What You Should Know:
- Human API, the consumer-controlled health data platform
announced it has closed a Series C round of $20M+ this week.
- Human API’s consumer-controlled platform gives users a
streamlined means of accessing and sharing their personal health records with
physicians, trusted startups and enterprises, and insurers.
- The platform harnesses a machine learning-powered data pipeline
that structures health data into a consistent format, making it easier for
medical
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Arcadia, PatientPing Expands Partnership to Enhance Real-Time Patient Data for Healthcare Organizations
What You Should Know:
- Arcadia and PatientPing expand partnership to help customers achieve improved post-acute and transitions of care outcomes.
- As part of the expanded partnership, Arcadia Analytics will further integrate real-time health event notifications into comprehensive patient data set for improved care coordination.
Arcadia , a provider of population health management technology, announced today that it has expanded its relationship withPatientPing, a comprehensive
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Florida Health System to Implement Fully Digital Patient Smart Rooms
What You Should Know:
- Healthcare innovators NCH Health Systems and eVideon, have partnered to transform the health systems’ patient rooms into an immersive digital experience.
- eVideon’s Smart Room solution includes smart TVs, tablets, digital whiteboards, and more to be implemented across NCH hospitals to improve patient engagement, education, and entertainment.
- The technology will also benefit the NCH Health
System’s clinical staff by improving workflows and automating
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Kettering Health to Deploy Nuance’s AI-Driven Physician Documentation for ED
What You Should Know:
- Nuance Communications, Inc. announced the Kettering
Health Network has selected ED Guidance for Nuance Dragon Medical Advisor.
- This AI-powered computer-assisted physician
documentation (CAPD) solution will help reduce physicians’ administrative
burden while lowering the risk of adverse safety events, missing diagnoses, and
malpractice litigation – priorities for all physicians, especially in the ED
where the nature of care presents special challenges and
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Epic Pharmacy Progress Made But Gaps Remain, KLAS Report Finds
What You Should Know:
- Despite pressure to take an Epic-first approach to
software decisions, many pharmacies at Epic organizations have held on to
third-party products due to the relative immaturity of some of Epic’s more
recently developed pharmacy solutions.
- Latest KLAS report explores medication inventory
management (MIM) and IV workflow management—the two areas where Epic has
focused much of their development efforts—to validate what capabilities these
modules deliver and where
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Humana Taps Cohere Health to Modernize Prior Authorizations for Musculoskeletal Treatment
What You Should Know:
- Cohere Health partners with health insurer Humana to modernize
the prior authorization process for musculoskeletal treatment across 12 states.
- In addition, the company has closed an additional $10M
in funding led by Flare Capital Partners and Define Venture, bringing the
company’s total funding to $20M.
Health insurer Humana has signed an agreement with healthcare collaboration company Cohere Health to improve the prior authorization process for
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5 Trends Driving The Future of Healthcare Real Estate in 2020 & Beyond
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed patient expectations for healthcare delivery, including offered services and health office operations. Although health systems have remained dynamic in adopting telehealth capabilities, their long-term capital, like real estate and supply chain management (SCM) protocols, have not adapted to match these expectations. Health systems must be aware of current trends in both areas to inform their future decisions.
Divesting in healthcare real estate
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Baptist Health Implements First-of-its-Kind ED to PCP Referral Automation
What You Should Know:
- Baptist Health deploys first-of-its-kind conversational
digital assistant powered by LifeLink for patients who are discharged from the
Emergency Department (ED) with referrals.
- Since launch, the conversational chatbot solution, which
engages patients with mobile messaging to recommend follow-up care, the number
of PCP appointment requests have increased by 15%. The technology is integrated
into Cerner and Salesforce, personalizing the patient experience by
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CommonWell Enables Payer Access to Nationwide Interoperability Network
What You Should Know:
- CommonWell Health Alliance enables payer access with the addition of a new service provider, DataFile Exchange to support the operational services specific to the Payment and Health Care Operations use case.
CommonWell
Health Alliance today announced it is extending its interoperability
services to enable additional use cases beyond treatment and patient access,
starting with Payment and Health Care Operations data requests.
Data File Exchange
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RLDatix Acquires Verge Health to Accelerate Proactive Risk Mitigation in Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- RLDatix acquires Verge Health, creating
the largest safety-led compliance and credentialing software platform specifically
designed for healthcare.
- The acquisition will accelerate the adoption of RLDatix’s applied safety intelligence framework and create an industry-standard for proactive risk mitigation.
RLDatix, the leading global provider of intelligent patient safety solutions, announced today that it has acquired Verge Health, the recognized
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