Newtopia, a personalized health company has signed a commercial agreement with Aetna to begin offering its enterprise health engagement platform to Aetna’s largest employer customers and their employees. Newtopia uses genetic testing and behavioral science to build highly personalized disease prevention plans.
Aetna/Newtopia Pilot Program
The partnership follows the successful pilot program completion with Aetna employees who had, or were at risk for, Metabolic Syndrome, a condition that
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AirStrip Expands Mobile Health Solutions to Australia and New Zealand
AirStrip® and Life Monitor Pty Ltd. have announced the formation of a strategic partnership to sell AirStrip solutions in Australia and New Zealand. Both the AirStrip ONE mobile interoperability platform and the Sense4Baby wireless fetal/maternal monitoring system will be available as part of the agreement.
Life Monitor streamlines connectivity across the healthcare sector, providing the Ideal Life Operating platform and associate peripheral devices to enable clients to remotely manage
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Top 4 Population Health Management Challenges
As the healthcare delivery model shifts towards value based healthcare, the need for effective population health management solutions continues to grow. However, for many providers choosing the right PHM solution is still uncharted territory and the correct path isn't always clearly marked. According to a recent Chilmark Research report, healthcare organizations are currently struggling with evolving models of reimbursement while PHM vendors have yet to successfully build solutions to fully meet
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Practice Fusion EHR Integrates with CoverMyMeds’ Integrated EPA
CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest prior authorization (PA) network, and Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR for doctors and patients, today announced a partnership that will bring CoverMyMeds’ integrated electronic prior authorization (ePA) functionality to Practice Fusion’s 110,000 medical professionals who manage more than 100 million patient records. The integration will enable practitioners on the Practice Fusion platform to submit ePAs for medications to health insurance plans within their
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St. Clair Hospital Selected as 2014 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award Recipient
St. Clair Hospital of Mt. Lebanon, Pa. has been named a 2014 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient. Since 1994, the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement of organizations that have utilized health information technology to substantially improve patient outcomes while achieving return on investment.
St. Clair Hospital, an independent, 328-bed acute care facility that provides advanced, high quality healthcare to more than 500,000 residents of
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Imprivata Partners with Symantec for Comprehensive Fingerprint Biometric & Token Solution for EPCS
Imprivata today announced a partnership with Symantec to provide a comprehensive fingerprint biometric and FICAM-certified Credential Service Provider (CSP) solution for electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS). Symantec Norton Secure Login, acting as the CSP, and Symantec Validation and ID Protection Services (VIP) seamlessly integrate with Imprivata Confirm ID™ to simplify the process of identity-proofing and credentialing prescribers to comply with DEA requirements for EPCS.
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Computer Assisted Coding Market Expected to Reach $3.5B by 2019
The global computer assisted coding (CAC) market is expected to grow at a double-digit CAGR and reach $3.5 Billion by 2019 largely driven by the ICD-10 transition, according to a new research report by MarketsandMarkets. The report finds providers are increasingly turning to CAC solutions to help reduce coding errors, increase coder productivity and offer quality healthcare. This can be attributed to various factors such as rapid growth in the number of healthcare facilities,
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4 Ways Under Armour Can Drive Value in Digital Health & Fitness
Last week, Under Armour held their "Connected Fitness Day" presentation hosted by the company's CEO Kevin Plank and Chief Financial Officer Brad Dickerson along with executives from the recently acquired MapMyFitness, Endomondo and MyFitnessPal, Yahoo Finance reports. The recent acquisitions have helped bolstered UA's position as one of the one of the world’s largest digital health and fitness communities in the world.
For Under Armour, 2015 is expected to be the year of investment and
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Lehigh Valley Health Network to Spend $200M on Epic Install
Allentown, PA-based Lehigh Valley Health Network will spend $200 million to implement Epic's EHR system over the next four to six years, The Morning Call reports. The Epic implementation will start with the networks outpatient offices on Feb. 18, comprising more than 200 sites. The $200M price tag covers Epic's EHR software, hardware, data conversation and project team personnel to support the roll out. The new Epic system will replace more than two dozen existing legacy systems including GE
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Infographic: Wearables in Healthcare
Infographic visualization created by Boston Technology illustrates the facts, trends, different types, challenges and future of wearables in healthcare.
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