Every year, the Technology Vision team partners with Accenture Research to pinpoint the emerging IT developments that will have the greatest impact on companies, government agencies and other organizations in the next three to five years.The research process began during 2015 with gathering inputs from the Technology Vision External Advisory Board, a group comprising more than two dozen experienced individuals from the public and private sectors, academia, venture capital and entrepreneurial
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Johnson & Johnson, HP Partner to Create 3D Printing Solutions for Personalized Care
Johnson & Johnson and HP Inc. has announced a collaboration to use 3D printing technologies to create better health care outcomes at reduced costs. Together, both companies plan to combine their scientific, clinical, material science and technological expertise, and deep insights to develop products and solutions which can be manufactured quickly and customized to the needs of an individual patient or consumer. Collaboration DetailsThe collaboration will focus on personalization of
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PokitDok Unveils 3 New Pharmacy APIs for Real-Time Digital Access
Healthcare API platform startup PokitDok has unveiled a new suite of pharmacy APIs to bring quick data access prior to writing prescriptions and sending patients to pick them up. Starting today, physicians, EMRs and other digital innovators can have a consolidated view of patient prescription plans, qualified formularies, in-network pharmacies, and related financial information.Lack of Real-Time IntegrationWhile hospitals and medical practices maintain EHRs to house patient health history, the
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SAP, Dell, Intel Team Up to Deliver Personalized Care through Actionable Insights.
This week during SAP Sapphire NOW, Dell has announce an optimized architecture for SAP Foundation for Health, which is built in collaboration with Intel and SAP. The collaboration will offer a clear path to analytics value and personalized medicine for organizations in health, life science, and other industries.With patient care, first time accuracy, speed and reliability as top requirements in the medical field, this architecture enables healthcare organizations to analyze large amounts of
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American Well Unveils Supply & Demand Telehealth Exchange Platform: 6 Things to Know
National telehealth provider American Well, today has unveiled its newest enterprise telehealth service called the Exchange allowing healthcare organizations the ability to redistribute their services online to new patient populations. Here are six key things to know about the new Exchange: 1. With the Exchange, the virtual barriers between the supply and demand generators and their distinct telehealth services are lifted. Now, these organizations can connect and exchange their services with
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ARC Devices, VSee Partner to Create Remote Patient Monitoring Kit
ARC Devices Ltd., a provider of digital, non-touch thermometry has announced a partnership with telehealth platform provider, VSee, to design a wireless connected thermometer embedded into a remote patient monitoring kit. With this integration, ARC's thermometer will provide real-time temperature data to power a new generation of video and data-driven telehealth connectivity.Clinicians around the world agree that an accurate temperature reading is one of the most important elements of any
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Tactio Taps Redox for EHR Integration With App-Enabled Remote Patient Monitoring
Tactio Health Group and API EHR integration provider Redox are teaming up to add EHR integration connectivity to its TactioRPM app-enabled remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution. The partnership will enable providers using TactioRPM to integrate app-enabled monitoring and patient engagement to their existing EHR system. Leveraging Redox's capability to integrate EHRs such as Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, McKesson, and GE allows for simplified monitoring for providers.This partnership also aligns
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Fitango Health Add Telemedicine Visits to Platform
Fitango Health, an patient centric platform for chronic care management has unveiled its new telemedicine module to facilitate telehealth visits, extending its population health platform. With Fitango Health, care providers can receive real-time clinical data when patients report on vital measurements, and may opt to receive alerts between appointments. This enables remote providers to intervene as necessary and address health issues before they escalate.How It WorksDuring a telemedicine
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38% of Executives Want to Implement Telehealth Through EMR/EHR
38% of executives most want their organizations to implement telehealth video visits through the EMR/EHR, and adopt mobile apps for provider-to-provider and patient-to-provider communications, according to recent findings from a national telehealth survey conducted by Avizia. The report, “Closing the Telehealth Gap,” surveyed more than 280 healthcare leaders from U.S. hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory centers and other healthcare groups, and exposed a major disconnect between how
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Study: Virtual Care Outperforms Video/Phone-based Telemedicine
Recent data from more than 1,700 virtual care encounters at two large U.S. health systems demonstrates that the use of an evidence-based, best practices-driven virtual health platform can overcome major issues with the consistent delivery of guideline-adherent care that were identified in a recent, widely referenced study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.The data from customers using Zipnosis' virtual care platform reveals that patients who took part in online, adaptive interviews to seek
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