McKesson Business Performance Services and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) have launched a new company, ACO Partner, a Maximum Services Organization, an innovative collaborative that will leverage McKesson’s physician engagement, care management, and population health services and technology. ACO Partner plans to contract with payers and provider groups nationwide to increase the overall quality of care through strong partnerships in pursuit of the triple aim of lowering costs,
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5 Healthcare Systems Pump $17M into Google Glass Startup Augmedix
Augmedix, Inc., a Google Glass-focused digital health startup announced it has raised $17M in strategic funding from leading healthcare systems including Sutter Health, Dignity Health, Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI), TriHealth Inc, and one more. The strategic round was led by Redmile Group with participation from founding institutional investors Emergence Capital and DCM Ventures. Augmedix has raised $40 million in total funding to date. The strategic investment from the five healthcare
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HealthVerity Raises $7.1M to Unlock the Value of Patient Data
HealthVerity, a provider of technologies and software tools for the discovery and integration of optimal patient data sets has announced $7.1M in funding led by Flare Capital Partners and Greycroft Partners with participation from additional strategic healthcare investors. The Philadelphia-based startup will utilize the funding to accelerate the development of its privacy and data interoperability technologies.Founded in 2014, HealthVerity seeking to enhance patient insights from existing and
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Centra to Deploy Cerner EHR, HealtheIntent Population Health Across Enterprise
Centra, an integrated delivery network based in Virginia has selected Cerner to implement its Millennium EHR across its five hospitals, more than 50 ambulatory and long-term care facilities, and health plan. Additionally, Centra will also implement Cerner’s near real-time population health management platform, HealtheIntentSM. The platform aggregates data from multiple sources into a single patient record allowing Centra to match the right care programs to the right individuals across its
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DRG Launches Real World Evidence Repository of Claims, EHR data
Decision Resources Group (DRG), a provider of healthcare analytics, data and insight products has launched a Real World Evidence (RWE) repository of claims and EHR data that provides insight to over 90% of the U.S. healthcare system. The RWE data asset derives from multiple data providers in the U.S. and comprises patient, healthcare professional and payer level analysis.The DRG RWE repository covers:- 240M unique U.S. patients with over 5 years of historical data- 3.2B medical and pharmacy
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IBM Watson, ODH Launch Population Health Management Platform to Transform Behavioral Healthcare
Behavioral health analytics provider ODH, Inc. and IBM Watson Health are teaming up to launch Mentrics, a population health management platform designed to help managed care organizations transform the quality and cost of behavioral healthcare. The platform is built specifically for managed care organizations that handle behavioral health benefits. Mentrics will streamline data and care coordination while generating valuable insights to help optimize care for patients with behavioral health
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Cumberland Consulting Group Launches Legacy System Data Management Services
Nashville, TN-based health IT consulting firm Cumberland Consulting Group, today announced the launch of legacy system data management services powered by Trinisys, a healthcare data automation and integration solutions platform. This new offering combines trusted advisory consulting services with an innovative data-archiving platform to help providers successfully manage enterprise healthcare information technology (HIT) conversion projects.“As organizations implement or inherit new HIT
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New Hampshire’s Digital Exchange Taps TigerText for Secure Messaging Platform
New Hampshire Health Information Organization (NHHIO), New Hampshire’s network for the digital exchange of patient health information, has selected TigerText as a secure messaging provider. NHHIO will leverage TigerText’s messaging platform to securely connect the New Hampshire healthcare community and streamline patient care and data sharing. NHHIO is a non-profit organization in New Hampshire facilitating the secure sharing and transmitting of protected health information (PHI) between health
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ResApp Nabs $12.5M For Smartphone App That Instantly Diagnose Respiratory Diseases
ResApp, a Australian-based digital health startup that has developed a smartphone app that can diagnose respiratory diseases based on the sound signatures of the coughs, announced it has raised $12.5 million in funding. The oversubscribed round was led by Jett Capital Advisors, Empire Capital Partners and CPS Capital Group. The company plans to use the funding to accelerate the FDA approval for its adult diagnostic test and expand US market access beyond telehealth into in-clinic use, including
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AMA Launches Healthier Nation Innovation Challenge
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced the launch of the AMA Healthier Nation Innovation Challenge to help physicians and medical students bring their cutting-edge health care ideas to reality. The AMA Healthier Nation Innovation Challenge invites all U.S. physicians, residents and medical students to be a positive force for health care and submit their best ideas by May 16 for shaping 21st century medicine. Up to $50k in prizes will be awarded for the best solutions that emerge from
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