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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Fruit Street Health Joins StartUp Health Moonshot Academy
Fruit Street Health, a NYC-based provider of HIPAA-Compliant telehealth software for lifestyle and obesity medicine has been selected to join StartUp Health and its exclusive Moonshot Academy for digital health entrepreneurs. Through the StartUp Health Moonshot Academy, Fruit Street Health will gain access to coaching, community, connections to industry stakeholders and promotion aimed at successfully navigating the complicated healthcare industry. Founded in 2014, Fruit Street
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InTouch Health, Mission Health, Jefferson Health Partner to Develop New Virtual Care Models
InTouch Health, an enterprise telehealth platform has announced a five year partnership agreement with North Carolina-based Mission Health and Pennsylvania-based Jefferson Health to jointly develop new telehealth solutions to improve patient access and quality of care while reducing overall healthcare costs. Over five years, the partners will continue their commercial relationships and identify new areas – primarily within acute care and outpatient care – where providers can use telehealth
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M3DICINE Launches World’s First FDA-Cleared AI-Enabled Stethoscope System
M3DICINE Inc, designers of intelligent medical devices has announced the launch of Stethee, the world’s first AI enabled stethoscope system. With a revolutionary new design that works as easily as a traditional stethoscope, the Stethee family of products allows users to listen to heart and lungs sounds with sophisticated amplification and filtering technology and to instantly capture and analyze heart and lung sounds and data via Bluetooth to the Stethee iOS or Android App providing a whole new
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Accenture Partners with Loopback for New Value Based Care Models
Accenture has teamed with Loopback Analytics, a leader in population health analytics, to support health systems aiming to participate in new value-based care models, such as the new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced program.Partnership DetailsThe initiative combines the depth of Accenture’s data-driven consulting services with insights from Loopback’s EpisodeInsights platform, enabling providers to evaluate the economic impact of bundled payment participation across 32
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LindaCare Nabs $8.7M to Accelerate Remote Patient Monitoring Solution
LindaCare, a Belgium-based digital health startup specializing in remote patient monitoring solutions for chronic disease management has raised $8.7 million in Series Be funding led by Philips and PMV. The round also included participation from existing investors Capricorn ICT Arkiv, Connecticut Innovations and a number of other minority shareholders. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its US market expansion and product commercialization, as well as support the building of
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