Mobile EHR provider drchrono has announced an integration partnership with Inferscience, a provider of point-of-care Clinical Decision Support and HCC Risk Adjustment technologiesInfera, is now available to drchrono’s growing network of more than 100,000 medical professionals who can now more efficiently standardize evidence-based care delivery and more effectively risk adjust their patient populations. “Inferscience delivers a valuable service for care providers,” said Sunil Nihalani, CEO and
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EpicMD Offers Houston Relief Victims Free Remote Medical Consultations
As a result of the devastation and widespread flooding throughout the Greater Houston Area as a result of Hurricane Harvey, Miami healthcare technology startup EpicMD is offering free medical consultations, provided remotely by U.S. Board Certified primary care physicians and specialists where possible, by phone, video, email or text, to all Houston relief victims through as many registered charitable organizations associated with this effort as possible.When Hurricane Harvey made landfall, and
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ExplORer Surgical Raises $3M to Commercialize Real-Time Surgical Workflow Management Tool
ExplORer Surgical, a Chicago-based startup provider of intraoperative surgical and interventional procedure workflow management and analytics has raised $3M in Series A funding led by Aphelion Capital. The round also included participation from Elliott Management, the University of Chicago, M25 Group, and the Harvard Business School Angels of Chicago. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate commercialization of its interactive workflow management platform for surgery that that
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Bellin Health Taps PatientPing for Care Coordination Network
Bellin Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system based in Green Bay, WI has ) announced a new partnership with PatientPing, a Boston-based technology company building a national care coordination network. The new partnership will help Bellin Health collaborate on shared patients with other providers outside their network and across the care continuum, enabling a team-based, coordinated approach to patient care.Bellin is comprised of Bellin Hospital, Bellin Psychiatric Center, 32 Bellin
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PriorAuthNow Lands $3.6M for EHR-Integrated Prior Authorization Platform
PriorAuthNow, a Columbus, OH-based startup has raised $3.6M in funding led by NCT Ventures and with participation from Detroit Venture Partners (DVP). The company plans to use the latest round of funding to expand the PriorAuthNow team and expedite the roll out of the platform to some of the largest hospital systems in the US.On average, a single provider spends 20 hours per week and $65,000 per year on PAs. Forty percent of these PAs are abandoned due to complex approval policies. Founded in
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BCBS Federal Employee Program Selects Teladoc to Deliver Telehealth to Millions of Federal Employees
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan, also known as the Federal Employee Program (FEP) has selected Teladoc, Inc. to provide general medical and behavioral health services for the 2018 benefit year. The implementation of Teladoc will allow millions of federal employees around the country anytime, anywhere to access quality health care services through multiple devices – mobile app and web video capabilities, as well as phone – along with easy-to-use tools and alerts to encourage
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Propeller Health Expands Partnership with GlaxoSmithKline to Improve Management of Asthma and COPD
Propeller Health, a digital health company developing solutions respiratory medicine has announced the expansion of its 2015 collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). As part of the expanded partnership, both companies will undertake commercial activities using the Propeller clip-on sensor and software platform for use with GSK’s ELLIPTA Inhaler. The companies will continue ongoing research and development efforts to collect evidence from the Propeller clip-on sensor and software platform used
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iQor Partners with TytoCare to Deliver A Seamless Connected Health Experience
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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