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- Hurdle (a Chronomics Inc. brand), a global bio-infrastructure platform that powers end-to-end diagnostics for life sciences, labs and healthcare providers, and CloudLIMS, a leading SOC 2 compliant and ISO 9001:2015 certified lab informatics provider, announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership marking the first integration between a Diagnostic as a Service (DaaS) platform and a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) LIMS provider.
- The
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RTLS Can Enhance the Patient Experience, Staff Safety, and Workflow Operations in 2023
Although the healthcare industry has shown significant resilience, the byproduct of the pandemic has amplified staff stressors across all operational and clinical roles. In a study conducted in 2022, more than one-third (34%) of the participating registered nurses (RN) stated that it was likely they would leave bedside nursing by the end of the year. Almost half (44%) cited both burnout and high-stress environments as their main reasons to retire or pursue other careers.
As staff
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Quest Diagnostics Acquires NewYork-Presbyterian Lab Services Assets
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- NewYork-Presbyterian today announced a strategic agreement with Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services to broaden access to quality, innovative laboratory services for the providers and patients of NewYork-Presbyterian primarily in New York as well as the Tri-State Area and beyond.
- Under a definitive agreement, Quest will acquire select assets of the laboratory services business of NewYork-Presbyterian. NewYork-Presbyterian will
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CARE4 Project Delivers Single Patient Portal with MEDITECH Expanse
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- MEDITECH today announced the CARE4 project has delivered a single patient portal across acute and ambulatory settings with MEDITECH Expanse.- Since becoming the first Canadian MEDITECH customers to go LIVE with Expanse Ambulatory, the partnership’s goal has been to ensure that all patients associated with their facilities can easily see and manage their health information from a single place. And six months after implementing the portal, partner hospitals –
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CMS Program Integrity’s Role in Combatting FWA While Maintaining Health Equity
In 2022, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) established health equity as a pillar of its future work. Program integrity staff from every state Medicaid program, and federal program staff working on Medicare, must consider the roles of both program integrity and analytics when combatting fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA)in the healthcare system.
CMS defines health equity as "the attainment of the highest level of health for all people, where everyone has a fair and just
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Think Retail: What the Medical Supply Industry Can Learn from the Marketplace Revolution
Through years of disruption and advancement, the retail industry has evolved tremendously to meet the increased demands of a broadening consumer base. However not every industry – and most notably healthcare — has progressed with the times and buyers’ needs.
The healthcare supply chain specifically must expand beyond its antiquated roots to better serve buyers. Just as in retail, where the U.S. has seen exponential growth over the last 20 years, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the
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Ibex’s AI-Powered Cancer Diagnostics Solution Obtains CE Mark
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- Ibex Medical Analytics today announced that Galen™ Prostate has become the first standalone AI-powered cancer diagnostics solution to obtain CE Mark under Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) for supporting pathologists in the primary diagnosis of prostate biopsies.
- Galen Prostate is the first standalone AI-based cancer diagnostics product of its kind certified under the IVDR.
- During 2023, Ibex plans to migrate additional
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Top Security Certifications Required for Data Protection
How secure is your data? If your organization does not have the right security certifications in place, it’s not a matter of if a data breach will occur – but when. A lack of regulatory compliance, network and technical vulnerabilities, unencrypted information, unsecured mobile devices, and weak credentials all play a part in putting a healthcare organization at risk for a data breach.
Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million in the
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Epic, Impact Advisors, Nordic, Chartis Named 2023 Overall Best in KLAS® Awards
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Epic, Nordic, Impact Advisors and The Chartis Group won the 2023 Overall Best in KLAS® awards. Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the thirteenth straight year in 2023 Best in KLAS – Software & Services report, released, which reports on the top vendors for 2022. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Epic won thirteen other Best in KLAS awards in various market segments.
- Impact Advisors tied with Nordic to be a
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Google Cloud, Health-ISAC Partner to Build More Resilient Healthcare
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- Google Cloud announced that its security engineers are working with Health-ISAC Threat Operations Center to develop an open sourced integration that connects the Health-ISAC Indicator Threat Sharing (HITS) feed directly with Google Cloud’s Chronicle Security Operations information and event management.
- HITS allows Health-ISAC members to easily connect and quickly share cyber threat intelligence through machine-to-machine automation.
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