64 percent of healthcare executives say EHRs have failed to deliver better PHM tools, and about half claim they would be willing to switch EHRs to get these capabilities, according to new data from Sage Growth Partners (SGP). The EHR market is maturing at the same time that value-based care has grown more permanent roots. As the inpatient EHR market begins to consolidate, SGP conducted an online survey of 100 healthcare executives (87% C-suite) to understand their perspectives about what EHRs
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Cerner Partners with Salesforce to Extend Care Beyond the Exam Room
Cerner partners with customer relationship management (CRM) leader Salesforce to extend its population health, clinical and administration portfolio with an integrated solution that combines Salesforce Health Cloud and Marketing Cloud with Cerner’s HealtheIntentSM, its big data platform. Combined with Cerner’s data, analytic and application platform, electronic health record (EHR) and intelligent solutions, the addition of Health Cloud and Marketing Cloud will support enhanced consumer and
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Zebra Medical Vision Unveils AI-based Algorithm to Detect Brain Bleeds
Zebra Medical Vision, the machine and deep learning company that is creating the next generation services for the healthcare industry. In the past two years Zebra-Med launched different algorithms on a monthly basis to better diagnose breast cancer, heart attacks, and other life-threatening diseases, and now the company is officially releasing the first ever algorithm to detect brain bleeds. This algorithm has just been granted CE approval. The timely detection of brain bleeds is critical to a
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HP Launches All-in-One Laptops and Clinical Displays for Healthcare
At HIMSS18, HP Inc. unveiled a cutting-edge lineup of healthcare devices specifically designed to address the next generation of patient care. The HP Healthcare Edition portfolio includes ultra-slim notebook, All-in-One, and premium clinical review display purpose-built for healthcare.Drawing on HP’s deep customer insights and its culture of innovation, the HP Healthcare Edition portfolio was thoughtfully designed to deliver safer, smarter, and secured features specific to the healthcare
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Datica Launches Kubernetes-Enabled Platform to Extend AWS and Azure Cloud Accounts
Datica, the leading cloud platform for digital health since 2013, today announced its next-generation platform to manage HIPAA compliance on top of AWS and Microsoft Azure. The evolved version of the Datica Platform extends security and compliance expertise in three critical ways to better serve healthcare organizations: 1. The Platform now uses Kubernetes as its underlying container orchestration, granting customers greater technical flexibility.2. The move will also allow customers to
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Personal Connected Health Alliance Adds 24 New Members
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), a HIMSS organization, today announced that 24 new organizations have become members of the Alliance. In the past year, PCHAlliance has added nearly 45 new member organizations from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Middle East and Australia. PCHAlliance is convening the global personal connected health community -- technology companies, healthcare providers, payers, governments and the public -- to accelerate the technical,
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Precision Health AI Launches Oncology AI Platform Driven by EMR Dataset
Precision Health AI, a healthcare technology company focused on the application of artificial intelligence to cancer care, today announced the launch of the Eureka Health Oncology AI Platform. The 60+ set of pre-trained AI solution modules will utilize Precision Health AI’s proprietary data to predict a patient’s cancer stage, treatment journey, flow through the healthcare system and survival rate.Driving the new Eureka Health Oncology AI platform is Precision Health AI’s deep, longitudinal
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InterSystems Launches SMART on FHIR Sandbox for App Development Beyond EHR
InterSystems, a global leader in information technology platforms for health, business, and government applications, today introduced a FHIR sandbox to enable developers to connect to multi-source health records when testing and developing SMART on FHIR applications.The virtual environment will enable a gateway for Substitutable Medical Apps & Reusable Technology on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, or “SMART on FHIR” applications to be tested through HealthShare™, InterSystems’
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Why Most Hospitals Aren’t Smart Enough for Healthcare Consumers
Many hospitals are trying to be smart—optimizing the digitizing of all their needed data and even hospital infrastructure—but many are failing, and patients today need faster decisions based on complete data. MGM Solutions weighs in on how hospitals can get smarter faster.Hospitals globally are under tremendous pressure, facing factors such as reimbursement and cost pressures, while serving an increasingly aging population suffering from chronic diseases. Hospitals are seeking ways to improve
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Cardiac Monitoring Startup Eko Devices Raises $5M to Bring Intelligence to Heart Sounds
Eko, a San Francisco, CA-based platform of non-invasive cardiac screening devices, care coordination software, and machine learning algorithms has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by ARTIS Ventures. The round also included participation from Strategic Partners, Dreamlt Ventures, 1812 Ventures, and FOUNDER.org. Eko plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its commercial team and to expand clinical studies on the use of Eko's platform for valvular heart disease screening and heart
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