What You Should Know: Clarify Health, an innovative leader in healthcare analytics and digital solutions, is thrilled to announce the closed beta launch of its revolutionary generative artificial intelligence (AI) co-pilot, Clara.This groundbreaking technology is set to empower healthcare delivery organizations to access insights into influenceable behavior changes that matter the most in lowering the cost and improving the quality of healthcare - at a fraction of the time it
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RxLightening Secures $17.5M to Streamline Specialty Medications Access & Affordability
What You Should Know: RxLightning, creator of the industry’s first comprehensive platform for streamlining specialty medication access and affordability, today announced that it closed a $17.5 million Series A investment to support the company’s growth and further remove barriers to life-saving therapies.The round was led by LRVHealth, with participation from McKesson Ventures and existing investors Novartis (dRx Capital), Onco360 (BrightSpring Health
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M&A: Cardinal Health’s Outcomes to Merge with Transaction Data Systems
What You Should Know: Cardinal Health today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to contribute its Outcomes™ business to Orlando-based Transaction Data Systems (TDS) in exchange for a minority stake in the combined entity.Under the terms of the merger agreement, Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical segment CEO, Debbie Weitzman, will be appointed to the TDS board of directors.TDS’s existing portfolio of clinical pharmacy solutions includes the Rx30 and Computer-Rx pharmacy
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Fixing Broken Digital Front Doors and Combating the ‘Great Patient Disconnect’
Have you searched for something on a company’s website, then given up and called to speak to a customer service representative when you couldn’t find the answers you were looking for? This experience is all too common – especially in healthcare. Since 2020, digital front doors (DFDs) have become increasingly popular. And with the healthcare staff shortage projected to continue—and even worsen through at least 2025—digital entry points into healthcare for patients are more important
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LeanTaaS Launches Generative AI Hospital Operations Solution
What You Should Know: LeanTaaS, Inc., the market leader in providing AI-powered and SaaS-based capacity management, staffing, and patient flow software for health systems, today announced the launch of iQueue Autopilot, a first-of-its-kind generative AI solution that will provide hospital leaders with human-like conversations and actionable insights to support decision-making on staffing, scheduling, workflow, and utilization operations.Generative AI is projected to grow faster in
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1 in 4 men Would Rather Change Flat Tire Than Visit Doctor, ZocDoc Reports
What You Should Know: In recognition of Men's Health Month, Zocdoc, the leading healthcare marketplace that makes it easy for people to find and book in-person or virtual care across +200 specialties and +12k insurance plans, today announces the findings of its 2023 Men's Health Report, which includes the results of a new nationwide survey of over 1,000 U.S. men, as well as proprietary insights from Zocdoc booking behavior data.As research shows that men's health generally lags
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Remote Patient Monitoring: Providers Test Solutions in Rapidly Evolving Market
What You Should Know: Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has demonstrated promising outcomes†—including earlier intervention and reduced utilization, outcomes that are critical in value-based care arrangements. The options for RPM are rapidly evolving, with many factors for healthcare organizations to consider. Reimbursement is an ongoing question, with some healthcare organizations feeling they can’t rely solely on reimbursement from CPT codes.A new report by KLAS explores the customer
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Roundups: 10 Recent Digital Health Strategic Partnerships
Flatiron Health has signed a new partnership agreement with the London-based precision medicine software company Lifebit that will enable its researchers to securely access sensitive, real-world data on cancer patients - and hence speed up research and deliver global research improvements in treatments and care. Implementing Lifebit’s pioneering federated Trusted Research Environment technology will enable approved researchers to safely and securely access high-quality real-world data on cancer
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Epic EHR Optimization: 8 Steps to Maximize Your Epic Investment
Epic's EHR has changed the face of healthcare, becoming the one source of truth and reporting for many organizations. It provides a wide range of comprehensive functionalities across patient experience, clinical documentation, reporting, and the revenue cycle. It has truly transformed the patient experience with portals for convenient appointment scheduling, viewing of medical records, and the ability for patients to easily communicate with their providers. It’s highly customizable and
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Compassionate Care: 3 Steps for Health Plans to Improve CMS Star Ratings
Health plans have an incredible opportunity to make a positive impact on the health and well-being of Medicare beneficiaries. It's a responsibility that should not be taken lightly. One way health plans can ensure they’re providing the best possible care to members is to focus on improving CMS Star Ratings. CMS Star Ratings help Medicare consumers compare the quality of Medicare health and drug plans so they can make the most informed decisions. Improving Star Ratings can help health plans
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