Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the cancellation of the mandatory hip fracture and cardiac bundled payment models that were to be operated by the CMS Innovation Center and implemented changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model. These changes will offer greater flexibility and choice for hospitals in providing care to Medicare patients.In the final rule, CMS is reducing the number of mandatory geographic areas participating in
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Providing Companionship & Safety For The Elderly
40% of U.S. adults today are responsible for taking care of an elderly or sick relative, according to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center and the California HealthCare Foundation. Despite this growing number, most caregivers do not want their aging relatives living with them. Instead, family members are seeking affordable caregivers to provide in-home care for seniors.Two of the most common struggles for the elderly are loneliness and the danger that comes from living alone. It is often one
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MedTech Startup Launches AI Platform to Help Radiologists Diagnose Stroke Faster Using CT Brain Scans
Infervision, the medtech company which uses Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning to improve medical image analysis and significantly speed radiologists' reading of scans and X-rays, today is launching a artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help radiologists diagnose strokes quickly using CT brain scans. This will help patients get faster treatment, possibly saving lives and reducing the impact of the stroke. The new AI-CT Stroke Screening System is the first of the Infervision AI-CT
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DSS, Jvion Partner to Enhance AI-Driven Health Outcomes for Veterans
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.), a provider of health information technology (HIT) solutions for federal, private and public healthcare organizations, today announced a partnership with Jvion, Inc., developer of an artificial intelligence (AI) solution. The partnership will deliver patient-specific risk propensity and clinical action recommendations that will improve the health of Veterans.With the combined power of Jvion’s Cognitive Clinical Success Machine and DSS’s implementation
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Harnessing The Power of Gamification to Enhance Patient Engagement
Gamification technology has become a powerful tool in delivering healthcare today. Through games, developers can utilize goal-oriented treatment that is designed to help patients overcome a variety of challenges ordinary treatment can fail at. Gaming is a powerful tool for immersion, so patients may not be as aware of the effects of treatment. Patients can be pushed past their previous limits with only gentle nudging if they are invested in game therapy.The field is wide open for breakthroughs,
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Change Healthcare Acquires Credentialing Tech Docufill to Improve Administrative Efficiency
Change Healthcare is once again shifting the paradigm for dental practices and payers alike. Today the company expanded its capabilities and product offerings with dental provider credentialing software technology acquired from Docufill, LLC. The cloud-based technology allows providers to use a single shared form across the organization to streamline the otherwise administratively complex and redundant credentialing process, resulting in cost reduction and the freeing of resources for patient
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PeerWell Launches PreHab Program for Same-Day Surgery Patient
PeerWell, a healthcare technology company helping patients prepare and recover from orthopedic surgery, announced an extension to their platform for outpatient joint replacement centers. Previously the platform had only been available to inpatients. Experts estimate that the demand for orthopedic surgeries will grow by 77 percent over the next 10 years with a predicted 50 percent or more of these cases completed in an outpatient setting. The PeerWell outpatient pre-operative preparation
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drchrono Offers iPad Pro to Physicians as Part of EHR Bundle Program
Mobile EHR provider drchrono Inc., today announced that it is the first company to offer an iPad Pro to every physician as part of its new iPad and EHR bundle program. drchrono is launching this new program to help medical practices by providing doctors with a complimentary iPad Pro when they sign up for a qualifying subscription for the drchrono EHR and medical billing platform.drchrono committed to building EHR on iPad since the day it launched in April 2010. The company has supported every
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Patient of the Future: 8 Digital Health Transformation Trends to Watch
Infographic created by Site Santé Médecine illustrates eight digital health transformation trends to watch
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Merck Subsidiary Acquires Mobile Infectious Disease Analytics Solution Teqqa
ILÚM Health Solutions, a provider of innovative technology and services to support infectious disease management (created by Merck’s Healthcare Services and Solutions (HSS) division), today announced it has acquired Teqqa LLC, which provides precision analytics for infectious disease management. Teqqa has been a development partner with ILÚM since the latter’s founding; this acquisition formalizes and strengthens the ongoing relationship. Financial details of the acquisition were not
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