MD Home Call (MDHC), a startup in connecting patients and physicians in the Greater Toronto area for doctor house call and visits has been acquired by Crescent Capital backed National Home Doctor Service (NDHS). This acquisition significantly expands the company’s leadership position in the home patient house calls industry.NDHS based is Australia’s largest network of home visiting doctors with offices in Canada. NDHS’ role is to provide treatment of acute, episodic illness and injury to
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Medisafe Launches Free Med Adherence Grader Tool for Pharma Products
Medisafe, a Boston, MA-based medication adherence platform has announced the launch of Adherence Grader, a free data insights tool for the healthcare community interested in tracking medication adherence.Now available at AdherenceGrader.com, the tool gives pharmaceutical brands, researchers, caregivers, journalists and other interested parties across the healthcare continuum instant access to how well Medisafe users adhere to alternative medication regimens on a relative basis.Adherence Grader
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Sensoria, Genesis Rehab Services Partner to Deliver Wearable Smart Aging Solutions
Sensoria,a provider of smart garments and wearable technologies has signed a strategic partnership with Genesis Rehab Services (GRS), a subsidiary of Genesis HealthCare, provider of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy and wellness services, primarily for older adults. As part of the strategic partnership, Sensoria Health and its new wearable smart aging products and services will leverage Genesis Rehab Services’ clinical knowledge and Sensoria’s
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Mayo Clinic, Oxford NHS Foundation Trust Partner to Advance Medical Research
Mayo Clinic, the University of Oxford, and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have signed a partnership agreement to drive advances in medical research and patient care. Potential areas for collaboration include research projects, educational interactions and endeavors, practice pilots to focus on leading improvements in quality, integration and outcomes delivered, and the exchange of resources to support research, practice and educational activities.As part of the partnership,
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eClinicalWorks EHR Announces Integration With Both CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality Interoperability
Today, eClinicalWorks announced that its customers can now integrate with both CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality Interoperability Framework through a self-service option in the latest version of eClinicalWorks EHR. With this integration, providers can experience the seamless real-time data transfer between disparate systems, while also having access to select a global consent model, view available connections, and register and get connected to the Interoperability Hub. More than 400
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Zynx Health Launches $20k Innovation Challenge for Prototype Using Zynx Clinical Content
Zynx Health, a provider of providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions, today announced details of its two-phase Innovation Challenge Contest to encourage the exploration of new use cases that leverage Zynx clinical content to enhance the delivery of patient care and reduce clinical and financial variation. Zynx Health will award a total of $20,000 in prize money to the teams with the best concepts and prototype.Phase 1 of the Innovation Challenge Contest is open
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CareCloud, First Data Partner to Launch New Patient Experience Platform
CareCloud and First Data have joined forces to help medical practices engage their patients through a new patient experience management platform called Breeze. Breeze’s mobile and web apps allow patients to manage their doctors’ appointments from their smart device, fill out necessary insurance and medical forms, and manage payments anywhere, anytime. This strategic alliance brings together the power and intuitive design of CareCloud’s healthcare platform with First Data’s commerce-enabling
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ChartWise Launches Risk Adjustment Factor Calculator to Help Hospitals Maintain Accurate Patient Risk Profile
ChartWise Medical Systems, a provider of computer-assisted clinical documentation improvement (CACDI) has announced the launch of its new Risk Adjustment Factor (RAF) Calculator which puts hospitals and medical centers in the best possible position to assess and maintain an accurate patient risk profile.For CACDI, the better a hospital or medical center can document HCCs, the higher the possible RAF scores and the higher the reimbursement. While similar to Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs), RAF
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OptimizeRx Launches Automated Financial Messaging within Aprima EHR for Prescription Cost Savings
OptimizeRx Corp., a provider of digital health messaging via electronic health records (EHRs), has partnered with Aprima Medical Software to help patients save money and be better educated about their prescriptions. As part of the partnership, OptimizeRx services will integrate seamlessly within the Aprima EHR provider workflow, and alert health care providers (HCPs) to potential prescription savings and support information for patients.Aprima provides innovative EHR, practice management,
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Black Book Rankings: 50 Disruptive Health IT Companies to Watch
Black Book Rankings, a full-service healthcare-centric market research company, today unveiled their list of top 50 disruptive health IT companies. The companies were recognized by healthcare providers and payers attempting digital transformation and innovation efforts highlighted in Black Book’s recent 2017 Emerging Vendors survey. The selected health IT companies stood out above others because they offer some disruptive capability or opportunity and received top scores in the Black Book
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