The last few years have emphasized the need for high-quality healthcare for patients that is accessible and affordable for all. There is tension between stakeholders in the healthcare industry surrounding efforts to keep costs low and increase revenue, while not sacrificing patient experience. Years before the pandemic, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) revolutionized the healthcare industry and encouraged a new approach to balancing all the variables: value-based care (VBC). Whereas providers were
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Why The Time Is Now for Healthcare Provider Cloud Migration
It’s no secret that healthcare is a slow-moving industry. Its hesitancy to change has played out in a number of ways over the years — including its lingering resistance to cloud migration. Organizations holding out on migrating wonder: “Is it really secure? Why take the risk of shifting away from on-prem systems?” Moving to the cloud can feel like a daunting task, but with the right tools and plans in place, organizations can move confidently and securely, finally modernizing today’s digital
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Fluree, Vitality TechNet Partner to Enable Pharma Regulation & Drug Discovery
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Fluree, which has developed a knowledge graph database and semantic data pipeline toolset for secure and trusted data sharing, today announced a partnership with Vitality TechNet to build a semantic data infrastructure for pharmaceutical organizations looking to enable digital Regulatory Information Management and accelerate drug discovery.Fluree — which recently closed its $10M Series A funding round — provides data infrastructure technology to
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UnitedHealthcare Donates $2.85M for Direct Service Workers in Indiana
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UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Indiana has provided $2.85M to four organizations working to advance the direct service health workforce in the state. Direct service workers (DSWs) are essential in providing care to long-term services and support recipients who choose to age and live in their homes, especially those in underserved communities and rural areas. DSWs include certified nursing assistants, home health aides, direct support professionals,
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ZeOmega Integrates SDOH Platform w/ Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
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ZeOmega announced it has integrated its Jiva Population Health Enterprise Management Platform’s SDOH Social Care solution with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare built for Microsoft Azure. The integration empowers healthcare organizations with Azure to achieve increased access, seamless compatibility, and unmatched administrative efficiency, enabling smoother processes and freeing healthcare professionals to prioritize exceptional patient care. SDOH takes center
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M&A: Definitive Healthcare Acquires Provider Intelligence Platform Populi for $52M
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Definitive Healthcare acquires Populi, a provider of healthcare commercial intelligence for providers for $52M in cash, subject to working capital adjustments, with the potential for additional consideration contingent upon the achievement of certain performance-based milestones in 2024 and 2025.Founded in 2020, Populi delivers healthcare commercial intelligence for the provider market, serving some of the country’s largest healthcare systems, including the
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LG Launches Patient Engagement Boards for Hospital Rooms
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LG Business Solutions USA launches a new line of “Patient Engagement Boards” that empowers hospitals to outfit patient rooms with crisp high-definition screens for displaying patient information such as their name, schedule, a list of caregivers, native language and more. The new Patient Engagement Boards are now available in a 43-inch UHD model and 32-inch FHD model, featuring Power over Ethernet (PoE) capability, offering optimized solutions and simplified
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MedArrive, Heartbeat Health Connects Medicaid Members with Virtual Cardiology Care
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MedArrive, the leading mobile-integrated care provider, today announced a unique collaboration with Heartbeat Health, the largest tech-enabled virtual cardiology company in the U.S. which leverages data, device connectivity, and clinicians to deliver 24/7 on-demand cardiovascular services.The partnership brings yet another level of important care services into the home for health plans using MedArrive, especially those that serve Medicaid
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Luna Launches AI Division to Enhance Patient Care
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Luna, the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, has unveiled Luna Labs, a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) division to enhance patient care. The founding 5 person engineering group will be organized under co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and former Uber engineer Ryan Gaffney. Focusing on driving healthcare delivery and efficiency, Luna Labs will create new AI products, including
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Nashville General Hospital Deploys Oracle Health EHR
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Safety net hospital Nashville General Hospital today announced a strategic partnership with Oracle Health to implement its CommunityWorks EHR platform. Oracle Health’s CommunityWorks will replace multiple systems with one united EHR that will enable clinicians to access patient records from the 150-bed hospital and more than 20 outpatient and clinic settings across the county.
CommunityWorks EHR Implementation Benefits
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