- Philips and Inspira Health announce USD 50 million, long-term strategic partnership to transform patient care for residents of southern New Jersey, U.S.- The partnership agreement will make Philips solutions available to more than a dozen Inspira health facilities including training and services to maximize operational efficiency.Inspira Health (Inspira), a charitable nonprofit healthcare organization and a regional leader in physician training has formed a $50M, five-year strategic
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Amazon Launches EHR-Integrated, Machine Learning-Powered Transcription Service
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) launches Amazon Transcribe Medical, a HIPAA-eligible, machine learning-powered medical transcription service that utilizes automatic speech recognition applications to offer a more efficient and accurate medical note-taking experience. - By utilizing voice-enabled technologies, Transcribe Medical automatically translates audio streams into medical speech -- designed to be deployed at scale to patients’ healthcare providers, allowing for affordable, consistent,
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MaxQ AI Expands Partnership with GE Healthcare’s PACS Solution
- MaxQ AI and GE Healthcare announces the expansion of their partnership that will bring the power of AI-enabled solutions into hospitals and emergency rooms worldwide.- MaxQ AI’s ACCIPIO ICH and Stroke platform will be integrated into the next generation of GE Healthcare’s PACS and Universal Viewing platforms- This addition makes GE Healthcare the first to offer a comprehensive CT and PACS MaxQ AI offering. MaxQ AI, the industry-leading medical diagnostic AI company, today announced that the
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Change Healthcare, Google Expand Enterprise Imaging Platform With 4 Providers
- Change Healthcare announced a strategic initiative to build and implement the cloud-native Enterprise Imaging Network on the Google Cloud platform with four providers as development partners. - The network will enhance and optimize medical imaging data––enabling providers to improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes.Change Healthcare, today at RNSA 2019 announced the latest milestone in its strategic initiative to build and implement its cloud-native Enterprise Imaging Network:
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3 Underfunded Areas Essential To The Success of Value-Based Care
- Third annual Top of Mind for Top Health Systems survey from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) reveals value-based care depends on three underfunded technologies. - KLAS Research shows patient engagement, data analytics, and precision medicine drives better treatments, but barriers remain.As healthcare continues to shift toward value-based care, technology that boosts patient engagement, harnesses all available data for informed decision-making and enables more effective treatments will
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Innovaccer Appoints Former Kaiser Permanente CTO Mike Sutten as Chief Digital Officer
- Innovaccer appoints Mike Sutten as their new Chief Digital Officer to refine Innovaccer’s strategy to build on the mission of a connected care continuum that ensures patient data is available to providers across the care experience.
- Sutten brings more than 25 years of technology leadership with Kaiser Permanente, Fortune 500 organizations and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Innovaccer Inc., a healthcare technology company has appointed Mike Sutten as their new Chief Digital Officer to
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Quartet Health, Cambia Health Solutions Partner to Bring AI-Enabled Platform to Cambia’s Members
- Quartet is partnering with Cambia Health Solutions to bring its AI-enabled platform to Cambia's members so they can get better access to mental healthcare.- Additionally, Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia and Mosaic Health Solutions made an investment in Quartet.Today Quartet, a healthcare technology and services company, announced a new partnership with Cambia Health Solutions to help improve the lives of people with mental health conditions. Cambia’s regional health
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The State of Patient Access and Engagement: Consumer Demand Versus Reality
- DocASAP, a patient access and engagement platform for health systems, health plans and physician groups revealed the findings of its first annual “State of Patient Access and Engagement” survey. - The survey, conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by DocASAP in October 2019, uncovers insights into patients’ preferences, frustrations and expectations when communicating and engaging with health plans and healthcare providers.DocASAP, a provider of the most advanced patient access and engagement
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How Innovations in Regional Nerve Blocks Are Helping Anesthesiologists Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Opioid abuse — as you know — has now become a national crisis, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating a $78.5 billion annual burden on the American economy. What can be done?
Advancing better practices for pain management is a key strategy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) plan for addressing this epidemic. This is where healthcare providers come in. If we can start our patients along a track that does not include the heavy use of opioids for
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HMS Holdings Corp to Acquire Payment Accuracy Company Accent for $155M
- HMS Holdings Corp acquires Accent, a payment accuracy, and cost containment business from Intrado Corporation for approximately $155 million.- Accent’s offerings include comprehensive prospective and retrospective claims accuracy solutions, which incorporates both cost avoidance and overpayment recovery services.- Addition of service provider to commercial and Medicare Advantage health plans to expand the breadth of HMS’ prospective and retrospective claims accuracy services.HMS Holdings Corp.
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