American Medical Response (AMR), a provider of medical transportation and on-demand transportation service Lyft announced a partnership to provide integrated patient transport services for patients who need a ride from the hospital to their home or to outpatient procedures.The partnership will include non-emergency medical transportation services and technology integration that will span across all 42 states that AMR operates within. Now, hospitals and caregivers can arrange any patient
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Carbon Health Raises $6.5M to Launch Its Mobile Connected Healthcare Network
After quietly testing its mobile healthcare network, San Francisco-based Carbon Health has raised $6.5 million in funding to launch its mobile-based connected healthcare network. The funding round was led by BuildersVC with participation from Javelin Venture Partners, Two Sigma Ventures and Bullpen Capital among others and prominent angel investors including Aaron Patzer, Elad Gil and Russ Fradin.The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate the development of its platform and rolling
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Allscripts to Resell Streamline Health’s Abstracting & Physician Query Solutions
Streamline Health Solutions has announced a reseller agreement with Allscripts to sell Streamline's Looking Glass® Abstracting and Physician Query software solutions. The agreement will enable Allscripts clients to optimize their coding processes, manage resources more effectively and enable reporting in support of greater results. Looking Glass platform delivers integrated solutions, technology-enabled services and analytics that enable providers to drive reimbursement in a value-based
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Intermountain Healthcare Named Winner of 2017 Hearst Health Prize
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare has been named winner of the 2017 Hearst Health $100k Prize for its Mental Health Integration program, which embeds mental health screening and treatment within primary care and select specialty practices. The Hearst Health Prize is an annual $100,000 award given in recognition of an organization’s or individual’s outstanding achievement in managing or improving health in the U.S.The Hearst Health Prize apps were evaluated by a distinguished panel of
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Cognoa Lands $11.6M for Machine Learning App to Advance Diagnosis of Autism
Cognoa, a Palo Alto, CA-based digital health startup has raised $11.6 million in funding led by existing investor Morningside to advance earlier diagnosis of development delays in children. The company plans to utilize the funding to advance Cognoa's machine-learning-based technology; support additional clinical validation and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submissions and approvals process; and expand commercialization with employers, payers and clinicians. Cognoa has raised a
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Novartis Selects Cota Healthcare’s Data Analytics Platform to Develop Therapies for Breast Cancer Patients
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation has signed a multi-year agreement with Cota Healthcare, a data and technology platform for value-based precision medicine to help improve clinical and cost outcomes for breast cancer patients. As part of this multi-year agreement, Novartis will leverage Cota's research-grade, real-world evidence, web-based analysis and visualization tools, and be supported by Cota's medical, data science, and technology experts. Utilizing the real-world evidence and
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UPMC Launches Telehealth App for Pennsylvania Patients With Non-Emergency Symptoms 24/7
UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) Health Plan has launched a new smartphone-enabled UPMC AnywhereCare telehealth app platform that allows patients to receive high-quality care from emergency room professionals 24 hours a day and with reduced copays – all from the comfort of their own home or office. Since the launch of the smartphone-enabled app in November 2016, satisfaction with AnywhereCare has ranked highly among consumers, with patients rating the overall experience 4.8 out of
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Nuance Integrates with Epic EHR to Provide Real-Time Clinical Documentation to Physicians At Point of Care
Nuance Communications and Epic recently announced that they have partnered to deliver computer-assisted physician documentation (CAPD) capabilities embedded within Epic to provide real-time clinical documentation improvement (CDI) feedback to physicians at the point of care.Nuance-Epic Integration DetailsBy electronically analyzing all relevant patient notes with AI technologies such as deep learning and natural language understanding, Nuance’s CAPD technology automatically identifies clinical
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Oracle Unveils Cloud-based Data Management Workbench to Streamline End-to-End Clinical Data
Oracle Health Sciences unveiled a cloud-based Data Management Workbench this week that promises to lower the cost and increase traceability of clinical development. By streamlining end to end clinical data flow across Clinical R&D, Oracle Health Sciences Data Management Workbench Cloud Service enables pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations to integrate, reconcile and analyze the growing variety and volume of clinical and healthcare data.Planning and managing clinical
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GE Healthcare to Invest $500M In Unit Over Next 3 Years: 5 Things to Know
GE Healthcare CEO John Flannery announced this week that the company plans to invest $500 million in their healthcare technology unit over the next three years in digitalizing its operations. The move by GE Healthcare is part of a global push to evolve into a digital industrial-focused company to successfully compete against its rival Siemens and others. “It is our basic belief that we will grow faster within GE than outside of GE,” said GE Healthcare CEO John Flannery in an interview with
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