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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Wolters Kluwer Integrates ProVation Order Sets with Epic EHR
Wolters Kluwer announced ProVation Order Sets integration with Epic EHR to support the importing and exporting of information to streamline and optimize order set management. This integration enables healthcare providers to streamline labor-intensive governance processes, optimize order set management and support existing order sets with evidence-based clinical content.ProVation Order Sets integration leverages new order set import functionality to quickly and easily transfer Panels, Smart
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Advantech Acquires 60% Stake in Kostec to Launch Line of Medical Grade Monitors
Advantech, a computing platform, service and solution provider has acquired a 60 percent stake in South Korea's dominant medical monitor company, Kostec. As part of the acquisition, the combined combined entity, Advantech Kostec plans to launch its first KT-Series of medical grade monitors, specifically manufactured for healthcare professionals and medical apps.Combining Advantech's superlative industrial computing proficiencies with professional imaging techniques and expertise, the new
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PatientPoint Acquires Oncology Waiting Room Provider Patient Education Network
PatientPoint, a provider of patient and physician engagement solutions at the point of care has acquired digital oncology waiting room provider, Patient Education Network (PEN) to expand its oncology footprint. Upon closing, the acquisition more than doubles the size of its oncology network by the end of 2018. This acquisition unites two patient-centered organizations that will now share the mission of making provider-patient engagements better at every critical touchpoint across all points of
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BCBS Rolls Out WellTok’s Digital Health Wellness App for Members
BlueCross Blue Shield of Western New York (BCBS) recently announced a partnership with Welltok Inc. to bring digital health and well-being tools to BCBS’ 800,000 members. The local health plan’s members now have access to a re-vamped, mobile-friendly well-being platform, MyHealth.Upon login to their member portal through bcbswny.com, BlueCross BlueShield members complete a free, digital health assessment and receive a snapshot of their current state of health. From there, the platform creates
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Scripps Health Selects Carrum Health to Streamline Bariatric Bundled Payment Process
The U.S. is home to one of the largest populations of obese adults representing one-third of the nation. With such a large population comes a large price tag with $1,429 or more in annual individual medical costs. Due to the growing concern and priority, Carrum Health, the first comprehensive bundled payment platform, has expanded their bundled payment offerings to bariatric surgeries.Carrum Health connects self-insured employers to top-quality regional healthcare providers through standard
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