What You Should Know:
- Google Cloud launches Healthcare Interoperability
Readiness Program to help healthcare organizations achieve healthcare data interoperability.
Today,
Google Cloud launched the Google Cloud Healthcare Interoperability Readiness
Program, helping organizations achieve data interoperability in advance of
upcoming HHS deadlines and to enable future innovation. Alongside partners like Bain, BCG, Deloitte, HCL,
KPMG, SADA, and more, the Healthcare
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Hospitals Hit with Low Volumes, High Expenses, Poor Margins as COVID-19 Cases Mount
What You Should Know:
- October was a challenging month for hospitals and
health systems nationwide amid ongoing instability spurred by the COVID-19
pandemic, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest Hospital Flash Report.
- Margins and volumes fell, revenues flattened, and
expenses rose as COVID metrics continued to climb and some states moved to
retighten social distancing guidelines.
- As of Oct. 31, the number of daily U.S. COVID cases
reached a high of more than 90,500 and related
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HealthStream Acquires Change Healthcare’s Staff Scheduling Business for $67.M
What You Should Know:
- HealthStream acquires Change Healthcare’s staff
scheduling business for $67.5M in cash which includes the ANSOS™ Staff
Scheduling (“ANSOS”) platform and related products.
- The acquisition will help establish HealthStream as a
market leader in healthcare workforce scheduling business.
HealthStream, a
leading provider of workforce and provider solutions for the healthcare
industry has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
Change Healthcare’s
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NLP is Raising the Bar on Accurate Detection of Adverse Drug Events
Each year, Adverse Drug Events (ADE) account for nearly 700,000 emergency department visits and 100,000 hospitalizations in the US alone. Nearly 5 percent of hospitalized patients experience an ADE, making them one of the most common types of inpatient errors. What’s more, many of these instances are hard to discover because they are never reported. In fact, the median under-reporting rate in one meta-analysis of 37 studies was 94 percent. This is especially problematic given the negative
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Recent Executive Hires: CVS Health New President, Cleveland Clinic/Amwell Joint Venture Leadership, Others
CVS Health Corporation names Neela Montgomery Executive Vice President and President of CVS Pharmacy/Retail, effective November 30, 2020. Montgomery will oversee the company's 10,000 pharmacies across the United States. Montgomery, currently a Board Partner at venture capital firm Greycroft, most recently served as chief executive officer of furniture retailer Crate & Barrel and has nearly 20 years of global retail experience.
The Cleveland Clinic and Amwell joint venture appoint
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M&A: CompuGroup Medical Acquires eMDs for $240M
What You Should Know:
- CompuGroup Medical (CGM) acquires eMDs, Inc. (eMDs), a
leading provider of healthcare IT with a focus on doctors' practices in the US,
reaching an attractive size in the biggest healthcare market worldwide.
- CGM is building an attractive platform for future
growth through complementary product portfolios and the ability to provide
comprehensive solutions for doctors' practices.
CompuGroup
Holding USA, Inc., a 100 % subsidiary of CompuGroup Medical SE
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Philips Unveils Vendor-Neutral Radiology Operations Command Center, Automated Radiology Workflow Suite
What You Should Know:
- Philips unveils a new multimodality virtual imaging command center that enables real-time, remote collaboration to broaden expertise between technologists, radiologists, and imaging operations teams across multiple sites via private, secure telepresence capabilities.
- In addition, Philips debuts
AI-enabled, automated Radiology Workflow Suite at RSNA 2020 to
advance precision diagnosis into clear care pathways and predictable outcomes.
Philips today
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GE Healthcare Unveils First X-Ray AI Algorithm to Assess ETT Placement for COVID-19 Patients
What You Should Know:
- GE Healthcare announced a new artificial intelligence
(AI) algorithm to help clinicians assess Endotracheal Tube (ETT) placements, a
necessary and important step when ventilating critically ill COVID-19 patients.
- The AI solution is one of five included in GE Healthcare’s Critical Care Suite 2.0, an industry-first collection of AI algorithms embedded on a mobile x-ray device for automated measurements, case prioritization, and quality control.
GE Healthcare
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Signify Health Acquires Healthcare Payment Blockchain Company PatientBlox
Signify Health, a leading provider of technology-enabled healthcare solutions designed to keep people healthy and happy at home has acquired PatientBlox, an Atlanta-based technology company with deep expertise in applying distributed ledger technology in healthcare. The acquisition accelerates Signify's prospective provider payment capabilities for episodes of care, supporting the company's commitment to advance value-based care through novel payment and risk arrangements. Financial details of
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VA Taps Appriss for Drug Monitoring to Curb Substance Abuse
What You Should Know:
- The Department of Veteran Affairs is working with
Appriss Health to tackle the veteran opioid epidemic via drug monitoring.
- The tool will give VHA prescribers more complete clinical information, including controlled substance prescription histories, for patients, helping clinicians identify and prevent prescription drug misuse, resulting in better-informed care decision-making and improving patient safety.
Appriss
Health, a provider delivering
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