Accenture has agreed to acquire LabAnswer, a Sugar Land,TX-based research and laboratory informatics technology consulting firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.With approximately 250 employees, LabAnswer serves clients in several industries in addition to life sciences, including consumer goods, resources, chemicals, energy and government. LabAnswer’s services support scientific and laboratory functions in the research, quality and manufacturing functions of many of its
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Mediware Acquires Kinnser Software to Expand Portfolio in Home Health & Hospice Market
Mediware Information Systems has acquired Austin, Texas-based Kinnser Software, a provider of software solutions for home health and hospice providers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Mediware, which was acquired by TPG in February, is a leading supplier of software as a service (SaaS) and other software platforms for non-acute care, human and social services, blood management and medication management. The acquisition of Kinnser enables Mediware to expand its portfolio in
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eVisit Raises $2M to Expand Telemedicine SaaS Platform for Doctors
eVisit, a Mesa, AZ-based telemedicine patient engagement platform for SMB healthcare practices has raised $2 million in funding from Kickstart Seed Fund , Arizona Founders Fund , and angel investor Jeremy Andrus , former CEO of Traeger Grills. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate its sales, marketing, and support teams to keep pace with the market demand.Founded in 2013, eVisit is a web app that connects primary care providers with their patients by webcam or phone for the remote
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eClinicalWorks to Pay $155M for Falsely Meeting Meaningful Use Certification
Westborough, MA-based eClinicalWorks has agreed to pay a $155 million to the federal government for civil fraud and kickback charges. Both the government and the whistleblower alleged that eClinicalWorks falsely represented to customers that its EHR system complied with Meaningful Use requirements. The settlement marks the first time an EHR vendor is being charged for the truthfulness and accuracy of representations made when seeking government certification of its EHR system and the government
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Baxter and Mayo Clinic Launch R&D Collaboration to Advance Innovation in Therapeutics
Baxter International, a medical products company and Mayo Clinic are teaming up on a five-year research and development (R&D) collaboration focused on advancing innovation in therapeutic areas.The R&D collaboration will bring together the clinical and development expertise at Baxter and Mayo Clinic, where clinicians and researchers will work side-by-side to advance new technologies and therapies that transform patient care. Baxter's Medical Products business produces intravenous products
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Knowledge Management: The Key to Evidence-Based Medicine Adoption
Along with the rising costs and inequality in care access, difference in accepted clinical practices is considered the third major healthcare issue, which evidence-based medicine (EBM) is expected to tackle. However, EBM implementation is challenging both in clinical and technological realms.Evidence-based medicine (EBM) aims to provide a stronger scientific foundation for patient consulting and care through integration of clinical experience and analysis of patient vitals with up-to-date
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3 Ways Hospitals Can Ease Physician Workload to Improve Performance
Editor's Note: Chris Strammiello is the Vice President of Global Alliances for Nuance Communications. Under his leadership, Nuance Document Imaging solutions help healthcare organizations manage patient health information, provide software compatible with electronic health records and remain in compliance with HIPAA.In the last few years, health care industry developments have increased record-keeping responsibility on physicians, making their job more difficult. A national survey commissioned
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MEDITECH Signs 5 New Clients to Implement Ambulatory Web EHR
EHR provider MEDITECH has recently signed five new organizations, representing 16 new hospitals to implement its clinically-integrated Web EHR system. MEDITECH’s Web Ambulatory is a complete web chart that gives physicians instant access to all patient records and relevant information across the continuum, in one place. Since the launch of the ambulatory Web EHR, over 130 healthcare organizations have signed for MEDITECH's latest release.MEDITECH's Web EHR can improve physician productivity.
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The Costs, Challenges and Drivers Of The Quadruple Aim
In 2008, Donald Berwick and colleagues outlined a new framework for the delivery of healthcare, the Triple Aim. The Triple Aim's framework served as a guide to the transition from service-based to value-based care and population health management. This framework is centered about three goals: 1. Improving the individual experience of care2. Improve the health of populations3. Reducing the per capita cost of healthcareToday, health systems are struggling with these challenges of improving the
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Kno2 Integrates with BlueStrata EHR to Enable Secure Electronic Patient Document Exchange
Kno2, the company that optimizes patient document exchange for everyone in healthcare, today announced a partnership agreement with BlueStrata EHR, a developer of affordable, cloud-based, software as a service (SaaS) clinical and financial EHR solutions for the long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) industry. BlueStrata EHR will integrate Kno2's interoperability platform into its EHR to enable swift, secure exchange of patient documentation between hospitals and their LTPAC provider clients. The
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