Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced physicians have documented more than 100 million patient stories annually physicians using Nuance cloud-based clinical voice recognition. This milestone comes on the heels of dramatic growth in healthcare organizations using web and mobile apps with embedded Nuance Dragon Medical cloud-based solutions, which have increased up to 30% month-over-month since the beginning of the year. Nuance anticipates this pace of adoption to continue based on market
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WellTrackONE, Zoeticx Partner to Bring EHR Interoperability to Medical Facilities
Zoeticx, Inc. and WellTrackONE Corp.have announced a partnership to bring interoperability to medical facilities’ EHR systems. The collaboration will enable Zoeticx’s Patient-Clarity platform software to integrate WellTracksONES’s Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) patient reports and associated medical data to any EHR, Health Information Exchange (HIE) or other data repository.
As part of the agreement, providers will be able to easily access and manage WellTrackONE’s AWV reports without using any
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Walgreens/MDLive Expands Telehealth Visits to Consumers in 20 States
Pharmacy retail giant Walgreens is expanding its partnership with MDLive to offer consumers in 20 additional states 24/7 access to MDLIVE's telehealth visits via Walgreens mobile app. The latest expansion brings the total number of states to 25.
As part of today’s expansion, patients in the following states will now have access to MDLIVE telehealth services through the Walgreens mobile app: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
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StartUp Health Goes Global with Launch of StartUp Health Finland
Global health innovation company StartUp Health is expanding globally with the launch of StartUp Health Finland in partnership with Finpro’s Team Finland Health growth program. The partnership will further both organizations’ missions, to grow and scale the next generation of businesses and strengthen Finland’s position as a digital health leader.
StartUp Health Finland Overview
StartUp Health Finland will focus on coaching and supporting the emerging ecosystem of Finnish entrepreneurs and
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Boston Children’s, Rock Health Partner To Develop Digital Health Tools for Pediatric Care
Boston Children's Hospital and full-service digital health venture fund Rock Health today announced a strategic partnership to develop digital health tools and devices to improve pediatric care. The announcement was made during Boston Children's Hospital's Global Pediatric Innovation Summit + Awards.
Partnership Details
As part of the partnership, Rock Health will fund and support promising digital startup companies and Boston Children's will act as clinical advisor to help startups shape
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92% of Healthcare Institutions Using Non HIPAA-Compliant Messaging Apps
92 percent of healthcare institutions are using non HIPAA-compliant messaging apps, according to a study released today by Infinite Convergence Solutions, Inc. What's more, only 1 in 4 healthcare institutions who have an official mobile messaging platform are using an internal, company-authorized app. The rest are recommending or using consumer-facing messaging apps and services that do not provide the enterprise-grade security needed to comply with regulations, such as the Health Insurance
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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield to Offer Telehealth Therapy Services via AbilTo
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is collaborating with behavioral health company AbilTo, Inc. to offer telehealth therapy services by a licensed therapist and behavior coach -- via telephone or secure on-line video – at no cost to certain Horizon BCBNSNJ members. Starting this month, the remote telehealth therapy will be offered as an eight-week program in which therapist and behavior coach teams help members make sustainable lifestyle changes that improve their physical health,
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PatientsLikeMe, American College of Cardiology Partner on Diabetes Collaborative Registry
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and patient active network PatientsLikeMe have launched a partnership to explore innovative ways to make real-world patient feedback and experience more central to diabetes research and care. The partnership will focus on encouraging people living with diabetes to offer perspectives to enhance and accelerate the ACC’s Diabetes Collaborative Registry®.
Diabetes Collaborative Registry® Overview
The Diabetes Collaborative Registry is the first global,
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5 Steps to Building a Thriving Community Hospital
Is there a future for the independent community hospital? A variety of factors have converged into a perfect storm that is battering community health care facilities’ finances, including:
• Declining reimbursement
• Higher costs of capital
• Increasing patient financial responsibility leading many consumers to seek care in lower-cost settings or opt out entirely
• Lower operating margins than larger health systems
• Advances in health care delivery that cut patient volumes
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Walgreens to Implement Epic EHR Across Its 400 Clinics
On Thursday, retail pharmacy giant Walgreens announced it will implement Epic's EHR platform across 400 of its healthcare clinics starting in early 2016. The move to EpicCare will help further enhance care coordination among providers, while also supporting the long-term growth plan for its clinic business.
“We’re pleased to welcome Walgreens to the Epic family and look forward to supporting their goal of improving access to high quality, coordinated care,” said Carl Dvorak, Epic president.
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