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- connectRN raises $76M to support the acceleration of its healthcare workforce platform and address clinician burnout.
- connectRN is a tech-enabled platform connecting nurses and aides with opportunities to improve their work-life.
connectRN, a Waltham, MA-based tech-enabled platform built to improve clinicians’ lives through access to community, opportunity, and support, announced it has completed a $76M financing round co-led by Suvretta Capital Management
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FHIR: The Three S’s of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
We are in a potential Health Renaissance and innovating at break-neck speed. However, with that acceleration as always, comes risk. We have to be careful with our data. That's why the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard was established. It's a bit ironic, but the reason why FHIR is needed is that the industry itself is red hot!
FHIR is a data transfer protocol that's designed to help developers provide information safely, securely, and efficiently. It's the
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Ochsner Health Selects Kyruus to Simplify Patient Access Across Enterprise
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- Ochsner Health in Louisiana, is simplifying patient access to care with Kyruus’ provider directory and enhanced search capabilities.
- Patients seeking care online will now have access to rich, up-to-date information on more than 3,000 providers.
Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced that Ochsner Health, the largest non-profit, academic health system in Louisiana, is utilizing the company’s provider
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Walmart Expands Partnership with Inovalon for Complete View of Patient Journey
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- Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare today announces an expansion of their partnership with Walmart Inc.
- This new multi-year agreement will provide the retailer access to Inovalon’s industry-leading Data Insights solution enabling acceleration to a more patient-centric healthcare model through the application of large-scale analyses of aggregated, de-identified data.
- Walmart has been working with Inovalon since
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Suki Secures $55M for Voice-Enabled Clinical Assistants to Relieve Physician Burnout
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- Suki raises $55M in Series C funding to expand its AI-enabled, voice-enabled clinical assistants to relieve physician burnout.
- Suki will use this funding to make strategic investments that will lead to an expansion of its user base through new and existing partnerships with leading health systems and medical groups while bolstering employee growth and development.
Suki, the leader in voice artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, announced
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Surescripts and Diameter Health Partner to Enhance Clinical Intelligence
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Surescripts and Diameter Health are partnering to simplify specialty prescribing by incorporating powerful clinical intelligence and standardizing patient data to communicate comprehensive patient histories.
Surescripts has simplified the specialty prescribing and fulfillment process to help specialty pharmacies and physician practices realize decreased phone calls, increased dispense rates and improvements in time to therapy. Now, Surescripts is
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LG and Lenovo Partner to Drive Innovation in Radiology and Imaging
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- LG Business Solutions and Lenovo partner to enhance medical imaging solutions for the radiology community.
- The collaboration will result in diagnostic and clinical solutions in key imaging areas through the combination of Lenovo ThinkStation workstations and LG Medical Monitors.
LG Business Solutions and Lenovo are working together to advance new medical imaging solutions for the radiology community. The offering bundles LG’s high-performance medical
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A Troop of 800lb Gorillas are Vying to be “The Amazon of Healthcare”
A Troop of 800lb Gorillas are Vying to be “The Amazon of Healthcare” and Traditional Healthcare Providers are about to get Mauled
First, I love Amazon. Mr. Bezos, please don’t turn off our Bluestream servers.
Now my groveling is out of the way I can say “being the Amazon” doesn’t necessarily have a positive connotation these days. Just this month, it was reported that Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promote its own brands. With trillions of dollars at stake in the
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Primary Care Model Focused On NPs Launches To Increase Access To Primary Care
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Healthcare startup Greater Good Health has launched the industry’s first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs), just as more states are allowing NPs to practice without physician supervision.
Greater Good Health, a VC-backed healthcare startup committed to redefining value-based care, has launched the industry’s first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs). Greater Good
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Nordic Consulting Acquires S&P Consultants to Expand Cerner Division
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Nordic Consulting expands its Cerner footprint with the acquisition of health IT consulting firm, S&P Consultants.
Nordic Consulting, a global health and technology consulting company has acquired S&P Consultants, a healthcare IT consulting firm with a strong focus on Cerner services. As part of the acquisition, S&P will become a Nordic global company - alongside Bails, Healthtech, and Tasman - collectively helping healthcare
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