What You Should Know:
-Adventist Health’s faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system announce it will be connecting 21 hospitals from Fort Bragg to Los Angeles and approximately 7 million patients to the California’s Manifest MedEx health information network.
- Joining Manifest MedEx will give Adventist Health access to powerful data and tools to serve patients, including longitudinal health records, real-time notifications on patient hospitalizations and lab results, and data
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Why CMS Will Lead the 2021 Kidney Care Revolution
After an unprecedented year, kidney care providers, including nephrologists, dialysis facilities, and care extenders are expecting 2021 to follow suit. We will see an overhaul in reimbursement and major industry shifts, partly led by CMS, that will require providers to advance their capabilities in a way that will usher in more widespread innovation. These new models encourage a shift in treatment approach that will deliver earlier interventions and better outcomes.
The following are
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VillageMD to Launch First Primary Care Clinic in Chicago
What You Should Know:
VillageMD announced its plans to open its first primary care clinic in Chicago through the acquisition of Primary Care Medical Associates at 1460 N. Halsted Street, Suite 202 in Chicago.
As part of the acquisition, Dr. Robert Perlmuter and providers will join Village Medical offering comprehensive primary care across a broad range of physician services, along with 24/7 care through telehealth and virtual care. The addition marks the 45th Village Medical office
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CHIME-KLAS Report Reveals 10 Key EMR Interoperability Trends
What You Should Know:
- New CHIME-KLAS interoperability report reveals steady
progress in some areas related to interoperability and leaps forward in others.
- A total of 67% of provider organizations reported they
often or nearly always had access to needed records in 2020, up from 28% in
2017. Providers noted improvements in functionality and usability for tasks
like locating and viewing records.
Both providers and the companies that produce the hardware and software needed
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MetroHealth System, CareSimple Launch Remote Patient Monitoring Program
What You Should Know:
- CareSimple and MetroHealth System announced that they have entered into a strategic remote patient monitoring integration partnership.
- Under the terms of
the agreement, CareSimple will empower the Cleveland, Ohio public health system
with simple, patient-friendly RPM solutions to improve health outcomes for
their high-risk senior and chronically ill populations.
The MetroHealth System, a nationally recognized public health care system located in
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Cedars Sinai Launches COVID-19 Recovery Program
What You Should Know:
- Patients in the Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 Recovery Program
receive a comprehensive in-person evaluation with an expert in infectious
diseases or pulmonary medicine who can refer them to a network of specialists.
Cedars-Sinai,
today announce the launch of the COVID-19 Recovery Program to meet the needs of a
growing number of COVID-19 patients who experience lingering symptoms weeks and
even months after physicians say they are virus-free.
COVID-19
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Onyx, AMA Innovations Form Collaboration to Build FHIR-Based Messaging
What You Should Know:
- Onyx and AMA Innovations partner to rethink ways FHIR-based messaging technology can improve links between healthcare and community-based organizations.
- As part of the collaboration, both organizations will jointly
target grant opportunities through HHS’ Administration for Community Living’s
Social Care Referrals Challenge Program.
Onyx Technology LLC and AMA Innovations Inc., a technology development subsidiary of the American Medical Association, today
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Cognizant and XPRIZE Announce Finalists For $500k COVID-19 Pandemic Response Competition
What You Should Know:
- Cognizant, a Fortune 200 leader in technology and
professional services, recently partnered with XPRIZE on the Pandemic Response
Challenge, a global competition aimed at fighting the pandemic and mapping a
course for safely reopening societies using artificial intelligence. The
challenge began in November 2020 and recently entered its final phase.
- The 48 finalist teams from 17 countries were selected
from 104 semifinalist teams from 28 countries following an
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Medsphere Acquires Healthcare Relationship Management Platform Marketware
What You Should Know:
- Medsphere, a provider of affordable clinical IT systems and support services announced it has acqauired healthcare relationship management and analytics company Marketware.
Medsphere Systems Corporation
today announced the acquisition
of Marketware, Inc., a leading
developer of robust software tools focused on managing healthcare relationships
and analyzing a wide variety of data to augment existing competitive advantage.
The Marketware suite supports hospitals
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Intelligent Automation of the Revenue Cycle: How an Integrated Platform Approach Yields Financial Results
Healthcare provider networks are experiencing enormous pressure to manage financial margins and invest in contactless patient experiences. With overall financial losses projected to exceed $323 billion as a result of COVID-19, a projected $200 billion in administrative waste due to revenue cycle inefficiencies, and increasing pressure to meet digital consumerism demands, it is essential for health systems to find ways to streamline processes, maximize their revenue cycles and cut costs. These
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