naviHealth, Inc., a Cardinal Health company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Curaspan Health Group, Inc., a privately held provider of care transition tools for hospitals and post-acute healthcare providers. Curaspan’s integrated workflow solution helps enable seamless transitions of care for patients throughout the acute and post-acute continuum. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Here are four key things to know about the acquisition: 1. The acquisition will help
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Facebook Messenger Adds Instant, Free Answers from Doctors Via HealthTap
HealthTap, a Global Health Practice providing 24/7 immediate access to doctors via video, text or voice is bringing consumers instant access to its network of 100k doctors via Facebook Messenger. Starting today, anyone using Facebook Messenger can type a question and receive free and trusted doctor answers wherever they are and whenever they need them. HealthTap is the first healthcare company on the new Messenger platform utilized by more than 900 million people worldwide. How It WorksUsing
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4/14 Webinar Reminder: Only 5% of Organizations Excel at Digital Health Innovation
On April 20, Enspektos, LLC, a New York-based innovation consultancy, will release a report outlining the initial results of its global State of Digital Health Innovation Study. This research explores how organizations are progressing in their digital innovation efforts and outline the forces blunting or accelerating their progress. Some of the findings of this research include: - Globally, only 5% of health organizations are operating at the highest level of proficiency and expertise when it
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Veritas Integrates Elsevier’s Interactive Patient Education Content
Elsevier, a provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, will make its Interactive Patient Education content library available to customers of Veritas, a provider of nursing education and mentorship. Developed to increase patient engagement and reduce readmissions, the content suite will be implemented as part of Veritas' Chronic Care Management Program.Elsevier's Patient Engagement suite of solutions provides print, electronic and video patient education
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Boston Children’s Launches Cloud-based Education on Amazon Alexa Devices
"My child has a fever of 101. Should I be concerned?" Through a new skill created for Amazon Alexa-enabled devices, parents will now be able to ask Alexa a variety of questions around fever and other common symptoms. The "KidsMD™" Alexa skill was developed by the Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) team at Boston Children's Hospital and launched today.Devices enabled with Alexa, such as Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Amazon Tap and Amazon Fire TV, can help parents decide whether symptoms
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CMS Launches Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Model
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its largest-ever initiative to transform and improve how primary care is delivered and paid. The initiative called the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model will be implemented in up to 20 regions and can accommodate up to 5,000 practices, which would encompass more than 20,000 doctors and clinicians and the 25 million people they serve. The initiative builds on the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative launched
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Health Choice Network Selects Wellcentive for Population Health
Health Choice Network (HCN) has selected Wellcentive for population health management solutions and services to drive integrated care management and quality reporting across HCN's 46 health centers nationwide. The partnership will also include a collaborative effort for expanding quality measures, value-based insurance design (VBID) and financial analytics to track and demonstrate approaches to treating complex chronic care patients within underserved communities. Financial terms of the deal
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University Hospital Board Appoints John N. Kastanis CEO & President
Today, John N. Kastanis, FACHE, has been named President and CEO of University Hospital. As CEO of one of the largest employers in Newark, Kastanis will lead a workforce comprised of 3,400 full time employees and 550 medical staff, and is responsible for a $600M budget. Kastanis joins the hospital after a four-year tenure as leader of Temple University Hospital, where he is credited with enhancing core operations, developing new clinical service lines, acquiring new medical and surgical
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UHS to Implement Cerner’s Revenue Cycle, Replaces Siemens Invision
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS), one of the largest hospital management companies announce it will implement Cerner’s Millennium Revenue Cycle. Cerner will replace UHS’ legacy Siemens Invision revenue cycle solution and integrate with UHS’ existing Cerner Millennium EHR and HIM functionality. The enterprise-wide revenue cycle management system, paired with UHS’ current solutions, will help advance integration between clinical and financial information for the acute care and ambulatory
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Population Health Provider Lightbeam Health Solutions Acquires Browsersoft
Lightbeam Health Solutions, Inc., an end-to-end population health management solutions has acquired Shawnee Mission, KS-based Browsersoft, Inc. Browsersoft is a health information exchange (HIE) solution provider for hospitals, health systems, states, communities and other stakeholders within the US and various global markets.Browersoft’s OpenHRE™ solution enables healthcare communities to exchange data from disparate systems enabling providers to have the most comprehensive, up-to-date patient
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