A recent independent audit conducted at Emory Healthcare that illustrates leverages Philips eICU program saved an estimated $4.5 million over a 15-month period. The 15-month audit conducted by Abt Associates on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) compared the Philips eICU program at Emory to nine other hospitals in the Atlanta area to determine the impact of the implementation. The audit’s results confirm the eICU’s beneficial effects on not only the cost of care,
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The Challenges and Potential Payoff of Integrating Virtual Healthcare Services
Zipnosis CEO Jon Pearce explains how companies like his are helping health providers tap into virtual healthcare—behind the screens.Consumer interest in virtual health services is growing, but are health providers ready to deliver them? A recent Accenture study revealed that more than three-quarters of its 1,501 respondents would use virtual services—however, only 21 percent of those same respondents noted receiving virtual services.Physicians could save big by providing virtual services in
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Insurtech Startup Wellthie Raises $5M to Become The Zillow for Small Business Health Insurance
Wellthie – an insurance technology company offering leading broker and comparison shopping tools that simplify insurance distribution and optimize choices for small businesses and individuals, has raised $5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by IA Capital Groupwith participation from existing and new investors, including Aflac Ventures and top insurance industry executives. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate its nationwide growth and product development. Andy Lerner,
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Medable Launches Machine Learning Solution Specifically for Healthcare Apps
Medable, a Palo Alto-based healthcare app and analytics platform has unveiled Cerebrum, the first cloud-based machine learning solution created specifically for healthcare apps. Cerebrum leverages data gathering smartphones with a first-of-its-kind machine learning engine, resulting in health events becoming more easily predicted, such as warning an elderly relative when he is at greatest risk of a fall, or preventing an asthmatic child from triggering a life threatening episode.The new
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Voxiva and Sense Health Merge to Launch Wellpass Messaging Platform for Healthcare
Voxiva and Sense Health has merged to form a new venture, Wellpass, Inc., a new digital health platform serving payers, providers and people. Wellpass combines Voxiva's proven mobile health and wellness programs with the innovative and flexible patient engagement platform developed by Sense Health. The companies' digital health services have supported over 3 million people and delivered proven clinical outcomes documented in extensive published research. The Wellpass platform is launching with
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Rock Health: Digital Health Funding Tops Over $1B in Q1 2017
Digital health funding reached over $1B across a total of 71 digital health deals in Q1 2017(49% above Q1 2015 and 23% below Q1 2016), according to Rock Health, a full-service venture fund dedicated to digital health. In a blog post, Rock Health reveals that despite any regulatory uncertainty around the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it’s been business as usual for digital health funding. Providers and health plans are delaying expenditures based on this uncertainty, yet founders
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Baystate Innovation Center Launches Software Development Environment to Accelerate Health IT Innovation
Health IT innovation center TechSpring, in partnership with InterSystems and J2 Interactive, has just announced the launch of a new software development environment to accelerate innovation for healthcare technology leaders by providing them with access to real healthcare resources and data. The environment is built on the InterSystems HealthShare® interoperability platform, and was implemented by the IT services firm J2 Interactive.HealthShare expands TechSpring’s ability to engage with its
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B. Braun and Philips Join Forces to Innovate In Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia
B. Braun Melsungen AG, a provider of regional anesthesia and pain management, and Royal Philips, a global leader in ultrasound and image guided therapy solutions, today announced a multi-year strategic alliance to innovate ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia – a rapidly growing alternative to general anesthesia – and vascular access. The alliance will leverage the companies’ combined deep clinical expertise and R&D capabilities, as well as sales and service channels.B. Braun and Philips
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PAREXEL Unveils Patient Sensor Solution To Transform Clinical Trial Data Collection
PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), a biopharmaceutical services provider has unveiled its new patient sensor solution that securely captures, transmits, stores and visualizes study subject data in clinical trials. The new offering is powered by he Perceptive MyTrials® Analytics platform, enables an end-to-end services and technology solution that facilitates the remote collection of study subject data via medical devices.The PAREXEL® patient sensor solution supports the generation
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Innovaccer Launches Datashop Insights to Provide Healthcare Leaders with Actionable Insights in Real-Time
Innovaccer Inc., a Silicon Valley-Headquartered Healthcare analytics company, will be launching ‘Datashop Insights’ at NAACOS 2017 this week to provide healthcare organizations with actionable insights in real-time and with manual override, to enhance Excel spreadsheets and other complex data through interactive dashboards. Datashop Insights provides state-of-the-art visualization and dashboard module that captures the data needs of healthcare organizations to enhance its quality, utilization,
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