Gender and racial pay gaps are still prevalent for physician compensation even as overall physician compensation overall increased, according to the results of the 2018 Medscape Physician Compensation Report. Ther report reveals physician salaries average $299,999 in this year’s report, up from $294,000 in 2017; specialists earn about $100,000 more than primary care physicians ($329,000 versus $223,000), and plastic surgeons ranked highest in salary at $501,000 -- outpacing orthopedists
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How Phoenix Children’s Hospital Saved $1M Annually Eliminating Transcription in Ambulatory Clinics
Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s outpatient clinics has increased clinician productivity, enhanced the quality of documentation, and facilitated the delivery of better clinical information at the point of care through the implementation of Medicomp Systems' Quippe Clinical Documentation solution. In addition, Phoenix Children’s has virtually eliminated transcription in its ambulatory clinics, saving the organization over $1 million dollars annually on transcription costs.A strong partnership
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DrFirst Launches New York Community-wide Care Collaboration Network
DrFirst, the nation’s leading provider of e-prescribing and medication management solutions, has launched a new service, “Connected Care Communities,” that helps provider organizations establish secure, real-time care collaboration networks that can include any or all healthcare providers in a given community, as well as patients.Under agreement with each lead provider organization, the software is currently available at no cost to community-based healthcare providers surrounding the lead
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Physician Survey Reveals Lack of Patient History Data Impedes Care Coordination
Majority of physicians cannot electronically access information about other care their patients, according to the new Surescripts report Physician Perspectives on Access to Patient Data. The 15-minute web-based survey was administered by ORC International to 300 qualifying primary care physicians between October 5 and October 17, 2017. To qualify for the survey, physicians had to have been in practice for at least five years, spend at least 50 percent of their time providing direct patient care
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healthfinch Nabs $6M for Charlie Practice Automation Platform
healthfinch, a Madison-based healthcare IT startup, has secured $6 million in funding led by Adams Street Partners to continue building and supporting its award-winning Charlie Practice Automation Platform. This funding brings the company’s total raised to over $17MM since it was founded in 2011.The Charlie Practice Automation Platform, developed by healthfinch, automates routine, repetitive clinical tasks in athenahealth, Epic, and Allscripts EMRs. Its refill management and visit planning
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Aetion Raises $36M to Expand Evidence Analytics Platform for Value-Based Care
Aetion, a software platform company that delivers real-world analytics and evidence needed for biopharma and payers to engage in value-based care, has raised $36.4 million in Series B funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and included a new investor, Amgen Ventures, alongside existing investors Flare Capital Partners, Lakestar and Oxeon Ventures. Mohamad Makhzoumi of NEA will join the Aetion board of directors.With the addition of the $36 million, Aetion has raised a
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Genetic Material Once Considered Junk Actually Could Hold Key to Cancer Drug Response
Material left out of common processes for sequencing genetic material in cancer tumors may actually carry important information about why only some people respond to immunotherapy, possibly offering better insight than the type of material that is being sequenced, according to a study by Mount Sinai researchers published on April 3 in Cell Reports. Sequencing a type of genetic material in cancer tumors called messenger RNA has transformed personalized cancer therapy and revealed biomarkers for
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Zocdoc Joins Epic App Orchard to Enable Patient Self-Scheduling
Zocdoc, the digital health marketplace used by millions of patients, today announced its availability in the Epic App Orchard. Dozens of leading health systems take advantage of an API integration between Zocdoc and Epic, and Zocdoc's inclusion in the App Orchard program creates a more streamlined experience. Customers include the Mount Sinai Health System, Houston Methodist, and many more.As an App Orchard contributor, Zocdoc will utilize application programming interfaces (APIs), which serve
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hc1.com Raises $7M to Further Expansion into Healthcare CRM Market
hc1.com, a Indianapolis, IN-based provider of healthcare relationship management, today announced it has raised $7 million in new Series B capital led by private equity firm Health Cloud Capital and included participation from Elevate Ventures, a long-time investor in hc1.com. The latest round of funding enables the company to continue its aggressive expansion within the healthcare CRM market, and to drive expanded adoption of its newly launched information services, including hc1
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Oracle Health Unveils mHealth Connector Cloud Service to Collect Patient Data During Clinical Trials
Oracle Health Sciences releases its new mHealth Connector Cloud Service that will enable clinical study teams to remotely collect e-Source data from patient sensors, wearables and apps during their clinical trials, all while delivering a new level of patient engagement and centricity.“We are thrilled to announce our new mHealth Connector as it holds great promise in speeding clinical trials and bringing more drugs to market faster. Being able to take what used to be patient-recorded data and
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