More than two thirds of healthcare decision makers say analytics is one of their organization’s top three priorities, according to CDW' Healthcare's Analytics in Healthcare Report. The report finds top motivational factors driving analytics are:
- the rising cost of healthcare (59%)
- Medicare/Medicaid EHR incentive programs (44%) and;
- accountable care (41%)
Organizations moving forward with analytics have taken critical steps to prepare, such as investing to improve data
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CDC to Launch Ebola Mobile Training App for Clinicians
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will soon launch an Ebola mobile app that provides intuitive coaching to clinicians on CDC's guidelines for proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent transmission of Ebola.
Powered by 22otters' innovative, speech-enabled and animated, step-by-step mobile coaching technology, will allow healthcare workers to access easy-to-follow directions for putting on (donning) and removing (doffing) PPE and a powered air purifying
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Doximity Launches Apple Watch App for Physicians
Online medical network Doximity has launched its app for Apple Watch that provides a HIPAA-secure -- and now hands-free -- way for doctors to communicate regarding patient care. With over 50 percent of all US doctors as members of the network, the app will power to doctors to securely message any US doctor, hands-free saving valueable time especially in a critical setting.
Growing Physician Mobility Needs
HIPAA laws forbid physicians from using email or text messaging to discuss
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Caradigm Broadens Its Portfolio of Population Health Apps
Caradigm, a provider of enterprise population health has announced its latest software release, which includes two new applications, Caradigm® Condition Management andCaradigm® Utilization Management Analytics.
These new applications help healthcare organizations improve quality and lower the cost of care for at-risk populations, and broaden Caradigm’s ability to deliver the market’s most comprehensive portfolio of enterprise population health applications. In addition, the release includes
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Cerner Integrates Tableau’s Visual Analytics for Interactive Data Exploration
EHR leader Cerner is partnering with Tableau Software to enhance the data discovery experience of health care organizations through interactive data exploration. Through the partnership, Cerner will integrate Tableau's visual analytics with Cerner's HealtheAnalytics℠ and HealtheEDW℠ enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and analytic offerings. Through this data mining and analysis, health care organizations can derive meaningful insight to identify trends, improve clinical decision support and help
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SERMO’s Social Network for Doctors Expands Reach to UK
SERMO, as the leading US social network for doctors, today announces its international expansion by adding the UK as its first new country, uniting 38,000 UK physicians to the existing US social network of 305,000 US doctors. Together, SERMO is now the first global medical social network exclusively for physicians with 343,000 members. SERMO aims to unite physicians in multiple countries by the end of 2015.
The Power of Medical Crowdsourcing
SERMO is a virtual doctors’ lounge, teaching
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Mana Health’s Platform Unifies EMRs with Patient-Generated Data
Mana Health, a NYC-based company that creates data-driven solutions for healthcare has launched its ManaCloud Platform, a secure, HIPAA-compliant MU stage 3 cloud platform that unifies EMRs with patient-generated data and offers a developer-friendly API to support authorized access.
According to recently proposed Meaningful Use—Stage 3 rule, the use of API for sharing data with patients and making available patient-generated data to providers along the continuum of care is now a
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AARP Launches Digital Health Initiative to Accelerate Innovation for Aging Americans
AARP is launching a new digital health initiative called Project Catalyst that provides developers of popular and emerging products insight into how Americans 50-plus use technology in order to identify ways to improve the devices for mature consumers. The first study will be focused on popular activity and sleep trackers performed in conjunction with UnitedHealthcare and Pfizer Inc. It will serve as the first of several technology studies that AARP will conduct with the goal of accelerating
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Livongo Health Nabs $20M to Expand Diabetes Management Program
Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $20 million in Series B funding from investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), DFJ and previous investor General Catalyst.
The capital will enable the company to further develop its chronic disease management ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of the company's digital diabetes management program, Livongo for Diabetes, among self-insured
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MEDITECH Selects Validic To Integrate Patient-Generated Data
Validic, a leading interoperability platform for aggregating digital health data, announced an alignment with MEDITECH to integrate clinical, fitness, and wellness data to help deliver more efficient remote patient monitoring, home care, patient discharge management and wellness initiatives.
"Today's healthcare environment is value-based and outcome-driven, which means healthcare providers need to evaluate every aspect of their patients' health, not just those factors that contributed to their
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