Maintaining patient data integrity is more complicated than ever; cybersecurity threats loom, patients are taking more ownership of their care (self-registration, for example) and health system merger activity is on the rise. It can make the quest for the ever-elusive 1% maximum duplicate rate seem, at times, unattainable.
But a secure, accurate, and duplicate-free MPI/EMPI can be achieved. It just requires a multi-pronged approach to protect data throughout its journey into a health system
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MedAllies Selects Lyniate for EMPI & Data Management
What You Should Know:
- Lyniate, a healthcare data interoperability announced MedAllies, a multimodality connectivity services company, has chosen Lyniate Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) by NextGate to better serve its healthcare clients and partners.
- This integration will bolster MedAllies’ identity data management capabilities to increase the accuracy of the data it exchanges for the benefit of all.
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Upfront Acquires Patient Engagement Platform PatientBond
What You Should Know:
- Upfront acquires PatientBond, a digital patient engagement platform creating a single enterprise technology solution to drive patient acquisition and loyalty.
- The acquisition accelerates Upfront's delivery of their next-generation personalization platform. Combined with Upfront's omnichannel communications capabilities, PatientBond's robust consumer insights build and expand loyal patient-provider relationships to influence positive behavioral changes, resulting
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Connecticut Abandons $20M Health Information Exchange They Built In-House
What You Should Know:
- In 2017, the University of Connecticut created a new unit called UConn Analytics and Information Management Solutions—UConn AIMS for short—to do the work of planning its health information network.
- Today, UConn AIMS is out of business, 20 people are out of jobs and the system developed for Connie at the cost of about $20 million has been discarded and dismantled.
An Abandoned Health Information Network Worth $20M
The effort to create a Connecticut health
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Get Well Launches Monkeypox Digital Care Management Plan
What You Should Know:
- Get Well releases a new monkeypox digital care management plan. This is the first digital care plan for monkeypox to be released in the industry.
- Get Well’s monkeypox symptom monitoring tool, which is available now, is designed to help manage and slow the spread of the virus. It enables patients or clinicians exposed to the virus to effectively monitor their symptoms from home, allowing providers to triage patients to the right setting of care when and if symptoms
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Modernizing Medical Payments: Why Providers Must Enrich the Patient Financial Experience
Medical billing issues cause many consumers to shop for different providers. Customers expect a simple, automated billing experience. Insider Intelligence’s recent Spotlight on Modernizing Medical Payments looks at what drives consumers away from their medical providers, and what providers can do to modernize their billing processes.
Incorrect or Confusing Bill Cause Patients to Leave Their Doctors
According to a December 2021 report on Patient Payment Technology, 64% of respondents
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CareHarmony Secures $15M for AI-Powered Care Coordination
What You Should Know:
- CareHarmony, an AI-powered care coordination solutions provider, today announced it has closed a $15 million Series A funding round led by Maverick Ventures, with participation from Nashville Capital Network.
- The financing comes as CareHarmony continues to experience exponential growth, serving several of the nation’s leading hospitals and health systems through its care platform.
Developing Proprietary Technology To Meet Increased Demand
Founded in 2015,
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Nuance & Covera Launches Nationwide Radiology Quality Care
What You Should Know:
- Covera Health, Inc. and Nuance Communications, Inc., today introduced the Quality Care Collaborative (QCC), the first national program that brings together payers, providers, and self-insured employers to support radiology quality improvement initiatives at scale.
- The QCC joins Covera’s clinical intelligence platform and Nuance’s Precision Imaging Network™ to enable providers, payers, and employers to work together in a
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GE Healthcare Makes Strategic Investment in AliveCor
What You Should Know:
- AliveCor, the global leader in FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (ECG) technology, recently announced its Series F Financing led by GE Healthcare.
- The round also included participation from Pegasus Tech Ventures) and existing investors including Khosla Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, and WP Global Partners.
Providing End-to-End Cardiological Care Using Subscription Services
AliveCor, Inc. is transforming cardiological care using deep
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KeyCare Raises $24M for Epic-Integrated Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know:
- KeyCare, Inc., the nation’s only virtual-first care platform built with Epic, announced the closing of $24 million in series A funding.
- The funding was backed by 8VC, LRVHealth, Bold Capital, and Spectrum Health Ventures.
Expanding Horizons in Healthcare Using Virtual Care Platforms
KeyCare offers health systems the ability to easily augment their care teams, optimize capacity, and widen their digital front doors by partnering with a nationwide network of
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