Fewer than one in four physicians involved in decision making related to quality reporting (QPP) were well prepared to meet MACRA requirements this year, according a joint report from KPMG and the American Medical Association. The KPMG/AMA report is based on a survey of 1,000 physicians about MACRA and their overall readiness to comply with the law that will change how many doctors get paid. What is MACRA?January 1, 2017 marked the beginning of the first performance year of the Quality Payment
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PatientPoint Lands $140M to Expand Patient Education & Engagement Solutions
PatientPoint, a provider of patient and physician engagement solutions at the point of care has raised $140 million in funding from Searchlight Capital Partners and Silver Point Capital. The company plans to use the funding to expand the digital footprint of its point-of-care networks.PatientPoint programs provide engaging content through a host of delivery channels including digital waiting room screens in physician offices and hospitals and interactive touchscreens in the exam room. Unlike
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Zipnosis Forms Advisory Council to Establish Virtual Care Standards
Zipnosis, a virtual care-focused company has announced the formation of the Clinical Quality Advisory Council, a group of healthcare leaders across the U.S. that are committed to providing clinical and strategic guidance to the virtual care industry.The Council will perform reviews of Zipnosis’ current evidence-based clinical guidelines,support ongoing quality assurance efforts, and help to establish best practices for clinical quality for outpatient virtual care. During the inaugural meeting in
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CareSet Labs Releases Next-Gen Medicare Doctor Referral Dataset
CareSet Labs has announced the release of Root NPI Graph, a new version of the “shared Medicare patients in time” provider teaming dataset. The Root NPI graph is the next-generation version of the Doctor Referral teaming dataset commonly available from Medicare. The dataset can be used by data scientists, researchers and innovators including pharmaceutical companies to help decode Medicare claims data to guide new drug launches.Created by Fred Trotter through the Freedom of Information Act
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Glooko Raises $35M to Expand Diabetes Data Platform Internationally
Glooko, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of diabetes data management has rasied $35 million in Series C funding led by Georgian Partners with participation from Insulet Corporation, Mayo Clinic, Canaan Partners, Social Capital, Medtronic and Samsung NEXT. The company plans to use the funding to expand its’ commercialization efforts in France, Germany, the U.K., Asia and the Middle East, and further development efforts in data analytics and artificial intelligence to provide personalized
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Infographic: Bridging the Medication Reconciliation Gap
Adverse drug events (ADEs) cost up to $5.6 million each year per hospital, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The same agency estimates that anywhere from 28 percent to 95 percent of ADEs can be prevented by reducing medication errors through computerized monitoring systems.With inpatient medication errors costing hospitals $16.4 billion each year, hospital leaders have turned their attention to identifying proven technologies and processes to help reduce the risk of
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Ayasdi Launches New AI Platform That Turns Health Systems Into AI App Incubators
Ayasdi, a provider of machine intelligence software and AI apps, has announced the release of Ayasdi Envision, a new framework enabling health systems to become AI app incubators. Starting today, health systems will be able to easily build their own apps on top of an enterprise-class Artificial Intelligence platform. The Envision framework will enable healthcare organizations to quickly create and consume intelligent apps that are purpose-built to solve a broad array of clinical and business
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MatrixCare Acquires Long-Term Care EHR Vendor SigmaCare
MatrixCare, a provider of long-term care software and technology has acquired Sigma Care, a New York City-based EHR vendor for the long-term, post-acute care market. The senior care market EHR provider currently serves over 12,000 facility-based care settings and over 2,000 home care agency offices throughout the US. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. For MatrixCare, the acquisition continues its rapid growth and strategic expansion into the New York City market.MatrixCare’s
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Nokia Unveils “Healthier Together” VR Experience for Consumers
Today, Nokia unveiled their new "Healthier Together" VR experience for consumers to discover its new portfolio of digital health products debuting at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Created using Nokia's own OZO+ camera and software, the full portfolio includes Nokia branded smart watches, connected scales, blood pressure monitors and other consumer health devices that will be available in store and online in key markets worldwide."Nokia is launching the broadest range of
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Teladoc to Acquire Best Doctors for $440M in Cash and Stock
Telehealth provider Teladoc, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Best Doctors, an expert medical consultant company. For Teladoc, the acquisition will expand its international footprint and breadth of healthcare solutions. . By leveraging the proven portfolio of healthcare solutions from both Best Doctors and Teladoc, members will have one simple, virtual, patient-centric way to resolve their healthcare issues, improving outcomes and reducing costs.Under the terms of the
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