitions from fee-for-service to fee-for-value, and new reimbursement models incentivize providers to coordinate care, organizations seek solutions to optimize both acute and ambulatory resources and better manage the discharge process.
The integration between Allscripts and
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SocialWellth, HITLAB Partner to Expand mHealth App Curation
Las Vegas based digital health company SocialWellth and HITLAB, an innovation and teaching lab located at Columbia University are teaming up to expand mHealth app curation capabilities and certification standards.
In the initial phases of the partnership, HITLAB will support SocialWellth’s curation of mobile health apps and associated devices by systematically validating its methodologies. Additionally, HITLAB will provide a secondary level of validation ensures and reinforces SocialWellth’s
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Vocera, Brightstar Partner to Deliver iOS Secure Messaging
Brightstar Corp., the world’s largest specialized wireless distributor and a leader in innovation and diversified services for the wireless industry, and Vocera Communications are teaming up to deliver iOS bundled solutions for secure voice, text messaging and access to critical data to the healthcare market. The collaboration will provide Vocera customers with a unique set of solutions featuring iOS devices paired with best-in-class accessories to help meet the demands of the healthcare
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FDA Clears Non-Invasive HIFU Treatment for Prostate Cancer
The FDA has cleared the non-surgical, non-invasive treatment for prostate cancer known as HIFU or High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy. The Food and Drug Administration approved HIFU after more than 10 years of clinical trials, paving the way for Ablatherm HIFU to become the treatment of choice for localized prostate cancer in the U.S. More than 40,000 patients worldwide have had HIFU treatments since the procedure was approved in Europe. The procedure is also approved by Health
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GreatCall Acquires Connected Home Health Platform Lively
San Diego, CA-based connected health provider for active aging GreatCall Inc. has acquired the technology assets of connected home health platform Lively Inc. The asset acquisition will strengthen GreatCall's connected health portfolio and expand its marketshare in the active aging space. Financial terms of the asset acquisition were not disclosed.
Founded in 2012, Lively Inc's connected health home health platform uses passive activity sensors that are applied to everyday objects in an
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Indegene Acquires Population Health Analytics Platform SmartCare
Indegene, a global healthcare solutions for life sciences companies, payers and providers, today announced it has acquired SmartCare®, a population health analytics platform from Connecticut-based Vantage Point, Inc. This acquisition further strengthens Indegene’s ATOM (analytics, technology, operations and medical) offering which is designed to support U.S. companies in navigating changes associated with the Affordable Care Act. Financial terms of the acquisition were not
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