- Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the tenth consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2020 Software & Services report. - Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company, was named the top Overall IT Services Firm, edging out last year’s winner, Impact Advisors. - Accenture earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm.Today, KLAS Research announced released their annual Best in KLAS Software & Services that recognizes the leading vendors for solutions,
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In-Depth Report: Will 2020 Signal the Death of Provider Referrals?
- The "death" of provider referrals is imminent as patients now prefer to use online resources 2x more than using traditional referrals to find a doctor, according to the newly released report by Doctor.com- Customer Experience Trends in Healthcare report reveals that the use of referrals to find a provider has declined by 44% since 2018.Doctor.com, a provider of critical infrastructure and integrations necessary to enable modern digital experiences for patients has released its annual “Customer
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CHIME and HIMSS Names Intermountan CIO Marc Probst CIO of the Year
- CHIME and HIMSS jointly name Intermountain VP and CIO Marc Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year.
- The award is given annually to a CIO who has shown significant leadership and commitment to the healthcare industry during his or her career.
College of Healthcare
Information Management Executives (CHIME) and HIMSS jointly named Intermountain CIO and VP Marc
Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. The award is given annually
to a CIO who has shown significant
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Molina Healthcare Launches of Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center in Columbus, OH
- Molina Healthcare launches Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center in Columbus, OH to address healthcare access barriers created by social factors. - The Innovation Center will act under a shared services model and be accountable for driving the Company’s SDOH strategy. Molina Healthcare, Inc., today announced the launch of its National Molina Healthcare Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center in Columbus, OH. The Innovation Center will expand member engagement and support by
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Siemens Healthineers, Hamilton Health Sciences Form $270M Imaging Partnership
- Siemens Healthineers and Canadian teaching and research hospital Hamilton Health Sciences form value partnership worth $270M over a 15-year period to enhance imaging services in southwestern Ontario.
- Siemens Healthineers will provide Hamilton Health Sciences with a comprehensive suite of innovative services that will manage the majority of its medical imaging equipment
- The agreement is the largest of its kind for Siemens Healthineers in Canada, with the option to extend for an
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Impact Advisors Closes Credit Facility to Support Next Phase of Growth
- Impact Advisors closes a senior credit facility with healthcare specialty finance firm Oxford Finance LLC to help support the consulting firm's next phase of growth. - Impact Advisors will leverage Oxford along with its strategic partnership with Chicago Pacific Founders to further invest in key market areas.Impact Advisors, a highly rated KLAS provider of clinical, revenue cycle and information technology advisory services to the healthcare industry closed a senior credit facility with Oxford
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Imprivata Acquires Apple Provisioning Services Provider GroundControl
- Healthcare technology company Imprivata, just announced the acquisition of GroundControl Solutions -- a platform that helps customers manage and provision shared mobile devices, specializing in Apple iPhone and iPad. - Combining forces with GroundControl will expand Imprivata’s current mobile strategy and solidify the company’s position as a leader in cloud-based, digital Identity Authorization and Access Management (IAAM).Imprivata®, the provider of digital identity company for healthcare,
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Clinical Pathology Laboratories to Create Alert System for Physicians to Place Pending Lab Orders Directly from EHRs
- Innovaccer has recently partnered with Clinical Pathology Laboratories, a Division of Sonic Healthcare US to enhance care efficiency by creating an alert system for physicians regarding pending lab orders for patients. - Clinical Pathology Laboratories will leverage InNote, Innovaccer’s point-of-care physician engagement solution, to identify pending lab orders by providing reliable, unobtrusive, and actionable insights about their patients within their EHRs.Innovaccer, Inc., a San
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Brainlab Acquires Patient-Centered Outcomes Platform VisionTree
- Brainlab acquires VisionTree Software Inc., a San Diego, CA-based provider of modular, cloud-based, patient-centered outcomes platform for specialty patient care, engagement and research. - The established ePRO solution will complement the Brainlab cloud-based infrastructure and registry solution aiming to deliver patient engagement and even more comprehensive quality reporting.- Brainlab will continue to invest in the VTOC platform aiming to facilitate data collection across all available
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3 Trends Driving Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Activity in 2020
Livingstone’s
Ryan Buckley shares insights behind the prevalent healthcare M&A trends of
2020 and its impact on U.S healthcare.
The New
Year often brings with it an essence of transformation. This year, U.S.
healthcare’s metamorphosis is now more than a decade old, as it continues to
shed its antiquated legacy systems and siloes to embrace a different kind of entity—one
that hopes to establish weight in value-based care at a scale robust enough to
substantiate it.
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