Since at least 2012, the world of medical records in both the public and private sectors remains dominated by a push toward interoperable data, and more broadly useful health data. Like everything else in American healthcare, the effort has been only moderately successful despite a price tag in the billions. In a modern digital world, where technologies in so many industries are bringing better insights and next generation efficiency – driven by cloud computing, big data, AI and machine learning
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HMS Acquires Population Health Analytics Company VitreosHealth for $36M in Cash
- HMS Holdings Corp acquires VitreosHealth, the first Insights-as-a-Service delivery model for advanced population health analytics for $36M in cash. - HMS is currently using VitreosHealth’s technology as the predictive analytics engine for HMS’ Elli, a risk intelligence solution that is part of the company’s integrated Population Health Management (PHM) portfolio.HMS believes the integration of VitreosHealth will enhance our predictive modeling and analytics capabilities within its PHM
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Allscripts Certifies Redox as First Global Integration Engine of Allscripts Developer Program
- Allscripts has certified Redox as the first global integration engine of the Allscripts Developer Program (ADP).- Redox provides a single, global connection to Allscripts Unity APIs that digital health vendors can use to integrate and exchange data with approved Allscripts client sites.- All digital health vendors that are part of the Redox Interoperability Network will automatically be eligible for Allscripts Unity API access; these digital health vendors benefit from faster implementation
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LunaPBC, Medfusion Partner to Launch EHR Integration to Advance Scientific Discovery
- LunaPBC now enables members to access their electronic health records (EHRs) in the LunaDNA platform via Medfusion’s Patient Data Application Program Interfaces (APIs).- Individuals can now leverage Medfusion’s national health data network to consolidate their health records and help drive discovery through private, secure data sharingLunaPBC — founder of LunaDNA, the first community-owned genomic and health data platform — now enables members to access their electronic health records (EHRs)
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Change Healthcare Unveils AI-Infused Charge Capture for Providers
- Change Healthcare unveils a new AI solution, Charge Capture Advisor that will help providers capture more revenue—automatically.
- Charge Capture Advisor identifies potentially missing charges for services that providers performed before claims are submitted.
- Change Healthcare’s AI for charge capture is trained on more than 500 million service lines and 180 million unique, de-identified claims that touch $245 billion in charges.
Change Healthcare today introduced Charge
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Cerner Appoints Darrell Johnson as First Chief Marketing Officer
- Former Medtronic executive Darrell Johnson joins Cerner as their first SVP and Chief Marketing Officer.
- Johnson will oversee marketing, corporate communications and market intelligence in its next wave of growth to introduce its new solutions to the market.
Cerner announced today it has appointed Darrell Johnson in the newly created role of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer where he will be responsible for leading global marketing, corporate communications, and
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Merck Manuals Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Power Provider Reference & Patient Education
- Merck Manuals joins Epic App Orchard to directly embed clinical decision support and patient education content within the Epic EHR workflow- The patient education material can be electronically sent to patients through the EHR system or printed out at the point-of-care.Merck Manuals, a comprehensive digital medical reference announced it has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace, enabling Epic customers with access to provider reference and patient education content within the Epic EHR.Merck
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DrChrono EHR Rolls Out New Mobile EHR Features for iPad, iPhone and Apple Pencil
- DrChrono rolls out all of the DrChrono features from iPad and iPad Pro into iPhone mobile EHR/practice management app. - DrChrono supports the new 7th generation iPad which includes a 10.2-inch retina display, support for Apple Pencil, a full-size smart keyboard, and A10 fusion chip at a $329.00 price point. - DrChrono launches the first Apple Pencil medical record experience, allowing providers to double tap on Apple Pencil while drawing on medical record images.DrChrono Inc., an EHR provider
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4 Steps Healthcare Organizations Need to Take to Automate Their Data
According to IDC, all the data that’s being created and captured in healthcare is projected to grow by 36 percent (CAGR)—more than any other industry.
While managing growing volumes of data is a common challenge for many organizations across all sectors, healthcare is uniquely set apart by the sheer number of new data sources that’s being made available—with new sources being added all the time. This is driven in large part by advancements in telemedicine, personalized or precision medicine, as
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Top 10 Challenges, Issues and Opportunities Healthcare Executives Will Face in 2020
- The HealthCare Executive Group unveils its annual 2020 HCEG top 10 critical challenges, issues and opportunities healthcare executives expect to face in 2020.
- Over 100 C-Suite and director level executives were presented with a list of over 25 topics. Initially compiled from webinars, roundtables and the 2019 Industry Pulse Survey.
After 2.5 days of facilitated interactive discussions during
this week’s HCEG Annual Forum in
Boston, over 100 healthcare c-suite and director level
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