What You Should Know:
- Pine Park Health, a rapidly growing primary care provider focused on senior living communities, has announced its adoption of Innovaccer's leading healthcare AI platform.
- The integration aims to optimize population health analytics and further Pine Park Health's mission of serving residents with exceptional care.
Serving Seniors in California, Arizona, and Nevada
Pine Park Health operates across over 150 communities in California, Arizona, and
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Particle Health Addresses Integration to Epic Data Despite Dispute
What You Should Know:
- Particle Health, a healthcare data platform company, is addressing concerns about a reported data access disruption with electronic health record (EHR) giant Epic.
- Particle Health emphasizes that the vast majority of its customers continue to receive data from Epic uninterrupted, despite recent announcements suggesting otherwise.
The Dispute and Its Impact
However, Particle Health acknowledges a dispute with Epic that began in March 2024. While
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ChrysCapital Looks to Sell GeBBS Healthcare Solutions for $1B
What You Should Know:
- ChrysCapital, India's largest homegrown private equity (PE) firm, is reportedly exploring the sale of GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, a Los Angeles-based healthcare business process outsourcing (BPO) company.
- This comes roughly six years after ChrysCapital acquired GeBBS in 2018. The potential $1 billion valuation reflects a significant increase from the acquisition price in 2018. This transaction could signal ChrysCapital's strategy of entering a
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Banner Health Optimizes Surgery Scheduling with Qventus
What You Should Know:
- Banner Health, a leading non-profit health system, has chosen the Qventus Perioperative Solution to streamline surgical scheduling and improve operating room (OR) utilization.
- This technology has resulted in significant benefits, including increased access to ORs, strategic growth in case volume, and actionable real-time insights – all while maintaining high-quality patient care.
Double-Digit ROI Leads to Enterprise-Wide Implementation
The initial
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Philips Respironics Reaches Final Agreement with US Regulators on Sleep Apnea Device Recall
What You Should Know:
- Philips Respironics, a subsidiary of Royal Philips, has finalized a consent decree with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to address issues raised during a 2021 inspection of a Philips facility in Pennsylvania.
- The agreement focuses on Philips Respironics' operations in the US, particularly regarding the recall of certain sleep and respiratory care devices.
- The company's focus will now be on completing remediation
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Almost 4 in 5 Physicians Employed By Hospitals, Health Systems, Corporate Entities
What You Should Know:
- A new study by Avalere commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) paints a clear picture: the landscape of US medical practice ownership is shifting dramatically. As of January 2024, a staggering 77.6% of US physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems, or corporate entities.
- The trend has been steadily increasing over the past five years, with over 44,000 practices acquired by these entities since 2019. Over 19,100 physicians left
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PerfectServe, TeamBuilder Partner to Bring Provider & Staff Scheduling to Medical Groups
What You Should Know:
- PerfectServe®, a leader in cloud-based clinical collaboration and provider scheduling, and TeamBuilder, a provider of innovative workforce management solutions, announced a strategic partnership.
- The PerfectServe and TeamBuilder partnership offers a comprehensive solution for medical groups seeking to optimize scheduling.
PerfectServe's Lightning Bolt Scheduling: Automating Efficiency
PerfectServe's Lightning Bolt Scheduling utilizes a
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CipherHealth Launches Medication Affordability Program to Improve Patient Adherence with Health Systems
What You Should Know:
- CipherHealth, a leader in patient engagement technology, announced a new Medication Affordability & Adherence Program that aims to increase access to life-saving medications and improve medication adherence for patients by addressing a major barrier: cost.
- With this latest program, CipherHealth continues to pave the way in digital healthcare by including access to medication affordability options as a seamless part of outreach to patients.
The High
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Flatiron Health, NCCN Collaborate to Advance Cancer Care with Real-World Data
What You Should Know:
- Flatiron Health, a provider of real-world data (RWD) for cancer care, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), an alliance of top cancer centers, have announced a renewal of their long-standing collaboration.
- This decade-long partnership, dating back to 2014, focuses on leveraging RWD to improve cancer care and research.
The Power of Real-World Data in Cancer Care
Real-world data offers a valuable window into the realities of
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ModMed & Medtronic Integrate to Enable AI-Assisted Colonoscopies
What You Should Know
Practice technology leader and EHR pioneer ModMed® announced today that it will collaborate with Medtronic, the world’s largest medtech company, to enhance the documentation of polyp detection by utilizing the AI capabilities of the GI Genius system sold by Medtronic.Medtronic has publicly stated a goal of supporting gastroenterologists in detecting lesions in the colon that could lead to one of the deadliest and most preventable forms of cancer. ModMed supports
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