Cerner partners with customer relationship management (CRM) leader Salesforce to extend its population health, clinical and administration portfolio with an integrated solution that combines Salesforce Health Cloud and Marketing Cloud with Cerner’s HealtheIntentSM, its big data platform. Combined with Cerner’s data, analytic and application platform, electronic health record (EHR) and intelligent solutions, the addition of Health Cloud and Marketing Cloud will support enhanced consumer and
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Kyruus Integrates With IBM Watson for AI-Assisted Patient-Provider Matching & Scheduling
Kyruus has announced a collaboration with IBM to integrate Watson Virtual Agent with Kyruus’ ProviderMatch to allow health systems to leverage chatbots to effectively match patients with appropriate providers and enable self-service scheduling. By enabling patients to engage with an AI-powered virtual agent (chatbot), patients will be able to easily and quickly find the best provider for their needs and then schedule an appointment at their convenience, with the click of a button. Kyruus &
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Nuance & Partners HealthCare Team Up to Accelerate Adoption of AI Apps for Diagnostic Imaging
Nuance today announced the signing of a multi-year strategic agreement with Partners HealthCare. The two organizations will optimize the process for rapid development, validation and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) for radiologists at the point of care, and Nuance intends to make the new algorithms available through the Nuance AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging.The collaboration will be executed through the recently formed Massachusetts General Hospital ("MGH") and Brigham and
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HP Launches All-in-One Laptops and Clinical Displays for Healthcare
At HIMSS18, HP Inc. unveiled a cutting-edge lineup of healthcare devices specifically designed to address the next generation of patient care. The HP Healthcare Edition portfolio includes ultra-slim notebook, All-in-One, and premium clinical review display purpose-built for healthcare.Drawing on HP’s deep customer insights and its culture of innovation, the HP Healthcare Edition portfolio was thoughtfully designed to deliver safer, smarter, and secured features specific to the healthcare
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drchrono, Ambra Health Integrates to Give Physicians/Radiologists Instant Access to Patient Medical Images within EHR
drchrono, the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced a new partnership with Ambra Health, makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite, to give physicians and radiologists direct access to medical imaging within their electronic health record (EHR). drchrono’s integration with Ambra Health eliminates jumping between DICOM medical imaging software and electronic health records. Physicians and radiologists benefit from a more efficient workflow by
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Lyft Integrates with Allscripts EHR for Non Emergency Medical Transportation
Lyft Business is announcing a new integration partnership with EHR provider Allscripts. With Lyft-Allscripts integration, 45,000 physician practices, 180,000 physicians and 2,500 hospitals that use Allscripts EHR can easily request a Lyft for their patients. In addition, Lyft also announced its ambitious goal of eliminating transportation barriers to care. Today, 3.6 million Americans have transportation issues that prevent them from getting to or from a doctor’s appointment, and 25 percent of
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Datica Launches Kubernetes-Enabled Platform to Extend AWS and Azure Cloud Accounts
Datica, the leading cloud platform for digital health since 2013, today announced its next-generation platform to manage HIPAA compliance on top of AWS and Microsoft Azure. The evolved version of the Datica Platform extends security and compliance expertise in three critical ways to better serve healthcare organizations: 1. The Platform now uses Kubernetes as its underlying container orchestration, granting customers greater technical flexibility.2. The move will also allow customers to
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Personal Connected Health Alliance Adds 24 New Members
The Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance), a HIMSS organization, today announced that 24 new organizations have become members of the Alliance. In the past year, PCHAlliance has added nearly 45 new member organizations from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Middle East and Australia. PCHAlliance is convening the global personal connected health community -- technology companies, healthcare providers, payers, governments and the public -- to accelerate the technical,
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Sharecare Unveils Unified, Cloud-Based Platform for Medical Record Retrieval Services
Sharecare, today announced at HIMSS18 that its affiliate Sharecare Health Data Services (formerly BACTES) has launched a new secure cloud-based platform that offers healthcare providers unified access to the company’s medical record retrieval services. The new platform provides clients with access to the quality, security and unmatched customer service they have come to rely on from Sharecare Health Data Services for more than 25 years, but now through the convenience of a SaaS model.Whether a
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HIMSS Acquires Health Innovation Consulting Provider Healthbox
HIMSS has announced the acquisition of Healthbox, a Chicago-based healthcare innovation consulting firm and venture capital investment manager. For HIMSS, the acquisition of Healthbox adds health innovation consulting and fund management to its broader portfolio.Under terms of the agreement, Healthbox will continue to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of HIMSS. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.Healthbox has evolved from a healthcare accelerator to an innovation
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