iQor, a global leader in customer experience and managed services for many of the world’s leading brands, will announce a partnership with Israeli connected health start-up, TytoCare. TytoCare, who offers patients a virtual medical examination experience via a diagnostic device and software platform, has selected iQor to provide its patient and physician support services.The iQor/TytoCare partnership is a prime example of innovative companies that are exploring ways to deliver on the connected
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Xerox, PARC Partners with Innovation Lab to Develop Innovation Healthcare Solutions
Xerox Corporation and PARC, A Xerox Company are teaming up with Innovation Lab, an Innovation Institute company, to tackle health care challenges through collaboration in medical technology, engineering and robotics.The Innovation Institute works with physicians, employees, and industry partners to seek new products, ideas, and concepts that can be commercialized through the Innovation Lab. The Innovation Lab also works in alliance with Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Global Healthcare Innovations
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MedAware Raises $8M for AI-Powered Platform to Eliminate Prescription Errors
A new health IT startup focused on patient safety and real-time medication surveillance through advanced machine learning, MedAware, announced today that they have secured Series A funding. As a provider of algorithm-rich solutions for the detection and elimination of prescription errors, MedAware raised $8 million in Series A funding with participating investors including BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Gefen Capital, OurCrowd and Yingcheng City Fubon Technology Co. In
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Binary Fountain, Kyruus Integrate to Enhance Patient Acquisition & Engagement
Binary Fountain, a provider of patient feedback management solutions is teaming up with Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems to increase online patient acquisition and improve patient experience. As part of the partnership, Kyruus wil integrate its Kyruus’ ProviderMatch for Consumers, a web-based provider search and scheduling solution health systems embed in their websites with Binary Star Ratings, a healthcare transparency solution.The integration will also be
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Aledade Forms Primary Care Physician-Led ACO in New Jersey
Aledade, a leader in value-based care announced it is forming a primary care physician-led Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in New Jersey to deliver high-quality care and better outcomes for the state’s patients. Aledade’s new model of primary care partners with physicians to build and lead ACOs – networks of physicians who band together to deliver high-quality care under a value-based payment structure that rewards positive health outcomes for patients, instead of the volume of health care
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Walgreens Launches Center for Health & Wellbeing Research Featuring More Than 50 Outcome Studies
Walgreens has announced the launch of its Center for Health & Wellbeing Research, a website that features more than 50 Walgreens outcomes studies completed over the past six years. Areas of research include access to care and patient experience, adherence and clinical outcomes, digital health and member engagement, health care costs, HIV and specialty pharmacy, vaccinations and more.OverviewLed by a team of more than 25 Walgreens health services researchers, clinicians, statisticians, public
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Lyra Health, Welkin Health Partner to Develop Personalized Care for Behavioral Health Needs
Lyra Health, a digital health company transforming access to behavioral health in the workplace, has partnered with digital health startup Welkin Health to develop an end-to-end solution that will strengthen Lyra's work providing timely and personalized care for employers, and their employees in need of behavioral health services.Welkin’s configurable case management platform consolidates email, text, and phone communications between patient and care provider, creating a comprehensive overview
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MIT Medical to Implement Cerner Millennium EHR to Interact Seamlessly With Patients
MIT Medical, an ambulatory care center serving the 25,000+ members of the Massachusetts Institute Technology community has selected Cerner to implement an integrated clinical, financial and population health management system. MIT Medical serves more than 20,000 Massachusetts Institute Technology students, faculty, staff and retirees, as well as members of their families.By implementing Cerner Millennium EHR, MIT will be able to support clinical processes and health management across its two
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PatientBank Launches National Scorecard To Evaluate Medical Records Departments
PatientBank, a San Francisco, CA-based platform for gathering and sharing medical records has announced the launch of a national scorecard based on the performance and compliance of hospitals' medical record departments. Developed the rankings in an effort to bring transparency to an often overlooked aspect of hospital quality, the scorecard illustrates the hospitals that are adding ease and efficiency to an optimized medical record process. Based on PatientBank's scoring formula, South Lake
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Infographic: The Rise of Medical Data Sharing & Privacy Concerns
With the push for achieving health IT interoperability, healthcare organizations are increasing sharing more medical data; however, privacy concerns still exists. The following infographic created by Privacy Analytics, a providers of risk-based de-identification & anonymization solutions compliant with HIPAA and other global regulations illustrates the current trends and concerns associated with sharing medical data for secondary uses.
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