To ensure continued forward movement in adoption of electronic health information exchange and increased interoperability for care coordination, DirectTrust has released a list of four recommendations for the new administration. The recommendations were submitted to the President-elect’s Transition Team at a closed-door meeting held on Tuesday, December 20.DirectTrust is a health care industry alliance created by and for participants in the Direct exchange network used for secure, interoperable
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CHRISTUS Health Expands Population Health Agreement with Philips Wellcentive
CHRISTUS Health, an international, Catholic, not-for profit health system has expanded the scope and duration of their alliance with Philips Wellcentive to aggregate and analyze data across all CHRISTUS Health through 2020. The expanded relationship now includes domestic population health management initiatives offering health plans to its total staff of 40,000 associates, and manages plan offerings on state exchanges.. Additionally, the the collaboration with Philips Wellcentive will explore
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TPG Capital to Acquire Mediware Information Systems for Undisclosed Sum
TPG Capital, the global private equity fund of leading alternative asset firm TPG has entered an agreement to acquire Mediware Information Systems, Inc. from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close during the first quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.For more than 30 years, Mediware has been a leading supplier of healthcare and human service software for the nation’s largest blood banks,
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PwC Unveils Top 10 Healthcare Industry Issues to Watch in 2017
2017 will be a year dominated by the continued shift toward value within healthcare as the industry adapts to a new era under the administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI). Traditional health organizations and new entrants will need to balance the uncertainty of the new administration’s approach to healthcare with the continued opportunities being created by forces greater than politics.The annual PwC report, “Top Health Industry Issues
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HIMSS CEO Stephen Lieber to Retire at End of 2017
Stephen Lieber, CAE, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of HIMSS, announced his intention to retire as of the end of 2017. Lieber was appointed CEO of HIMSS in April 2000 where he lead the organization through period of tremendous change in healthcare and technology. During this period, HIMSS has emerged as the leading thought leader, resource and advisor for the transformation of healthcare through the best use of IT.“HIMSS has seen tremendous growth in size, reach and influence
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HHS Calls for Developers to Create Online Model Privacy Notice Generator
The HHS has issued a call for designers, developers, and health data privacy experts to create an online Model Privacy Notice (MPN) generator. The Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge will award up to $20k to the creators of the best MPN generator that produces a customizable MPN for health technology developers. Challenge Overview & BackgroundThe Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge leverages updated content developed recently by ONC, with feedback from OCR, FTC, and other private and public
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Sheridan Memorial Integrates Cerner’s CareAware With Hospira Infusion System
Sheridan Memorial Hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming announced that it is the first hospital to integrate Cerner’s CareAware Event Management™ secondary alerting solution with Hospira infusion system Alarm Forwarding technology. CareAware Event Management is designed to route alerts from medical devices or nurse call systems to a clinician’s mobile device.With this implementation, Sheridan expanded its infusion alarm management functionality. Within the hospital, clinicians can receive alarm
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Keystone Health Information Exchange Expands Agreement with Orion Health
Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE) in Pennsylvania has signed an expanded agreement with Orion Health to enable information to be shared between healthcare providers. The new subscription-based agreement builds on the prior arrangement and allows KeyHIE to continue using Orion Health’s platform.Orion Health facilitates interoperability within and among payer, provider and pharma organizations, governments and health information exchanges, and helps physicians, patients and researchers
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Report: 94% of Patients Want Medical Records Electronically Stored in A Central Location
94% of patients feel their medical information and records should be stored electronically in a single location, according to a recent survey by health information network Surescripts. In fact, 58 percent of patients have tried to compile their own complete medical history—a task that is not just tedious, but often inaccurate and incomplete.The survey, 2016 Connected Care and the Patient Experience conducted by Kelton Global from June 16-23, 2016, with participation from more than 1,000 adult
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PatientBank Lands $2.2M to Help People Request Medical Records Online
PatientBank, a Y Combinator-backed startup focused on helping people gather and share medical records online has raised $2.2 million seed funding co-led by General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures, with participation from SV Angel, Spectrum 28, and Data Collective. For just a processing fee of $30 for each medical record, patients, doctors, and researchers can use PatientBank to request medical records from anywhere in the United States.The process is simple and easy: all the user have to do is
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