Surescripts is joining forces with five EHR companies (Allscripts, Aprima Medical Software, Cerner, Epic and GE Healthcare ) to provide Real-Time Prescription Benefit and Prior Authorization. Representing 53 percent of the U.S. physician base, the partnership will leverage information from pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) CVS Health and Express Scripts, who represent nearly two-thirds of U.S. patients, to deliver patient-specific benefit and price information to providers in real time at the
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HealthPartners Taps AMC Health For Telemonitoring Hypertension Study
AMC Health, a provider of real-time virtual care solutions has been selected as the telemonitoring provider for HealthPartners Institute for its high blood pressure study, Hyperlink. Recently, HealthPartners was awarded $6 million to expand this study to determine if telemonitoring can improve a patient’s health and decrease blood pressure more than traditional clinic-based care. In the second phase of research, AMC Health and HealthPartners will work together to monitor patients’ blood
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Mount Sinai to Deploy Lumeris Value-Based Services to Optimize Population Health Outcomes
Mount Sinai Health System, New York City’s largest integrated delivery system has signed an agreement with Lumeris, a value-based care management service provider to optimize Mount Sinai's population health outcomes. Mount Sinai has already made great strides in covering populations at risk but under the guidance of Lumeris they plan to double the number of lives covered under value-based care arrangements.The multi-year collaboration focuses on better engaging physicians in the value-based care
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Livongo Launches Digital Diabetes Management Platform for 4,000 Alaskans
.Livongo, a consumer digital health company has teamed up with Medical Park Family Care, the largest primary care group in Alaska to launch Livongo for Diabetes platform to 4,000 people with diabetes receiving care from Medical Park Family Care. The partnership will enable providers to recommend Livongo’s digital health platform, alongside diabetes prescriptions, regular primary care appointments, and clinic services, to ensure that people with diabetes receive 24/7 ongoing support and tools to
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CTA, Personal Connected Health Alliance Partner on Digital Therapeutics Research
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) and Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Health and Fitness Technology Division has announced a new, strategic collaboration around digital therapeutics research. The strategic collaboration aims to understand the current demand, adoption and market trends related to digital therapeutics among patients and health care professionals alongside technology and pharmaceutical companies.Understanding Digital TherapeuticsThe field of digital
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Health Fidelity Launches NLP-Powered Provider Risk Adjustment Solution
Health Fidelity, a UPMC-funded startup developing innovative solutions for value-based care has announced the launch of NLP-powered risk adjustment solution for providers. The solution, HF360 Risk Adjustment for Providers empowers risk-bearing providers with the technology and support needed to succeed in implementing value-based care models.To ensure optimal implementation and ROI, Health Fidelity also offers HF360 Blueprint, a consultative service that helps providers benchmark their current
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Nuance Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Rival M*Modal
Nuance Communications, Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival M*Modal that alleges the company’s products violated six Nuance patents. The patent infringement lawsuits are related to speech recognition, computer-assisted physician documentation and transcription technology specifically applied within the health IT market based on U.S. Patent numbers 9,564,126; 8,117,034; 7,379,946; 6,999,933; 6,766,295; and 6,308,158.“Nuance has invested significant human and financial
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Texas Tech University Launches Telemedicine Pilot Project in Rural West Texas
swyMed announced today that it has joined forces with the Commission on State Emergency Communications and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on a telemedicine pilot project to implement between EMS providers and a select group of trauma centers in rural West Texas. TTUHSC service area covers 108 counties and 131,459 sq. miles, which is larger than New York, New England, and the District of Columbia combined. The objective of the project, funded by Texas House Bill 479, is to improve
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drchrono Integrates With Patient Relationship Management Suite NexHealth
NexHealth, a patient relationship management suite used by doctors across the US - announced a new API integration with mobile EHR provider drchrono. Healthcare providers who use both services will immediately notice a simplified experience, in which each technology is aware of and responds appropriately to the other.When patients book appointments through NexHealth, for example, their provider’s drchrono calendar will instantly reflect the appointment details. This eliminates needless manual
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Welltok Survey: Americans Most Stressed About Financial & Social Health
The healthcare system has traditionally limited its approach to the physical aspects of health (vitals, biometrics, etc.) But Americans want more than just physical exams: they are hungry for a holistic approach to healthcare. Today, Welltok released its Consumer Health POV 2017 report, a multi-generational survey of 2,000 full-time employees across the nation that revealed Americans struggle with financial, social and emotional health, and the causes and impacts vary by age, region, income and
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