2017 will be a year dominated by the continued shift toward value within healthcare as the industry adapts to a new era under the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI). Traditional health organizations and new entrants will need to balance the uncertainty of the new administration’s approach to healthcare with the continued opportunities being created by forces greater than politics.The annual PwC report, “Top Health Industry Issues
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Zipari Nabs $7M for CRM, Consumer Experience Platform for Health Insurance
Zipari, a Brooklyn, NY-based startup has raised$7 million in Series A funding led by Vertical Venture Partners. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand their suite of CRM-centered software as a service solutions for the health insurance vertical.Founded in 2014, Zipari provides carriers with CX platform, a SaaS based insurance-specific consumer experience platform featuring real-time insights into consumer behavior at every touch-point, enabling member segmentation with predictive
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HIMSS CEO Stephen Lieber to Retire at End of 2017
Stephen Lieber, CAE, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of HIMSS, announced his intention to retire as of the end of 2017. Lieber was appointed CEO of HIMSS in April 2000 where he lead the organization through period of tremendous change in healthcare and technology. During this period, HIMSS has emerged as the leading thought leader, resource and advisor for the transformation of healthcare through the best use of IT.“HIMSS has seen tremendous growth in size, reach and influence
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12 Reasons Why Digital Health Has Reached the Tipping Point in 2016
Digital health finally reached a tipping point in 2016 as consumers adopted digital health tools at a record rate over the last 12 months, according to the latest report from digital health venture firm Rock Health. The second annual report, Digital Health Consumer Adoption written by Ashlee Adams, Mark Shankar and founder, Halle Tecco surveyed over 4,000 consumers nationally on the latest trends in consumer adoption of healthcare technology. These insights reveal consumer attitudes toward
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HHS Calls for Developers to Create Online Model Privacy Notice Generator
The HHS has issued a call for designers, developers, and health data privacy experts to create an online Model Privacy Notice (MPN) generator. The Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge will award up to $20k to the creators of the best MPN generator that produces a customizable MPN for health technology developers. Challenge Overview & BackgroundThe Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge leverages updated content developed recently by ONC, with feedback from OCR, FTC, and other private and public
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Sheridan Memorial Integrates Cerner’s CareAware With Hospira Infusion System
Sheridan Memorial Hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming announced that it is the first hospital to integrate Cerner’s CareAware Event Management™ secondary alerting solution with Hospira infusion system Alarm Forwarding technology. CareAware Event Management is designed to route alerts from medical devices or nurse call systems to a clinician’s mobile device.With this implementation, Sheridan expanded its infusion alarm management functionality. Within the hospital, clinicians can receive alarm
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21st Century Cures Act May Increase Role of Telehealth in Medicare
Enactment of the 21st Century Cures Act is largely being praised for its reforms aimed at the drug approval process and increased funding for scientific research. But a little-discussed provision buried amidst the nearly 1,000 pages of legislative language could have a major impact in increasing Medicare beneficiary access to telehealth options, according to the URAC . URAC, a nonprofit organization developing evidence-based measures and standards states that while new research and reforms may
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FDA Clears Wireless Integration of LifeScan’s OneTouch With WellDoc’s Diabetes Management Platform
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has cleared the wireless integration of the OneTouch Verio Flex® blood glucose monitoring system with WellDoc Inc.'s clinically validated diabetes management platform, BlueStar®. The integration will create an integrated, connected experience for people with Type 2 diabetes and deliver value for healthcare providers. Integration DetailsUsing blood glucose data wirelessly and automatically transmitted from the OneTouch Verio Flex blood
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Validic, RTI Partner to Optimize Wearable/Sensor Data in Clinical Research
RTI International and digital health integration platform Validic has teamed up to optimize consumer wearable and health sensor data for clinical research. As part of the partnership, RTI and Validic will work together to better understand how teenagers’ health, social experience, genetic profile and living situation affect their health and behavior later in life.Once Validic validates and delivers patient-recorded data from wearable devices like Fitbit, RTI will leverage the information – and
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Carequality, CommonWell Collaborate to Advance Interoperability, Health Data Exchange
CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality have announced an agreement that will provide the capability for more than 15,000 hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare organizations to connect and share health information. The collaboration brings together two pioneers at the forefront of data sharing. Health data sharing among providers is important whenever a provider is making a diagnostic or treatment decision and needs access to key medical information. By leveraging health IT
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