- Kaiser Associates launches healthcare strategy consultancy Kx Advisors to help clients reach their critical growth goals.
Kaiser Associates announce the launch of Kx Advisors, a healthcare strategy consultancy dedicated to helping achieve critical business growth goals in partnership with its clients in Pharma, Biotech, Medical Device, and Health IT. The new consultancy is already operating under the Kx Advisors name at the Washington D.C., London, and Hong Kong offices.
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Premier Acquires Medpricer for $35M to Optimize Savings in Purchased Services
- Premier acquires Medpricer’s technology solution that enables purchased services savings across a total addressable acute care market of $160 billion. - Cloud-based platform provides purchased services management technology, including pricing benchmarks, RFP templates and other supplier data. - Acquisition enables healthcare providers to better manage third-party contracts to improve financial performance.Premier Inc., a healthcare improvement company, has acquired Medpricer, a
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ettain group Acquires Leidos’s Commercial EHR Consulting Business
- Talent solutions firm ettain group acquires Leidos Inc.’s commercial Electronic Health Records (EHR) consulting business to further strengthen its national Healthcare IT capabilities- The acquisition will grow its IT staffing presence in several strategic markets, including New York, NY, Denver, CO, and Chicago, IL.ettain group, a Charlotte, NC-based provider of talent solutions, announced today that it has acquired Leidos Inc.’s commercial Electronic Health Records (“EHR”) consulting
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Twistle Raises $16M to Expand Patient Engagement Platform
- Seattle-based health IT innovator Twistle raises $16M in Series A funding from two major healthcare investors: Health Enterprise Partners (HEP) and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF). - The funding investors are healthcare-centric: MCIF is a strategic healthcare investment fund wholly-owned by a healthcare system and HEP is a private equity firm that invests exclusively in healthcare services and IT companies.- The funding will accelerate the delivery of personalized care guidance through
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HIT Governance: 7 Key Metrics For Your Quarterly Report Card
Healthcare organizations use data to support decision-making for nearly every area of operations. But what about your security and compliance strategy? What metrics are the most valuable to determine how your organization should allocate funding for health IT projects related to governance, risk, and compliance?
Top Seven Metrics to Gather For A Quarterly Report Card
With an ocean of data at your fingertips, it’s best to determine the metrics that will best support your strategy, and any budget
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Lumeon Launches Care Pathway Blueprints for Easy-to-Deploy Workflow Templates
- Lumeon launches care pathway blueprints that enable providers to quickly deploy efficient ready-made care processes that apply best practice by design.
- Starter library of 15 ready-made pathway blueprints in high priority areas, including diabetes screening, pre-surgical optimization, post-discharge heart failure and post-discharge comprehensive care for joint replacement (CJR).
Lumeon,
a Boston, MA-based provider
of care pathway management, announced the launch
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AVIA Launches Partner Network with Cerner, Deloitte, AHA, HFMA
Healthcare innovation network AVIA launches AVIA Partner Network for health systems to gain access to proprietary insights and resources.American Hospital Association, Deloitte, Cerner Corporation, and the Healthcare Financial Management Association among leading organizations collaborating to accelerate digital transformation in healthcare.AVIA, the nation’s leading healthcare innovation network, today announced the launch of the AVIA Partner Network, which brings together several prominent
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Mastercard Unveils Suite of Healthcare Solutions to Detect Fraud & Protect Health Data
- Mastercard unveils new suite of healthcare solutions to move beyond cards and reimagining how its technology and capabilities can benefit the healthcare ecosystem. - Mastercard Healthcare Solutions will develop and provide the tools needed to protect detect fraud, waste, and abuse, capture more revenue, and protect patient health data.Mastercard today unveiled Mastercard Healthcare Solutions, a new suite of products dedicated to helping healthcare partners detect fraud, waste, and abuse,
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eSolutions Acquires Medidal to Strengthen Its Position in Hospital Revenue Recovery
- eSolutions acquires Medidal, a provider of Transfer DRG, Payer Search, and Pharmacy Reimbursement solutions for an undisclosed sum. - As healthcare reimbursement challenges continue to increase, eSolutions adds to its revenue cycle expertise with new capabilities that ensure providers are paid accurately. eSolutions, an Overland Park, KS-based healthcare technology company working to strengthen providers’ revenue health, announced that it has acquired Medidal, a provider of Transfer DRG, Payer
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NextGen Acquires Behavioral Health Solutions Provider Topaz Information Solutions
- NextGen Healthcare acquires Topaz Information Solutions, a provider that develops custom healthcare technology solutions for behavioral health and social services organizations.- The acquisition will strengthen NextGen’s market penetration in the behavioral health market.NextGen Healthcare, a provider of ambulatory-focused technology solutions announced it has acquired Topaz Information, L.L.C., known as Topaz Information Solutions, a healthcare solutions company dedicated to meeting the needs
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