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
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
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
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
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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Leveraging Big Data for Real World Clinical Analytics
Recently, as the world has watched the coronavirus crisis unfold, the power of big data to track, illustrate, and inform has taken center stage. A compelling example is the near real-time map created by Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) that shows all the cases as the disease spreads across the globe.
With far-reaching implications for healthcare, big data enables deep analysis of data from a myriad of sources – electronic medical records (EMRs), claims,
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CareCentrix Acquires Palliative Care Solution Turn-Key Health
What You Should Know:
- Home care leader CareCentrix announced its acquisition palliative care solution for health plans Turn-Key Health, a move that will help more vulnerable patients heal at home.
- The acquisition fully integrates Turn-Key’s palliative care solution into the CareCentrix platform and supports the company’s mission to meet patient needs through an entire episode of care.
- With Turn-Key’s data analytics and artificial intelligence, CareCentrix patients will
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Kaufman Hall Acquires Change Healthcare’s Connected Analytics Business
What You Should Know:
- Kaufman Hall Acquires Change Healthcare’s analytics explorer, performance manager, and other data capabilities to create the industry’s most robust EPM software, data, and analytics platform.
- The acquisition unites the strengths of two industry leaders in healthcare technology, empowering clients to improve operational, clinical, and financial performance.
Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, a provider of enterprise performance management (EPM) software,
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Seattle Children’s Develops Nation’s First Opioid-Free” Surgery Center
What You Should Know:
- Seattle Children’s Hospital and its Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center (BCSC) leveraged AI-based technology from Seattle-based MDmetrix to develop the nation’s first “opioid-free” surgery center.
- The MDmetrix Mission Control platform was used to visualize and evaluate outcomes data so that physicians could quickly adapt their surgical protocols, incorporating evidence-based best practices, to effectively manage surgical pain while reducing
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IBM Launches Blockchain Solution to Battle COVID-19 Medical Supply Chain Shortages
What You Should Know:
- IBM has launched Rapid Supplier Connect, a blockchain-based solution to help battle medical supply chain shortages due to COVID-19. - The network will help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify new, non-traditional suppliers who have pivoted to address the shortage of equipment, devices, and supplies needed for COVID-19 relief efforts.
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