We recently asked five digital health executives to share their insights on the recent Kaiser's recent acquisition of Geisinger Health and it's impact to accelerate value-based care.
Andy Flanagan, CEO of Iris Telehealth
This acquisition presents a significant upside for the industry's move to improve access to quality, affordable care. Kaiser and Geisinger are two of the premier organizations in our country driving towards value-based care at scale for their communities. The creation
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Mastercard, HealthLock Partner to Protect Against Medical Fraud
What You Should Know:
Mastercard and HealthLock have partnered to offer millions of Americans help in protecting themselves against medical bill fraud, claim errors and overcharges. HealthLock’s platform helps consumers audit every single medical insurance claim and keep them organized through a user-friendly dashboard.The partnership will initially open HealthLock’s analytics-backed healthcare services to millions of US-issued HSA and FSA Mastercard cards, with plans to expand to other
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BVP Forge Invests in Quality Management Platform, Medisolv
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Private equity firm BVP Forge has completed a strategic investment in Medisolv, a healthcare quality data measurement and reporting solution, to accelerate its growth. BVP Forge will also provide Medisolv access to the growth IP, talent network, and resources of Bessemer Venture Partners.Medisolv was founded in 1999 with the idea that software can unlock the intelligence buried in the chaos of healthcare data. Medisolv will benefit from ForgeEdge™, BVP Forge’s
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Improving Healthcare With Systems of Engagement
It’s been nearly 15 years since the passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and its requirements for the meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs). As expected, virtually all hospitals have implemented some form of EHR. In fact, the American Hospital Association (AHA) reported usage by 96% of non-federally run acute care hospitals and almost 80% of office-based physicians in 2021.
Have healthcare providers realized the promised
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KLAS: Epic, MatrixCare, WellSky Leads Hospice Vendors
What You Should Know:
Resource-strapped hospice leaders are looking for tools that alleviate clinician burnout by streamlining workflows and building additional point-of-care functionality. Slow vendor development on this front has led to an overall decline in customer satisfaction.A new KLAS report dives into how well hospice vendors meet provider organizations’ needs, including delivery of value, development progress, and support for when patients go through a transition of
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Digital Health Executive Hires & Departures: Ed Marx Departure, Particle Health CEO, Rhapsody CFO, Others
Health IT veteran Ed Marx announces his departure as CEO at Divurgent to launch his advisory company, Marx Advisory focused on helping healthcare executives & organizations achieve objectives and key results.
Particle Health appointed Jason Prestinario as its next CEO, effective today. Troy Bannister, founder and current CEO, will continue with Particle as Chief Strategy Officer, where he will spearhead product innovation.
Rhapsody names Jeff Chiumiento as the company’s new
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Roundups: Tampa General, Henry Ford, PatientsLikeMe, Other Digital Health Partnerships
Tampa General Hospital Teams Up with Navina
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) partners with AI-powered platform Navina to bring its transformative AI the health system's primary care clinicians. Navina's AI takes large amounts of patient data, including information from labs, consult notes, imaging and more to help create a concise picture of a patient's health status that is instantly understandable and actionable. Clinicians using Navina's platform can quickly assess diagnoses and
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How Health Payment Accounts Improve Health Equity
In 2022, 38 percent of Americans reported delaying medical care—a 20-year high. But as with many things, the burden of paying for healthcare doesn’t affect all Americans equally.
Lower-income communities, for example, tend to have higher incidences of disease and therefore a greater need for healthcare. And in a vicious catch-22, those with lower incomes, Black and Hispanic adults, and women often have health benefits mis-sized to their income, which contributes to higher incidences of
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Healthcare Supply Chains Still in Survival Mode, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
Three years after COVID-19 was declared a public health emergency, many healthcare supply chain leaders and frontline professionals are operating in survival mode, according to new industry research from Deloitte Consulting LLP.Ongoing challenges include economic pressures, multiple resource shortages, data visibility and labor issues.
Key Findings
To gain greater insight into these impacts, Deloitte expanded its study by conducting site visits to healthcare
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KLAS: 5 Best Practices For Effective EHR Education
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A new report by KLAS delves into many of the questions posed to clinicians in the Arch Collaborative’s User Experience and Trainer Quality Benchmark surveys to help further demystify the specific characteristics of EHR education that led to clinician success with the EHR. The report also provides guidance on how organizations can generate clinician enthusiasm around EHR training to better help them thrive in their EHR environment. Unless specifically stated, all findings
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