At a moment when consumer technology giants Apple, Amazon and Google are poised to put heavy footprints on the healthcare technology environment, new reports of patient dissatisfaction with current hospital EHR solutions seem to be paving the way. This confluence of developments may be the perfect setting for the next major disruption in our industry, a scenario that many hospital leaders, physicians and health tech vendors won’t relish. But many consumers will, especially those under 40. Here’s
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OnlyBoth Launches AI-Driven Home Health Agency Benchmarking Engine
Pittsburgh-based OnlyBoth Inc., today announced the launch of its no-cost Home Health Agency benchmarking engine, which applies innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to Medicare data previously gathered about providers. The unique engine delivers text-based insights so users can easily compare and contrast home health agency performance for informed decision-making.As transparency becomes more of a requirement, particularly with the CMS news about the prices this week, so will
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Smart Meter’s Diabetes Care Solution Meets Newly Created Remote Monitoring CPT Code
Smart Meter, an innovative diabetes management data, technology and solutions company, today announced that its iGlucose® Diabetes Care Solution meets the requirements for the newly created Remote Monitoring CPT Code, as defined by Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The iGlucose solution, which uses cell-enabled technology to automatically transmit real-time blood glucose results, is providing clinicians with another tool for making connected health more available and more widely
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Central Georgia Health Network selects Arcadia for Population Health Management
CIN Central Georgia Health Network announced that is has selected Arcadia.io for population health management to support over 1000 providers in delivering community care. CGHN, a large clinically integrated network, will use Arcadia to create a community-wide population health management system for greater Macon, Georgia that will enable more than 650 independent physicians and 400 allied providers to deliver better patient care.With its network continuing to grow, CGHN needed to more
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5 Tips for Protecting Your IoT-enabled Medical Devices
Research shows us that security breaches can greatly impact a healthcare organization’s reputation. Unfortunately, healthcare leaders are stuck in the cross hairs of consumers and hackers. While consumers want transparency, access to information and assurance their personal information will remain safe, hackers are busy compromising patient information at a faster speed than ever before.As healthcare IT organizations strive to become more accessible and “open” to support patient engagement
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Evolving Hacker Behaviors to Disrupt Healthcare Services
Most people don’t spend much time thinking about what complex organizations hospitals are. Whether anticipating the joyful arrival of a newborn baby or worrying about an unexpected illness or injury, hospital visitors aren’t usually thinking about cybersecurity. Even most hospital employees only see a piece of the big picture, with little reason to consider operational risk.But lots of people are indeed losing sleep over cyber threats to patient safety — IT administrators and clinical engineers
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Redox Unveils Single Sign-On Integration for Digital Health Vendors
Today Redox, healthcare's leading integration platform, announced the launch of a new module: Redox Single Sign-On (R^SSO). With R^SSO enabled, clinicians can launch third-party applications directly from a patient's chart without needing to re-enter their username and password. While single-sign-on (SSO) solutions have been in place for some time, most of them are focused on the needs of healthcare organizations at an enterprise level. This creates tremendous inconsistency for digital health
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Osler Health Selects Innovaccer to Leverage Healthcare Data Platform
New Jersey’s Osler Health, a nationally recognized leader in accountable care, has partnered with Innovaccer Inc. to elevate their ability to leverage data-driven healthcare and deliver high quality care more efficiently. Osler’s collaboration with the leading San Francisco-based healthcare data platform company aims to integrate disconnected datasets for data-driven insights.A network of over 200 providers, Osler Health, has consistently prioritized information transparency and interoperable
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Aspire, LG Health Launches $300M Precision Medicine Fund for Personalized Devices
Aspire Universal, a private equity firm and venture company today announced the establishment of the $300M Aspire Ventures Precision Medicine Fund (AVP) to accelerate innovation for personalized devices and medical practices. Precision medicine is one of the most important transformations ever to come to medicine, and by shifting away from one-size-fits-all solutions, precision medicine offers personalized solutions that deliver better experiences and better outcomes at a lower cost. The AVP
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4 Ways Hospitals Should Approach Buying Healthcare IT Systems Today
I’m proud to lead a group of intelligent and energetic technology professionals committed to developing a robust healthcare IT system that is (1) easy for clinicians to use, (2) improves patient health and (3) doesn’t bankrupt hospital budgets. We think any sustainable system must have those three key requirements.And how is healthcare doing thus far?The EHRs available today are developing rapidly. Vendors are making frequent and impactful improvements to improve system usability. Clinicians are
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