Today Change Healthcare, Microsoft and Abode have announced a new cross industry collaboration to fundamentally change the patient experience for consumers. An ORC International study concluded healthcare stakeholders are investing heavily in engagement strategies and technologies, but only one-fifth of consumers said their experiences improved, and another fifth said their experiences worsened. Even the most-accessed patient engagement solutions are used by just a third of consumers. This new
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MTBC to Acquire Assets of Orion Healthcorp That Could Increase Revenues by 50%
MTBC, a provider of cloud-based healthcare IT and revenue cycle management solutions has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement ("APA") to acquire substantially all of the revenue cycle, practice management, and group purchasing organization assets of Orion Healthcorp, Inc. and 13 of its affiliate companies (together "Orion"), as the primary bidder in a Section 363 sale under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. After the acquisition is closed, management expects the transaction would increase MTBC's
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Doximity & US News Partner To Offer New Appointment Booking Tool For Patients
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in hospital rankings and consumer advice, has again expanded its relationship with Doximity, the leading medical social network for doctors, to introduce a new tool that allows patients to schedule appointments while searching physician profile pages on usnews.com. Working with Doximity, U.S. News offers a free-to-use online directory of more than 900,000 practicing U.S. physicians, which provides consumers with data and tools that help them
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Elliot Management Makes $6.5B Unsolicited Bid to Acquire athenahealth
athenahealth has received an unsolicited proposal from Elliott Management to acquire the Company for $160 per share in cash that could be worth about $7 billion, including debt, CNBC first reports.In a letter sent to athenahealth’s management, the activist firm stated, “It is clear to us and becoming clear to many others that Athenahealth’s potential will never be realized without the kind of operational change that the company seems unable to deliver.” The letter also states that Elliot
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Capital Region Medical Center to Implement Cerner EHR and Revenue Cycle Solution
Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) has selected Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to implement an integrated electronic health record (EHR) and revenue cycle management solutions to support improved health outcomes and optimized revenue functions. University of Missouri (MU) Health Care will extend its Cerner Millennium® domain to CRMC. As an affiliate of MU Health Care since 1997, the domain extension to CRMC will further the health system’s well-established collaboration
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DrChrono and Cliniconex Integrate to Provide Enhanced Mobile EHR Experience to Urgent Care Practices
DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced a partnership with Cliniconex to bring more modern and mobile benefits to urgent care practices. The Cliniconex and DrChrono integration provides an enhanced mobile EHR experience for urgent care practices.Cliniconex easily integrates with DrChrono’s cloud-based EHR platform and daily workflow processes. Cliniconex’s automated patient communication, and reporting software not only streamlines pre and
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mPulse Mobile Lands $11M, Launches Activation Intelligence Solution to Drive Behavior Change
mPulse Mobile, a provider of mobile solutions to drive healthy behavior change has raised $11 million in Series B funding led by SJF Ventures including existing investors HLM Venture Partners, EchoHealth Ventures, OCA Ventures, and Bonfire Ventures. That latest round brings the company’s total funding to date to over $25 million. In addition to the Series B funding, the company announced the launch of its Activation Intelligence product, which delivers on the promise of personalized health
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EMR Workflow Optimization: The Lynchpin to Ameliorating Physician Burnout
Healthcare have been transformed over the last decade as electronic medical records have been rolled out across America. Unfortunately, information technology has not yet fulfilled its immense promise. To a great extent, this is because most EMRs were designed primarily as giant billing systems. They were not conceived as patient care systems, and efforts to use them for patient care have been compromised by issues of usability and efficiency. Of equal concern have been the effects on morale
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98point6 Launches AI Driven, On-Demand Primary Care Service in 10 States
After three years of R&D and a year of beta, 98point6 has announced the launch of its on-demand primary care service to deliver personalized consultation, diagnosis and treatment to patients across the country. The on-demand primary care platform combines innovative AI technology with board-certified physicians to deliver affordable and high-quality care right to a patient's smartphone. On-Demand Primary Care with Digital Platform Primary care is a necessity for all, serving as the front
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Study: AI Mobile Platform Performs Better than CDC’s Diabetes Program
A new study in this week’s Journal of Medical Internet Research finds that a mobile platform using artificial intelligence helps diabetics and obese people better than the federal government’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. The pilot study, “Weight Loss Using a Novel Mobile Diabetes Prevention Program Delivery Platform With Human Coaching: 65-Week Observational Follow-Up,” published yesterday followed diabetics and obese people over the course of 65 weeks. Participants logged their
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