Over the past few decades, technology has advanced health care in incredible ways. Between robotic surgery, training through augmented reality, and the use of wearables to enhance health data, the industry has embraced numerous advances to improve patient care.
However, the industry’s relationship with technology hasn’t always been seamless. While doctors and nurses work diligently to keep patients informed, more than 50% of clinicians suffer from regular burnout. The leading culprit?
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Smart Contact Management Tech Empowering Providers to Offer Better Care
Technology adoption in the independent healthcare sector continues at breakneck speed. However, digitizing engagement with patients between appointments is one area where health providers have been slower to adopt. Even during COVID, research from the SMB Group showed one-fifth of healthcare providers had no plans to implement cloud technologies, which is a vital step for transforming communication processes.
Part of the reason is the fear of poor implementation, which can backfire and
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Iodine Software Acquires Physician Query Platform Artifact Health – Health M&A
What You Should Know:
- Iodine Software, a leading healthcare AI company, today announced it has acquired physician engagement platform company Artifact Health. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition brings together two industry leaders and expands Iodine’s clinical predictions and insights platform beyond clinical documentation improvement (CDI) teams to directly engage physicians through Artifact’s HIPAA-compliant mobile platform.
- Artifact
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Geisinger Launches Virtual Chronic Disease Monitoring System Powered by Noteworth
What You Should Know:
- Geisinger today announced the launch of ConnectedCare365, an innovative care delivery model for patients with chronic diseases like diabetes, heart failure and hypertension available on Google Play and App Store. Powered by Noteworth, a digital health startup dedicated to rethinking healthcare delivery, this first-of-its-kind virtual care delivery platform uses remote patient monitoring, artificial intelligence and powerful data analysis tools to improve
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Flume Health Raises $6M to Transform Third-Party Health Plan Administration
What You Should Know:
- Flume Health, a New York City-based health plan administration platform for the modern fragmented healthcare today announced a $6M Seed II round, bringing its total amount raised to $10M. The Seed II round was led by new investor Crosslink Capital, with participation from new investors Route 66 Ventures and Convene CEO Ryan Simonetti. Existing investors Accomplice, Founder Collective and Primary Venture Partners also participated in the Seed II round, which brings
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Lyft Offers Free or Discounted Rides to COVID-19 Vaccination Sites
What You Should Know:
- Starting today, anyone going to get their COVID-19 vaccine can get access to a free or discounted Lyft ride.
- The Lyft initiative in partnership with the White House supports Biden Administration’s goal of getting at least one shot in the arms of 70% of U.S. adults by July 4.
- By May 24, riders will be able to get their ride code directly through the Lyft app or website. After providing a few details, users will receive a code they can apply to
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What the Shift to 5G Will Mean for Healthcare Cybersecurity
5G has spent years hovering on the horizon, its industry-revolutionizing potential waiting just out of reach for healthcare providers and consumers. But now, the wait is (almost) over -- and for some, it already is. Mobile 5G began to make limited appearances in major cities across the country in the latter half of 2019. Those limits won’t be in place for long; however, a more comprehensive rollout is expected to sweep through the nation this year.
5G’s entry onto the scene has the
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The Risks of Delaying Data Migration for Healthcare Systems
It only takes one data breach to paralyze a whole industry. Hospitality offers one prescient example. In 2014, hotel chain Marriott International was victim to a severe cyber attack, in which the information of 500 million clients was released. That scandal exploded to the political sphere as Chinese hackers were accused of trying to destroy competition in the hotel industry. Hotel reservations are one thing; just imagine the reaction to a similar hack exposing the medical records of entire
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Amalgam Rx Acquires Geetha’s Conversational AI Assets to Drive AI-Based Behavioral and Clinical Interventions
What You Should Know:
- Amalgam Rx, Inc., the leader in connecting healthcare providers and life sciences companies through a SaaS-enabled digital marketplace and product platform has acquired the assets of Geetha, LLC, an adaptive, conversational AI company. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition bolsters Amalgam’s data science assets, which already include more than 6 billion longitudinal data points on millions of patients cared for across Amalgam’s
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Banner Health Launches Digital Health Program with Xealth & Babyscripts
What You Should Know:
- Banner Health announced the launch of its digital health program with Xealth to enable digital health at scale. Banner Health is making it simpler for medical providers to order digital health solutions directly from its Cerner EHR, helping to strengthen its connection with patients across its 30 acute-care hospitals and other entities. The launch will begin
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