GHX announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, for a significant investment into the company. Thoma Bravo is selling its majority ownership stake, but remains a minority owner. The investment by Temasek and the continued participation by Thoma Bravo demonstrates a confidence in GHX’s business plan and its mission to take cost out of healthcare. The deal is estimated to close in the next 45-60 days; financial terms were not
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athenahealth Launches MDP Labs for Health IT Startups to Accelerate Health Innovation
athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory clients nationwide, today announced the launch of MDP Labs, a new innovation program open to all healthcare and technology entrepreneurs, from seed-stage startups to mature companies. Hosted in the San Francisco office, the program invites all entrepreneurs with novel technologies that can help fix what is broken in healthcare to apply.Companies will be evaluated based on their team, business model, stage of
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Premise Health to Implement Epic EHR Across Worksite Health Centers Over 2 Years
Premise Health, a worksite health and patient engagement company has signed an agreement with Epic to enhance the patient experience and broaden interoperability of patient data throughout the care continuum. The partnership will implement Epic EHR across its worksite health centers in an enterprise initiative called Emagine over a 2-year-period.Improving the health and wellness of employee populations is a primary focus for Premise Health and Epic. This partnership with Epic will expand Premise
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DSS Lands $19.6M VA Contract to Deploy Mobile Patient Self-Scheduling System
Document Storage Systems, Inc. (DSS, Inc.), a provider of online patient self-scheduling platform has been awarded the $19.6 million Faster Care for Veterans Pilot Program contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). As part of the contract, the Faster Care for Veterans Pilot Program will implement a commercially available, off-the-shelf online patient self-scheduling system from DSS, Inc. and its teaming partners. The solution will enhance the ability for patients to schedule and
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Conversa Health Lands $8M for Patient Relationship Management Platform Led by Northwell Ventures
Conversa Health, a San Rafael, Calif.-based provider focused on automating digital conversations between physicians and their patients, announced it has closed a $8 million Series A round. The Series A round was led by led by Northwell Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Northwell Health with participation from Epic Ventures, Healthgrades, and current investors. Funding from the recent round which will be used to expand Conversa’s product capabilities and clinical conversation library,
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athenahealth EHR Offers Meaningful Use Stage 3 Guarantee for Hospitals
athenahealth, Inc., an EHR provider for hospital and ambulatory clients nationwide, today announced the expansion of the company’s Guarantee Program to include a Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 3 Guarantee for hospitals. The Meaningful Use Stage 3 Guarantee for hospitals joins a growing portfolio of quality initiatives support offered by the company, including a Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) guarantee and client support program. “Every hospital or health system —no matter the size— wants
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Cerner, Truman Medical Center Partner to Launch Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Chronic Conditions
Cerner and Truman Medical Centers (TMC) have teamed up to launch comprehensive disease management programs to engage patients in their health and improve outcomes for groups of individuals with high-risk chronic conditions. Through the initiative, Algorithms configured in Cerner’s HealtheIntent population health management platform identified select groups of TMC’s patient population with conditions like diabetes and chronic heart failure that could benefit from enhanced health monitoring.To
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Cedars-Sinai Partners With Noteworth to Integrate Patient-Generated Data With Epic EMR
Cedars-Sinai has signed a three-year deal with Noteworth, a healthcare data software as a service (SaaS) company to integrate patient generated data into clinical decision-making. The digital health startup Noteworth was a part of the second cohort of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars.As part of the three-year program, Cedars-Sinai will use Noteworth’s platform to integrate previously unavailable patient-generated data directly into their Epic EMR to help improve patient
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University of Miami Health System Taps Kyruus to Deploy Patient-Provider Matching Across Network
Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solution, announced that the University of Miami Health System (“UHealth”) has selected its ProviderMatch for Access Centers, ProviderMatch for Consumers and KyruusOne to enhance patient experience across multiple points of access.The leading academic medical center serving southern Florida will leverage the technology to help patients easily find the right providers based on their clinical needs and logistical preferences regardless of how patient’s are
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How can Health IT Improve Security and Restore Trust?
Editor's Note: John Smith is a Principal Solutions Architect at IT analytics company ExtraHop. Prior to joining ExtraHop, John was a Cloud Architect at both Philips and McKesson and was previously a Principal Architect at the Centers for Disease Control.Hardly a day goes by without news of a new cybersecurity threat or breach, and the healthcare industry is hit with more than its fair share. While unfortunate, it’s not hard to understand why. From personal health information (PHI) to insurance
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