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Elation Health has licensed the American Heart Association (AHA) PREVENT™ risk equations, integrating them directly into its Clinical Insights AI tool.The PREVENT-ASCVD tool became the new clinical standard on March 13, 2026, replacing older models that often overestimated cardiovascular risk by 40–50%.The updated model now includes chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a risk factor for the first time.Leveraging Anthropic’s Claude for Healthcare, Elation achieved a rapid
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Impact Advisors Acquires Canopii Collaborative to Expand Epic Payer and Tapestry Expertise
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Impact Advisors has acquired Canopii Collaborative, a high-growth consulting firm specializing in the Epic payer platform (Tapestry), revenue cycle, and managed services. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2021 by former Epic professionals, Canopii was recently ranked 67th on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies.The acquisition enhances Impact Advisors’ ability to support "Payvider" alignment, helping organizations
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Nordic 2026 Survey: Epic Managed Services Transition from Staffing Support to Strategic IT Operating Model
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Nordic Global has released 2026 survey findings showing that 61% of healthcare IT leaders now view Application Managed Services (AMS) as a central, rather than supplemental, part of their IT strategy.The market is seeing a distinct urban-rural divide: 70% of urban organizations view AMS as a strategic lever for transformation, compared to 43% of rural organizations who use it primarily for operational resilience.Urban and large health systems are increasingly using AMS to
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Sage Launches Tasking Solution with ALIS EHR Integration for Senior Living and Skilled Nursing
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Sage has launched Tasking, a solution that unifies planned care from EHRs with unplanned care alerts into a single, real-time mobile workflow.The solution initially launches through a bi-directional integration with ALIS, ensuring care plans and frontline assistance are constantly in sync across both platforms.The platform addresses caregiver burnout by enabling point-of-care documentation, eliminating the need for staff to record care activities after their shifts
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eClinicalWorks Launches healow CCM Specialist Service to Automate Monthly Patient Outreach and Documentation
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eClinicalWorks has introduced the healow CCM Specialist Service, a "specialist-as-a-service" model that embeds certified clinicians directly into ambulatory practice workflows.The service is designed to offload labor-intensive tasks like monthly patient outreach, prescription follow-ups, and evidence-based care plan reviews from internal nursing staff.Practices utilizing the service have reported significant operational gains, including a 30% reduction in incoming office
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KLAS Arch Collaborative Releases 2026 Report on CMIO & CNIO Perspectives on Clinician Experience
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The Core Paradox: According to a new 2026 report from the KLAS Arch Collaborative, healthcare organizations that prioritize costs above all else are experiencing the highest rates of clinician burnout.The Domino Effect: Neglecting clinician well-being does not save money. The report proves that ignoring burnout leads directly to interrelated issues: increased staff turnover, decreased patient experience, and ultimately, increased operational costs.The AI Band-Aid: Ambient
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ONC Data Brief: 2024 EHR Adoption Rates in Substance Use and Mental Health Facilities
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The Baseline Adoption: According to a new ONC Brief using 2024 N-SUMHSS survey data, more than two-thirds (68%) of substance use and mental health treatment facilities use an electronic health record (EHR) exclusively. Another 25% use a combination of an EHR system and paper charts.The Ownership Disparity: EHR adoption varies wildly depending on facility ownership. Federal government facilities have a 97% adoption rate. Private for-profit organizations sit at 68%.
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Why Abridge is Embedding NEJM and JAMA Directly into the EHR
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The Partnerships: Enterprise AI platform Abridge has secured multi-year content partnerships with the NEJM Group (publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine) and the American Medical Association (publisher of the JAMA Network).The Workflow Shift: The integration allows clinicians to ask complex clinical questions and receive evidence-based answers directly within their existing workflow. Historically, finding this literature required breaking focus, leaving the EHR,
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The Push for Side-by-Side Prescription Pricing in EHR Workflows
Prescribing has evolved into a financial decision as much as a clinical one. As a result, one of the most consequential access moments is now occurring inside the electronic health record (EHR) during the prescribing workflow, when cost information surfaces and treatment decisions are finalized.
As affordability pressures intensify across commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid populations, patient out-of-pocket costs have become a primary driver of whether therapy is initiated or abandoned.
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Talkiatry Launches Talkiatry Connect for Cloud-Based EMR Psychiatric Referrals
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The Launch: Talkiatry, the nation’s largest private employer of psychiatrists, has launched Talkiatry Connect, a new referral tool that embeds directly inside a provider's existing cloud-based EMR.The Solution: Talkiatry Connect acts as a browser-based overlay (running on Chromium browsers) that integrates with over 30 cloud-based EMRs, including Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, and Practice Fusion. A small icon alerts the provider if a patient might need psychiatric care,
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