Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville, North Carolina has signed an agreement with Cerner Corporation to implement Cerner's integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle solutions across its acute and ambulatory facilities. CRHS is a community owned and controlled not-for-profit organization that includes Columbus Regional (hospital), Columbus Regional Physician Network with six medical practices, Donayre Cancer Care Center, The Wound Care Center and offers advanced
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DAS Health Lands $6M to Accelerate Company Acquisition Strategy
DAS Health, a Tampa, FL-based provider of health IT and management solutions, has secured a $6 million in facility financing through Fifth Third Bank to be used primarily for future acquisitions and growth. DAS recently completed its fifth acquisition in a three-year time span, each using only DAS’ own internal operating cashflow. DAS Health’s excellent track record of success in integrating services and staff has led to continued expansion, allowing the company to provide existing clients with
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Luma Health Raises $6.33M for Patient-Provider Communications Platform
Luma Health, a San Francisco, CA-based smart patient-provider communications platform, today announced it has completed a $6.33 Million round of Series A funding led by U.S. Venture Partners along with continued participation from the Stanford-StartX Fund and existing investors. Luma Health plans to used the latest round of funding to extend its go-to-market operation, including sales and marketing, while also expanding its engineering team to support the company’s growing product roadmap. The
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CareCloud MIPS Guarantee Program Earns Perfect Score for Clinicians
CareCloud, the platform for high-performance medical groups, announced today that one-hundred percent of the clinicians submitting data through the company’s MIPS Success Guarantee Program will avoid penalties and are eligible for bonuses based on preliminary performance feedback provided by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Additionally, 45% of the providers that submitted data through the CareCloud program earned scores placing them above the exceptional bonus threshold
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DrChrono Offers Discounted EHR Pricing for Current Practice Fusion Customers
DrChrono, today announced a new a new offer for current Practice Fusion customers that want to move their data from their current system to the DrChrono cloud-based EHR platform. Current Practice Fusion customers that want to sign up for this new plan from DrChrono receive special discounted pricing, a free iPad and data importing.Practice Fusion, after being acquired by Allscripts for $100M, recently announced to their users that their EHR would no longer be free. Their users, by continuing to
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TriNetX Launches Research Analytics Solutions for Use with Its Clinical & Genomic Data
TriNetX, the global health research network, today announced the availability of TriNetX Research, a suite of analytics solutions to leverage real-world data when conducting observational and outcomes research. TriNetX Research combines longitudinal clinical and genomic data from its global network with powerful, state-of-the-art analytics on a single self-service platform. Researchers will now have access to the fastest and easiest method to create real-world evidence (RWE) and enable
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Dr. Saif Abed Talks Why Clinician as a Service Model is a Game Changer for the Industry
AbedGraham of Healthcare Strategies’ Dr. Saif Abed talks why Clinician as a Service (ClaaS) model is a game changer for the industry when it comes to developing and implementing successful HIT. While many tech developers gather around whiteboards and meeting tables to tackle healthcare’s challenges by exploring the latest in technical specs, there is often something missing amongst all the chatter regarding APIs, the newest software, and algorithms—human expertise.According to Dr. Saif F Abed,
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CareCloud Launches eCommerce Platform for Physician Practices, Breeze Shop
CareCloud, a Miami-based provider of cloud-based practice management and EHR solution for physician practices, today announced the launch of their new eCommerce platform, Breeze Shop. Breeze Shop makes it easier than ever for physician practices to make the products they recommend convenient for their patients to buy. This powerful eCommerce and over-the-counter retail solution enables practices to offer non-prescription products online and at the point of care, and is available at no additional
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VA Finally Signs Off On $10B Cerner EHR Contract, Replacing VistA EHR
On Thursday evening, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced an agreement with Cerner for the VA to use off-the-shelf Cerner solutions, replacing the legacy VistA EHR. The migration to Cerner will provide veterans, transitioning service members and their care providers access to their medical history through a single electronic health record (EHR) system. The deal is expected to cost $10 billion dollars over 10 years years.Using technology that has been deployed successfully at
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CipherHealth Raises $37.5M to Expand Patient Engagement Platform
CipherHealth, a NYC-based patient communication, engagement and care coordination software company today announced that it has received a significant strategic growth investment from JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. Since 2009, CipherHealth's integrated solutions have enabled providers across the care continuum to improve patient communication and care coordination with the latest technologies. With each technology, the company delivers highly
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