Healthy Interactions, LP has inked a ten-year license agreement with MedCurrent Corporation to provide Clinical Decision Support (CDS) solutions to manage chronic conditions, starting with diabetes. Healthy Interactions programs uniquely integrate in-person sessions with a complimentary digital engagement platform.The Healthy Interactions Integrated CDS Platform connects into EHR systems to seamlessly capture relevant patient data and provide real-time, evidence-based decision support to
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Cerner, Fusionetics Integrate Assessment Programming With HealtheAthlete Platform
Cerner and Fusionetics, a provider of evidence-based performance health care solutions has announced a partnership to integrate Fusionetics assessment programming with Cerner's HealtheAthlete. The collaboration provides sports organizations and athletes access to Fusionetics benchmarking and analytics data, as well as customized treatment and training programs through the HealtheAthlete solution.HealtheAthlete is a web-based platform designed to provide in-depth management of athletes' health
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Inaugural Medical Capital Innovation Competition Unveils Winners
The winners of the inaugural Medical Capital Innovation Competition have been announced this week. Competing teams represented a variety of big data healthcare categories including patient engagement and compliance, clinical trial optimization, EHR optimization, and decision support.The Innovation Competition attracted 180 applications from industry professionals and university students from across the world. The final participants included 27 teams – 22 Professional and 5 Collegiate– from 11
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Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center Launches Initiative to Improve & Personalize BRCA Mutations
Cancer experts at the Basser Center for BRCA in the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have announced a new collaboration with Tempus to improve and personalize treatment for patients with heritable BRCA mutations. Tempus, a technology company focused on helping doctors personalize cancer treatment will analyze the molecular and clinical data of patients who were treated at the Basser Center and harbor a BRCA mutation using machine learning and advanced
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7 Trends Impacting The Era of Disruption in the EMR Market
For a decade, the now $28 billion-dollar electronic medical records (EMR) market was on a predictable trajectory with twenty large competitors and hundreds of smaller entrants offering needed software and related services. According to a new market report, Kalorama Information says the EMR market is currently witnessing fundamental changes that will determine how much it grows in the future and who earns the revenue. In addition to customer dissatisfaction, policy retreats and new product
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Surgical Information Systems Acquires Ambulatory Surgery Center Software SourceMed
Surgical Information Systems ("SIS"), a provider of perioperative information systems has acquired SourceMed, a provider of ambulatory surgery center (ASC) software and services. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.SourceMed develops ASC business and clinical management solutions AdvantX®, Vision™, and SurgiSource®, and offers ASC advisory and revenue cycle services.For SIS, the addition of SourceMed solutions will help strengthen the company’s offering to meet the needs of
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Mayo Clinic Adds Health Information on Demand Via Epic Patient Apps
Mayo Clinic is teaming up with Epic Systems to provide its trusted, expert health information on demand through Epic patient apps. The integration will embed Mayo Clinic health information content to Epic’s healthcare clients in an effort to help other providers share expert health information with their patients.The Mayo Clinic health information is available in article, video, image, slideshow and expert answer formats consists of more than 4,000 comprehensive health topics spread across more
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Harvard Medical School Taps mPulse Mobile to Evaluate the Impact of Tailored Text Messages
Researchers at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School (Harvard) are teaming up with mobile health engagement provider mPulse Mobile. The partnership will evaluate the impact of interactive, tailored text messages with a Medicaid population through the implementation of two distinct programs. Partnership DetailsThe partnership consists of two specific programs:1. The first program will evaluate whether interactive text messaging helps new members select and visit a
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Kurbo Launches “Parent Coaching” for Family Mobile Weight Loss Program
Kurbo – a mobile health coaching program for kids, teens and adults currently has launched a new Parent Coaching service to help parents talk to their children about the difficult subject of weight and create a healthier home environment.The new offering provides parents with a personal coach via video chat to help set goals and keep them on track. In addition to the weekly video coaching sessions, parents can receive helpful tips and guidance throughout the week via text or email. Kurbo’s data
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StayWell Integrates With Mytonomy to Improve Patient Education
The StayWell Company and Mytonomy, Inc., two providers dedicated to improving the patient experience, announced that they will collaborate to improve the way doctors share information with patients. The partnership will integrate StayWell’s more than 24,000 patient education resources with Mytonomy’s Patient Experience Cloud to facilitate the sharing and utilization of a robust collection — including video, audio and written material.In addition, StayWell and Mytonomy will co-market their
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