Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care has announced plans to implement Epic’s EHR system, replacing Cerner and Allscripts EHR to achieve a single unified EHR platform. Advocate Health Care officials expect to go-live on Epic’s EHR solution within three years, which includes the training of more than 17,000 Advocate physicians, nurses and associates. The new Epic EHR solution will streamline online patient appointment scheduling and digital check-ins.The news comes on the heels of
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Navicure, ZirMed Rebrands As Waystar for End-to-End Revenue Cycle Technology
Revenue cycle management providers Navicure and ZirMed, who merged in November 2017, today announced the re-branding of the combined organization under the new name Waystar. The rebranded company Waystar simplifies and unifies the healthcare revenue cycle with innovative technology that empowers clients to collect more with less cost and less stress, so they can focus on their goals, patients, and communities.Waystar brings together the two rev cycle organizations that offers cloud-based,
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Universe mHealth Unveils Client-Branded Mobile App Platform
Universe mHealth LLC, today announced the launch of their client-branded advanced mobile app platform for healthcare organizations—the Universe mHealth App Platform. The platform offers medium and large healthcare organizations a single iOS and Android mobile app to support all of their informational, clinical, and financial self-service tools.Custom apps currently offered by major health systems feature incredibly low functionality considering their price tags of $500,000 to $1,000,000 and 1+
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Gore Innovation Center, Kenzen Team Up to Develop Dermal Biometrics Patch
The Gore Innovation Center in Silicon Valley, today announced a joint development agreement and cash investment in digital health startup, Kenzen. W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) engineers and scientists will work hand in hand with Kenzen, an innovator in precision health monitoring and insights, to develop a comprehensive wearable health monitoring system that employs biosensor data and predictive modeling to anticipate and prevent avoidable injuries and health conditions.By integrating
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drchrono, HDP Health Integrate to Enable Physicians & Patients Access to Clinical Trials
drchrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced that it has partnered with HDP Health to provide physicians and medical facilities with access to thousands of the latest clinical trials for their patients.HDP Health software is now integrated with drchrono’s EHR platform and lets the doctor know which of their patients are eligible for clinical trials. HDP Health supports medical organizations and helps physicians identify which of their patients fit
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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Form New Company to Tackle Employee Health
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & Co., today announced the formation of a new healthcare company. The newly formed healthcare company will focus on ways to address healthcare for their U.S. employees, with the aim of improving employee satisfaction and reducing costs.Company FocusTogether, the three companies, which bring their scale and complementary expertise to this long-term effort, will pursue this objective through an independent company that is free from profit-making
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Innovaccer Launches Next-Gen Care Management Suite for Care Teams
Care teams across the healthcare space are facing a common barrier. Care managers are so busy working on redundant tasks that they don’t have as much time for patient interaction. More often than not, patient information is neither complete nor available at the right time. It has become a challenge for care organizations to measure and compare the efficacy, impact, and cost-effectiveness of care programs.The care teams that succeed are the ones that have easy access to accurate data and are
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The HCI Group Acquires MEDITECH Certified Partner Infinity HIT
The HCI Group, a healthcare IT consulting firm has acquired Infinity HIT, a MEDITECH Ready-Certified consulting firm to expand its health IT service offerings. The HCI Group plans to leverage the acquisition of Infinity HIT's credentials to strengthen its capabilities as a MEDITECH READY Certified organization. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2012, Infinity HITp rovides consulting, implementation, optimization, staffing and support services to hospitals and
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Weill Cornell Medicine Joins TriNetX Health Research Network
TriNetX has announced that Weill Cornell Medicine has joined the TriNetX global health research network. Weill Cornell Medicine is a comprehensive, integrated academic healthcare delivery systems, and is making its total patient population of over two million available for query through TriNetX’s federated network.TriNetX Network OverviewTriNetX is a network comprised of healthcare organizations representing nearly 100 million patients globally, biopharmaceutical companies, and contract research
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Ascensia Diabetes Challenge Launches to Find Innovative Digital Solutions to Support Diabetes
Ascensia Diabetes Care has announced the launch of the Ascensia Diabetes Challenge, a global innovation competition seeking innovative digital solutions to support diabetes management and improve the lives of those living with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of the challenge is to find new ways to help tackle the management of the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes by unearthing undiscovered solutions from diabetes innovators.Finalists, runners-up and the winner will all receive cash prizes to
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