Partners Connected Health has announced a new collaboration with Validic, a provider of data connectivity solutions for healthcare that will ultimately provide Partners HealthCare clinicians and researchers with access to patient-generated health data (PGHD). Currently in the testing phase, the full-scale service provides the integration of PGHD into care plans and the EHR from over 420 consumer and clinical health devices set to launch throughout the Partners HealthCare network in 2018.
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Health Fidelity Launches NLP-Powered Provider Risk Adjustment Solution
Health Fidelity, a UPMC-funded startup developing innovative solutions for value-based care has announced the launch of NLP-powered risk adjustment solution for providers. The solution, HF360 Risk Adjustment for Providers empowers risk-bearing providers with the technology and support needed to succeed in implementing value-based care models.To ensure optimal implementation and ROI, Health Fidelity also offers HF360 Blueprint, a consultative service that helps providers benchmark their current
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Nuance Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Rival M*Modal
Nuance Communications, Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival M*Modal that alleges the company’s products violated six Nuance patents. The patent infringement lawsuits are related to speech recognition, computer-assisted physician documentation and transcription technology specifically applied within the health IT market based on U.S. Patent numbers 9,564,126; 8,117,034; 7,379,946; 6,999,933; 6,766,295; and 6,308,158.“Nuance has invested significant human and financial
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Medecision Launches 10 New Apps to Modernize Care Management Programs
Medecision, a provider of population health management solutions for risk-bearing entities, has launched ten new care management apps to help health plan, accountable care organization and health system customers manage the care and costs of their members. As health plans and care delivery organizations expand risk-bearing agreements and value-based contacts, a robust care management platform becomes central to their ability to control operational costs while zeroing in on preventable and costly
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Texas Tech University Launches Telemedicine Pilot Project in Rural West Texas
swyMed announced today that it has joined forces with the Commission on State Emergency Communications and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center on a telemedicine pilot project to implement between EMS providers and a select group of trauma centers in rural West Texas. TTUHSC service area covers 108 counties and 131,459 sq. miles, which is larger than New York, New England, and the District of Columbia combined. The objective of the project, funded by Texas House Bill 479, is to improve
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drchrono Integrates With Patient Relationship Management Suite NexHealth
NexHealth, a patient relationship management suite used by doctors across the US - announced a new API integration with mobile EHR provider drchrono. Healthcare providers who use both services will immediately notice a simplified experience, in which each technology is aware of and responds appropriately to the other.When patients book appointments through NexHealth, for example, their provider’s drchrono calendar will instantly reflect the appointment details. This eliminates needless manual
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Imprivata Acquires Caradigm’s Identity and Access Management Business
Healthcare IT security firm Imprivata has acquired the identity and access management division of Caradigm, a GE Healthcare company. Preventing fraud has become a top concern, and authentication demands are driving rapid adoption among healthcare organizations. Caradigm provides a range of Identity and Access Management solutions, including Governance, Risk Management and Compliance and Clinical and IT Efficiency solutions such as single sign-on and multi-factor authentication to over 100
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Medisafe Unveils “Safety Net” Feature for Additional Safeguard for Medication Adherence
Non-adherence varies from medication to medication and, until now, non-adherence and potentially fatal drug-to-drug and drug-to-lifestyle interactions were nearly impossible to prevent. Today, Medisafe, a medication adherence platform, has announced a feature that tracks individual usage patterns to help predict and plan for medication non-adherence pitfalls before they happen.Medisafe’s new feature, Safety Net, powered by IoT technology company Neura, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to
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Healthcare IT: Now More Than Ever, It’s About Quality… and Quantity
Editor's Note: Scott Ciccarelli, CEO SRS Health, a provider of EHR/EMR, PM, and PACS software solutions for high-performance medical practices. Ciccarelli has 20 years of diverse management and operations experience garnered as a senior executive at GE, where he headed two of the company’s businesses—most recently, GE Healthcare’s Services, Ambulatory and Revenue Cycle Solutions.People perform better if they have a vested interest in the outcome of a given situation. Employees who are given an
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Quest Diagnostics Acquires Cleveland HeartLab to Establish Cardiometabolic COE
Quest Diagnostics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cleveland HeartLab, a provider of innovative diagnostic services for managing cardiovascular disease. A spin-off of Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland HeartLab has created a specialized approach to identifying risk of heart disease, based in part on science published in more than 100 peer reviewed journals. As part of the acquisition, Cleveland HeartLab will serve as the base for Quest's first national center of excellence in
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