Health data activation platform Innovaccer has partnered with Lucerna Health to help Sanitas, USA drive enhanced population health outcomes. This partnership with Sanitas, USA and Lucerna Health is another step towards Innovaccer’s mission of driving healthcare efficiency with the power of data. These organizations have made immense headways in their mission and this partnership will boost both the organizations to work towards our common goal of delivering patient-centric care. Sanitas
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15 Health Systems to Offer StayWell’s Krames On FHIR to Drive EHR-Integrated Health Outcomes
StayWell, a health empowerment company announced several leading health system partners have contracted to offer Krames On FHIR. Using SMART On FHIR technologies, the application integrates directly into the health system’s electronic health record (EHR) and seamlessly into the clinician’s workflow. Its connectivity enables access to award-winning patient education tools at the point of care based on the patient’s health condition, medical visit, language, and literacy level. Recent StayWell
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Health Data Analytics Platform Health Catalyst Raises $100M, Reaches $1B Valuation
Health Catalyst, a Silicon Slopes, Utah-based provider of next-generation data, analytics and improvement, today announced it has raised $100 million in Series F equity and debt funding led by OrbiMed. The funding also included participation from Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital Ventures, UPMC Enterprises, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures also contributed to the financing, which lifts Health Catalyst's value above $1 billion. Health Catalyst plans to use the funding
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DrFirst Launches CURES 2.0 Integration Through MEDITECH EHR
Today, DrFirst unveiled its new integrated solution which enables easy access via MEDITECH EHR to California state databases to red-flag opioid ‘doctor shopping’ and reduce overall drug abuse. This newest initiative in DrFirst’s long-time fight to end the opioid epidemic is point-of-care technology that seamlessly connects MEDITECH’s EHR system and California’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP).Importance of CURES 2.0 integrationThis new CURES 2.0 integration is critical because it
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3 Provider Strategies to Better Protect Sensitive Patient Data
Given the surging volume of personal health information (PHI) and other sensitive data from electronic health records, medical imaging, payer records, and medical devices, healthcare organizations are arguably in the data business today as much as they’re in the business of caring for patients. Data not only helps healthcare organizations deliver better patient care, but it’s a core asset to meet other business imperatives, including streamlining processes and lowering costs.Healthcare
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CommonWell Launches CommonWell Connector Program to Improve Health IT Interoperability
CommonWell Health Alliance today announced a new option for health IT vendors and healthcare practitioners looking to connect to the nationwide CommonWell interoperability network. Through the creation of this new CommonWell Connector program, participating CommonWell members who provide health data integration platforms and services will now be able to offer CommonWell services to their customers, including both to provider organizations and to other end-user facing platforms such as
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Innovaccer Launches AI-based Data Activation Platform for Value-based Care
The decade-old technologies have held back the innovation on the data healthcare has worked so hard to collect. Innovaccer unlocks this data and brings a fundamental data-first approach to the industry. To provide a single source of truth for providers, today announced Innovaccer Inc. is launching their first Artificial Intelligence-based Data Activation Platform. With added Artificial Intelligence applications on top of it, the Data Activation Platform helps care providers with improving
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4 Trends We Expect to See at HIMSS 2019
In less than two weeks, 45,000 health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and “technology superheroes” (a HIMSS’ term, not ours – but one we’re going to run with) will descend on Orlando for the annual HIMSS conference. Viewed as the pinnacle for new product launches in digital health, the exhibition floor at HIMSS also offers a glimpse of the future and a reflection of the state of healthcare IT today.As the HIMSS organizers galvanize attendees with their call “champions of health unite”,
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HIMSS Report: 4 Trends Driving the Rise of Consumer-Driven Reformation
Less than two weeks ahead of the annual HIMSS19 conference, HIMSS announced the availability of a new annual report, “2019 Healthcare Trends Forecast: The Beginning of a Consumer-Driven Reformation.” The white paper details what the industry can expect in 2019, including how digital health innovators and policymakers will be held accountable now that the hype cycle has peaked, why consumer pressures will drive healthcare toward a value-based model, new care delivery methods spurred by growing
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Epic, Impact Advisors and Premier Named 2019 Overall Best in KLAS
Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the ninth consecutive year in the newly released Best in KLAS2019 Software & Services report. In addition to the overall software suite award, Epic was named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor, won Best in KLASawards in nine segments, and won Category Leader awards in two segments. Understanding Best in KLAS Best in KLAS is based on information obtained from the 2,500 interviews KLAS conducts with providers and payers each
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