What You Should Know:
- DeliverHealth, a provider of technology-enabled solutions for hospitals, health systems, and group practices, today announced the acquisition of PresidioHealth, a healthcare technology and clinical intelligence company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition enables DeliverHealth to further expand its software platform, thus improving coding quality and speeding up the reimbursement cycle for healthcare organizations.
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What Healthcare Leaders Need to Do Now About Ransomware
If ransomware is not a topic of conversation around any healthcare organization’s boardroom table, directors and senior executives may be exposing the organization (and themselves) to considerable risk. Here’s a guide to ransomware trends for 2022 and steps healthcare leaders can take to help protect their organizations.
Ransomware trends in 2022
The risk of a ransomware attack in 2022 is substantial, with gangs specializing in targeting the healthcare sector. Last year saw dozens of
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Report: Private Hospitals Overcharge NYC Government Over $2B Annually
What You Should Know:
- The 32BJ Health Fund, a self-insured fund that provides care for 32BJ SEIU members and their dependents, today released a report that lays bare the stark price disparities between Medicare and private hospitals, and outlines solutions to both reins in prices and holds hospital systems accountable for these practices.
- The report, titled, ‘Hospital Prices: Unsustainable and Unjustifiable’ found that hospital prices are dramatically rising, the main driver in the
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Nurses Are Beyond Burnout, Suffering From PTSD as Spiraling Work Demands, Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- A majority of nurses (56%) report that they’re sacrificing their mental health for the job, reveals survey data from the IntelyCare Research Group. IRG is the research arm of IntelyCare, the largest digital staffing platform for nursing professionals seeking per diem positions.
- The third-party data demonstrates that working conditions during COVID-19 have taken a significant toll on nurses’ mental, physical and emotional well-being and
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Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare Launches
What You Should Know:
- Adobe announced the general availability of Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare, a solution that empowers healthcare enterprises to deliver seamless customer journeys with personalized and secure digital experiences.
- Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare enables healthcare and life science companies to activate robust health and behavioral insights that shape everything from member acquisition, retention and connected health. Unlocking capabilities
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Top 9 Most In-Demand Medical Billing/Revenue Cycle Positions
A new AKASA survey highlights the vacant roles healthcare CFOs and financial leaders most need talent for to sustain daily operations within medical billing and the revenue cycle. The back office of healthcare is essential to keeping the doors of hospitals open by making sure the bills are paid. Yet, these teams are facing labor shortages like never before.
The survey of more than 400 healthcare financial leaders ranked the following as the roles where
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Grow Therapy Partners with Aetna to Take its Mental Health Care Services Nationwide
What You Should Know:
- Today Grow Therapy, a leader in helping create life-changing therapeutic connections between therapists and clients, today announced that its mental health care services are now available as an in-network benefit to all members of Aetna, CVS Health company.
- Bringing Grow Therapy’s multi-thousand therapy and psychiatry provider group in-network with Aetna means it can now
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Day 3 HIMSS Roundup: Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT, GE Healthcare/AliveCor Integration
Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity
Glooko Acquires DIABNEXT® to Expand Diabetes Offerings in France
Glooko, a leading provider of remote patient monitoring and data management solutions for diabetes and related chronic conditions, today announced the acquisition of DIABNEXT, a Paris-based company whose digital health platform helps people with diabetes better manage their conditions and connects to their healthcare providers, so they can
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Avive Raises $22M for Connected AED Platform for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
What You Should Know:
Avive Solutions, Inc., developer of an intelligent AED and connected response platform for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) emergencies, today announced that it closed a $22 million Series A round of financing co-led by Questa Capital, Catalyst Health Ventures and repeat investor Laerdal Million Lives Fund.
- This funding will be used to advance a new technology-enabled approach for improving OHCA survival rates. Ryan Drant, founder and managing partner of Questa
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Nuance Integrates DAX Tech with Cerner EHR to Optimize Clinician & Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
- Nuance and Cerner announced that they have expanded their collaboration to integrate the Nuance® Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) system into the Cerner Millennium EHR.
- The collaboration deepens the existing integration of Nuance and Cerner technologies and is expected to help manage administrative workloads that lead to clinician burnout, expand access to care for patients, and enhance healthcare outcomes with clinical
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