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Digital Defense Offer $1M in Free Ransomware Vulnerability Assessments During COVID-19 Pandemic

by Jasmine Pennic 05/14/2020 Leave a Comment

Protecting Medical Device Security in the Age of Ransomware

What You Should Know: - Healthcare organizations not currently served by Digital Defense can sign-up to receive a free assessment over the next 60 days. Ransomware assessments will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis or until the $1 million offer is exhausted whichever comes first.  Digital Defense, Inc. today announced a free, $1 million dollar offer to help healthcare organizations prevent ransomware attacks and maintain focus on important, life-saving
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Boston Children’s Hospital Taps Kyruus to Power Digital Access Initiatives

by Fred Pennic 05/14/2020 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - Boston Children’s Hospital has selected Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling company, to power its digital transformation initiative centered on patient access. - Boston Children’s will leverage Kyruus’ solutions to create a convenient online experience for families with provider search capabilities and appointment self-scheduling functionality. Boston Children’s Hospital announced it has selected Kyruus, a leader in provider search and scheduling
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NovuHealth Appoints Sutter Health Aetna Exec Steve Wigginton CEO

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NovuHealth Appoints Sutter Health Aetna Exec Steve Wigginton Chief Executive Officer

NovuHealth, a consumer engagement company, announced that former Sutter Health|Aetna executive Steve Wigginton has joined the company as its chief executive officer. Wigginton succeeds company co-founder Tom Wicka, who has served as CEO since the company’s inception and will move to the role of executive chairman.  Wicka, as executive chairman, will be taking a strategic role developing business markets, creating new partnerships, and working with Wigginton and the board to drive M&A
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Innovaccer Launches FHIR Enabled Data Activation Platform to Power Innovation to Care as One

by Jasmine Pennic 05/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Launches FHIR Enabled Data Activation Platform to Power Innovation to Care as One

What You Should Know: - In accordance with ONC's latest interoperability rule, 21st Century Cures Act, Innovaccer has launched its FHIR® Enabled Data Activation Platform. - The platform provides a rich set of capabilities from scalable FHIR application programming interfaces (APIs), optimized FHIR data lake, best-in-class API gateway, hundreds of analytical enrichments like HEDIS scores, and cloud infrastructure. - The platform is already deployed at several of our customer sites
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Verato Launches SDOH-Driven Solution to Support COVID-19 Contact Tracing

by Jasmine Pennic 05/12/2020 Leave a Comment

Verato Launches SDOH-Driven MPI Solution to Support COVID-19 Contact Tracing

What You Should Know: - Verato announced an identity information service that helps with COVID-19 contact tracing by making social determinants of health (SDOH) data more complete. - According to a recent report, as much as half of the positive COVID-19 test results lack enough data to support contact tracing. By filling in that missing data, we can shorten the time between receiving positive test results and having data that allows for rapid response to contain the virus.  Verato,
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Stanford Children’s Health Resumes Procedures Delayed by COVID-19

by Jasmine Pennic 05/08/2020 Leave a Comment

Stanford Children’s Health Resumes Procedures Delayed by COVID-19

What You Should Know: - Stanford Children’s Health announced they are ramping up services again six weeks after postponing non-emergent medical procedures due to the state-mandated suspension. - The health system will continue ongoing safety precautions including robust PPE standards; widespread access to COVID-19 and serology testing for all employees; testing all hospital patients; as well as using telehealth tools to reduce in-person visits whenever possible, among many other actions
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COVID-19 Crisis Makes Complying with Data Interoperability a Priority

by Jay Sultan, VP of Healthcare Innovation & Strategy at Cognizant. 05/07/2020 Leave a Comment

Why the COVID-19 Crisis Makes Complying with Interoperability a Priority

With healthcare organizations focused on battling COVID-19, the recent federal healthcare regulation requiring data interoperability may have become an afterthought. However, compliance with this rule will create a powerful tool for fighting COVID-19 recurrences and future pandemics.  If interoperability had gone into effect earlier this year as originally scheduled, many insurance companies and the federal government would now be able to securely share the data they have for most of the
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AdhereHealth Launches COVID-19 Adherence Solution for High Risk Populations

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AdhereHealth Launches COVID-19 Adherence Solution for High Risk Populations

What You Should Know:- AdhereHealth launches COVID-19 Adherence Solution to help protect high-risk populations and reduce unnecessary hospitalizations during COVID-19 pandemic.- The new solution combines predictive analytics, proactive outreach and home-delivered pharmacy services to help high-risk patients overcome SDOH challenges and continue taking their prescribed medications throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Nashville, TN-based AdhereHealth today announced the immediate availability of its
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Nebraska Health Information Initiative Rolls Out Statewide COVID-19 Dashboard

by Jasmine Pennic 05/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Nebraska Health Information Initiative Rolls Out Statewide COVID-19 Data Collection and Reporting

What You Should Know: - NEHII, the statewide health information exchange for Nebraska, in conjunction with Intersystems, KPI Ninja, and Nextgate, has generated a COVID-19 dashboard to support statewide COVID-19 data collection and reporting. - COVID-19 dashboard provides real-time laboratory data and hospital bed management for accurate monitoring and case reporting. To help the state of Nebraska accurately track COVID-19 cases and test results, the Nebraska Health Information
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Change Healthcare Buys Back Pharmacy Network for $213M in Cash

by Fred Pennic 05/05/2020 Leave a Comment

Change Healthcare Buys Back Pharmacy Network for $213M in Cash

What You Should Know: - Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy network eRx Network (eRx) for $212.9 million-plus cash on the balance sheet. - eRx Network runs a network connected to about 59,000 pharmacies that process more than 1.5 billion transactions annually and also markets insurance verification, e-prescribing, and claims billing services, among others. Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy unit eRx Network (“eRx”), a leading provider of comprehensive, innovative,
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