The Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain robust objectives and measures that promote health information access and exchange between patients and eligible hospitals. In comments submitted today on proposed modifications to the rules governing Stages 2 and 3 of the Electronic Health Record Incentive (Meaningful Use) program, CPeH notes that measures designed to give individuals access to their health information and
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Backed by UPMC, Cancer Diagnostics Startup Cernostics Lands $5M
Cernostics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based cancer diagnostics startup has raised $5 million in funding led by UPMC Enterprises, UPMC's venture capital arm with participation from Novitas Capital. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate the introduction of new diagnostic test for people with an esophageal condition called Barrett’s Esophagus that can lead to cancer. The latest round brings the company's total funding to date to $12.4M. Founded in 2008, Cernostics is an oncology diagnostics
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King’s College Hospital Goes Live on Allscripts Sunrise EHR After 8 Months
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announced this week that it has gone live on Allscripts Sunrise EHR in just eights month after system selection. As one of the United Kingdom’s largest teaching hospitals, the Sunrise EHR will support more than 900 dentists, 750 doctors and 300 nurses to help drive adoption of clinical decision support, which can lead to improved patient outcomes.“This was fantastic work, managed very capably, and resulting in a really smooth launch,” said Professor
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Cordata Healthcare Lands Nearly $3M for Care Coordination Platform
Cordata Healthcare Innovations, a Cincinnati, OH-based provider of specialty care coordination platforms has landed nearly $3 million in Series A funding led by Chicago-based First Health Capital Partners (FHCP) with participation from CincyTech. The company plans to utilize the funding to build on market momentum and scale the capabilities of its multi-specialty platform for care coordination.Founded in 2014, Cordata Healthcare Innovations offers specialized software applications for effective
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Sharp HealthCare to Implement PowerChart Ambulatory EHR
Sharp HealthCare, a San Diego-based healthcare provider in San Diego announced that it will implement Cerner's PowerChart Ambulatory EHR at Sharp Community Medical Group, one of two affiliated medical groups. As part of the implementation, PowerChart Ambulatory EHR will support more than 200 primary care and specialty physicians across Sharp’s outpatient facilities and independent physician practices. Sharp's integration with the existing Cerner Millennium EHR will create a unified patient
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Health2Sync Lands $3M to Expand Diabetes Management App in Asia
Taiwanese digital health startup Health2Sync has raised $3 million in Series A funding led by WI Harper Group; with participation from Cherubic Ventures, iSeed Ventures, and SparkLabs Global Ventures. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand product development and accelerate growth overseas in markets such as Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.Founded in 2013, Health2Sync mobile app available on Android and Apple revolutionizes diabetes care through automated care and analytics to help
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3M Integrates with Cerner’s HealtheIntent Population Health Platform
3M Health Information Systems has entered an agreement to integrate 3M Patient-focused Episodes Software, a risk adjustment tool for analyzing episodes of care with Cerner’s HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform. The integration will allow providers to view the landscape of a patient’s documented conditions to help define an episode of care, while analyzing costs and expected resource use. Moving Towards Patient-Centric Episode ApproachThe conventional approach to defining an
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5 Recommendations for Hospitals & Nurses to Improve Patient Experience
There’s an entirely new customer in today’s patient care mix that nurses must address in their efforts to deliver a high quality patient experience. But new technology may hold the key to addressing the challenge.A recent independent research study conducted by Amplion reveals the patient caregiver who accompanies the patient during an overnight hospital stay is far more critical in judging patient satisfaction – and the care that nurses work so hard to deliver – than hospitals might have
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Riverside University Health to Spend $53M on Epic EHR Implementation
Riverside University Health System (RUHS) in Moreno Valley, California will reportedly spend $53 million to implement Epic's EHR in its 439-bed medical center, 10 health centers and several primary and specialty clinics throughout Riverside Country, according to InternetHealthManagement. The Epic implementation roll-out will first start at Moreno Valley Medical Center and then to other facilities over a period of months in a phase approach. “With an EHR, patients receive care that is safer,
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Mission Health, GE Healthcare Form 10 Year Innovation Collaboration
Mission Health and GE Healthcare has announced a 10-year innovation collaboration to co-develop, pilot and deploy transformational healthcare solutions. As part of the collaboration, Mission Health and GE Healthcare will work in partnership to solve the system’s most complex challenges delivering over $40 million in savings for Mission Health over the course of the relationship. The partnership will initially focus on optimizing imaging experience and utilization and smoothing patient care
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