Medisafe, a provider of personalized medication management platform has unveiled a new feature to alert users of possible drug-to-drug interactions that may cause unexpected side effects and/or alter the way the medications perform. The new interactions feature also includes disclosures when medications have other lifestyle implications, such as interactions with specific foods or alcohol. Medisafe's new drug interaction feature is initially available for iOS users.With the latest drug-to-drug
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Epic CEO Judy Faulkner: “There’s going to be three versions of Epic” In an interview with Healthcare IT News, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner reveals there will be two new versions of Epic in development called "Sonnet" and "Caboodle." Sonnet will be available at a lower price point for organizations who don't need the full features of the Epic EHR. Caboodle is the rebranded name of Epic's data warehouse.HIMSS Study: Significant Disconnect Exists Between Providers and Vendors/Consultants on EHRsA
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DiACardio Named Venture+ Forum Pitch Competition Winner At HIMSS17
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) has named DiACardio Ltd, a provider of revolutionary decision support tools company for cardiologists using echocardiography as the winner of its 11th annual Venture+ Forum pitch competition for startup companies at HIMSS17. Presenting companies were selected based on criteria for having demonstrable impact on improving health care delivery and outcomes. The Venture+ Forum fosters business-building opportunities, cutting-edge collaborations
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Jvion Acquires Predictive Analytics Firm Predixion’s Healthcare IT Practice
Jvion, an Atlanta-based cognitive clinical science machine firm has acquired predictive analytic firm Predixion’s Healthcare IT practice for an undisclosed sum. For Jvion, the acquisition will help augment the company's market positioning while amplifying the value delivered by Predixion to their current client base by enabling access to Jvion’s Cognitive Clinical Success Machine.Predixion, which raised $42M+ to date, received $20M in its third round of investment and is backed by giants
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Ambra Health Unveils Cloud Development Platform for Medical Imaging
Ambra Health, makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite, announced the launch of Ambra for Developers, a cloud development platform for medical imaging. Built around modern, RESTful web-services, this is the first cloud development platform designed specifically for medical imaging.With these new APIs, IT departments at health systems and hospitals can easily extend imaging and imaging data into other applications such as population health or reporting tools. In addition,
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Accenture Launches Intelligent Patient Service Exchange for Life Sciences Companies
Today at HIMSS17, Accenture has launched the Intelligent Patient Service Exchange, a digital marketplace of third-party technology solutions available to life sciences companies to enhance patient support and improve the overall patient treatment experience. The Accenture Intelligent Patient Service Exchange (IPEX) is a digital marketplace of leading technology solutions that have been integrated within the Accenture Intelligent Patient Platform allowing life sciences companies to quickly and
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Partners Connected Health, Mass Medical Partner to Bring Medical Second Opinions to Patients in China
Today at HIMSS17, Partners Connected Health announced a new partnership with Massachusetts Medical International, to provide remote diagnosis and expert second opinions via the Partners Online Second Opinion service (POSO), for physicians and patients in China. Managed by Partners Connected Health, POSO provides access to world-class hospitals affiliated with Partners HealthCare, offering patients and their physicians, all over the world, easier access to expert medical specialists.
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Siemens Healthineers Launches Global Digital Ecosystem for Healthcare Providers
Today at HIMSS17, Siemens Healthineers has announced the launch of a global digital platform for healthcare providers as well as for providers of solutions and services. The aim of the platform is to foster the growth of a digital ecosystem linking healthcare providers and solution providers with one another as well as bringing together their data, applications and services.Digitalization in healthcare is expected to drive the much-needed change towards widespread value-based care and
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Surescripts National Record Locator Service Now Able to Share 230 Million Patients in Real Time
Four major health systems, including Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center (Conn.), Singing River Health System (Miss.), SLUCare Physician Group (Mo.) and WVU Medicine (W. Va.), went live with Surescripts National Record Locator Service (NRLS) to equip providers with fast and easy access to clinical records for 230 million patients and four billion nationwide patient visit locations. This latest expansion comes on the heels of recent deployments of Surescripts NRLS across eight large health
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NATE Honors First-Ever Champions of Consumer Access Award Winners
On Tuesday, the National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE) will hold a special reception at the HIMSS17 annual conference from 4:00-6:00pm ET in the Sunburst Room & Terrace (W340A) of the Orange County Convention Center to recognize and honor the first ever NATE Champions of Consumer Access. NATE’s top priority is to create and support efforts to advance consumer access to their health information and enable facile electronic health information exchange between data holders and
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