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Solving the 50-Year-Old EHR’s Midlife Crisis: How Platform EHRs are Finally Delivering Clinical Intelligence

by Baha Zeidan, CEO Azalea Health 01/15/2021 Leave a Comment

Solving the 50-Year-Old EHR’s Midlife Crisis: How Platform EHRs are Finally Delivering Clinical Intelligence

Over its first 50 years in existence, how did the EHR lose its way? Given that EHR adoption doubled between 2007 and 2012 and EHR expenditures in the United States grew an annual average of 5.4% from 2015 to 2019, totaling $14.5 billion in 2019, this may sound like a strange question to ask. But it’s earnest, and asking it acknowledges that electronic health records, first conceived and implemented during the presidential administrations of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, haven’t lived up
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Amalgam Rx Acquires Clinical Decision Support Platform Avhana Health – M&A

by Jasmine Pennic 01/14/2021 Leave a Comment

Amalgam Rx Acquires Clinical Decision Support Platform Avhana Health

What You Should Know: - DTx and Patient Support leaders, Amalgam Rx, Inc., announce the acquisition of Avhana Health, a privately-held clinical decision support (CDS) company. Amalgam Rx, Inc., a Wilmington, DE-based Digital Therapeutics and Patient Support company, announces the acquisition of Avhana Health, a privately held clinical decision support (CDS) company, which has deep integrations with the leading electronic health records (EHR). As part of the acquisition, Amalgam Rx will
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MEDITECH Launches Quick Vaccination Solution to Streamline COVID-19 Vaccination Process

by Fred Pennic 01/14/2021 Leave a Comment

20 COVID-19 Predictions and Trends for 2021 - Executive Roundup

What You Should Know: - MEDITECH launches a web-based Quick Vaccination solution enabling healthcare organizations to efficiently administer the vaccine to their patients from multiple care venues, including through tablet devices. - With Quick Vaccination, healthcare organizations have the speed and mobility to distribute the vaccine at high-volume locations, including pop-up inoculation sites. To accelerate healthcare organizations’ administration of the COVID-19 vaccine,
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Healthcare PE Firm Heritage Group Launches $300M Health Tech Fund

by Fred Pennic 01/14/2021 Leave a Comment

Heritage Group

What You Should Know: - Healthcare private equity firm Heritage Group launches a $300M fund to invest in high-growth healthcare services and technology companies. - Heritage is backed by some of the leading healthcare organizations in the nation, including large provider systems, payers, and healthcare service providers. Heritage Group, a Nashville, TN-based healthcare-focused private equity firm, today announced the closing of over $300 million in its oversubscribed third fund, an
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ONC Issues First Health IT Standards Bulletin Discussing USCDI & SVAP

by Jasmine Pennic 01/13/2021 Leave a Comment

ONC Issues First Health IT Standards Bulletin Discussing USCDI & SVAP

What You Should Know: - The ONC released the first ONC Standards Bulletin, a new communication tool ONC will use to periodically update the healthcare industry about ONC health IT standards and policy initiatives. - Based on a HITAC recommendation, the Bulletin is part of the ONC’s ongoing efforts to communicate, coordinate, and promote the adoption and use of health IT standards to facilitate the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. - The inaugural ONC
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Modernizing Medicine Acquires Orthopedic EHR Platform Exscribe – M&A

by Fred Pennic 01/13/2021 Leave a Comment

Modernizing Medicine Acquires Orthopedic EHR Platform Exscribe – M&A

What You Should Know: - Modernizing Medicine announced it has acquired orthopedics EHR vendor Exscribe bringing together two of the healthcare industry’s leading, all-in-one orthopedic EHR vendors. - As part of the acquisition, Exscribe Founder and CEO, Dr. Sachdev and other members of the Exscribe team will be joining Modernizing Medicine. Specialty-specific EHR provider Modernizing Medicine announced it has acquired orthopedics electronic health records (EHR) vendor Exscribe. The
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Why Hospitals Should Act Now to Create Clinical AI Departments

by John Frownfelter, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Information Officer at Jvion 01/13/2021 Leave a Comment

Why Hospitals Should Act Now to Create Clinical AI Departments

A century ago, X-rays transformed medicine forever. For the first time, doctors could see inside the human body, without invasive surgeries. The technology was so revolutionary that in the last 100 years, radiology departments have become a staple of modern hospitals, routinely used across medical disciplines. Today, new technology is once again radically reshaping medicine: artificial intelligence (AI). Like the X-ray before it, AI gives clinicians the ability to see the unseen and has
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Itamar Medical Acquires Technology and Assets of Spry Health

by Fred Pennic 01/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Spry Health Clinical-Grade Wearable

What You Should Know: - Itamar Medical Ltd. acquired the technology and assets of Spry Health in a move to expand its product offering beyond Sleep Apnea identification. - Itamar Medical’s acquisition of Spry Health will enable the company to develop a wearable watch-like remote patient monitoring solution. Itamar Medical Ltd., a medical device and digital health company focused on the integration of sleep apnea management into the cardiac patient care
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Shields Health Solutions, ExceleraRx Announce Specialty Pharmacy Merger – M&A

by Jasmine Pennic 01/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Shields Health Solutions, ExceleraRx Announce Specialty Pharmacy Merger – M&A

What You Should Know: - Shields Health Solutions and Excelera announce a major specialty pharmacy merger that will form a combined company that consults with 700+ hospitals in 43 states, including Mass General Brigham, Yale New Haven, Intermountain Healthcare and Henry Ford. - The network of hospitals is designed to improve patient care through an infrastructure that helps with things like acquiring prior authorization for specialty drugs and staying adherent to them. It can also lower
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Central Logic Acquires Acuity Link for Intelligent Transport Capabilities – M&A

by Fred Pennic 01/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Central Logic Acquires Acuity Link for Intelligent Transport Capabilities – M&A

What You Should Know: - Central Logic acquires Acuity Link to power the company’s Intelligent Transport capabilities, speeding time to care in the best setting. - In addition, the company rolls out a new interoperable Bed Visibility capability that offers a real-time snapshot into available beds across the enterprise for improved access and enhanced revenue capture. Central Logic, a St. Paul, MN-based healthcare access and orchestration company, has acquired Acuity Link, a
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