Editor's Note: Justin Campbell is the VP at Galen Healthcare Solutions, a professional services firm helping healthcare clients migrate from paper to electronic health records. Prior to joining Galen, Justin served as the IT Director for a long-term care pharmacy, leading a paperless initiative, the migration of the Pharmacy Information System (PIS) from a legacy platform, and the integration of the PIS to the pharmacy’s packaging system.In the world of healthcare many are tempted to believe in
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6 Reasons Why Healthcare Needs The Internet of Things (IoT)
Editor’s Note: Abhinav Shashank is the CEO & Co-founder at Innovaccer Inc., a datashop integrating complex data across multiple distributed sources to give healthcare organizations greater insights to provider better care.Technology can never replace humans because the ultimate decision-making authority always lies with the individual. He or she can, however, in the course of time, opt for technological solutions that simplify their work and bring about efficiency.Convenience. Efficiency.
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Report Reveals 2017 A Challenging Year for PHM Vendor Market
The first half of 2017 proved a challenging period for some North American population health management (PHM) vendors, according to recent data from Signify’s Research report “Population Health Management IT – Q3 2017.” The report reveals that after consistent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) market growth over the past eight quarters, Q1 17 saw theNorth American PHM market decline for the first time since Signify Research started tracking themarket. Q1 2017 revenues were estimated to be down 7.1%
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HealthPartners Taps AMC Health For Telemonitoring Hypertension Study
AMC Health, a provider of real-time virtual care solutions has been selected as the telemonitoring provider for HealthPartners Institute for its high blood pressure study, Hyperlink. Recently, HealthPartners was awarded $6 million to expand this study to determine if telemonitoring can improve a patient’s health and decrease blood pressure more than traditional clinic-based care. In the second phase of research, AMC Health and HealthPartners will work together to monitor patients’ blood
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Mount Sinai to Deploy Lumeris Value-Based Services to Optimize Population Health Outcomes
Mount Sinai Health System, New York City’s largest integrated delivery system has signed an agreement with Lumeris, a value-based care management service provider to optimize Mount Sinai's population health outcomes. Mount Sinai has already made great strides in covering populations at risk but under the guidance of Lumeris they plan to double the number of lives covered under value-based care arrangements.The multi-year collaboration focuses on better engaging physicians in the value-based care
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Tempus, Sanford Health Collaborate on Personalized Medicine Initiative to Identify Clinical Trials for Breast Cancer Patients
Tempus, a Chicago-based health IT technology company focused on collecting and integrating molecular and clinical data has announced a collaboration with Sanford Health to identify targeted therapies and clinical trials for breast cancer patients. Founded in 2015, Tempus continues to expand its network of partners and is currently working with leading academic medical centers, NCI designated cancer centers, hospital networks and community oncologists across the United States. As part of the
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Revint Solutions Acquires Health Check to Expand Revenue Integrity Services for Providers
Revint Solutions, a Chicago-based provider of revenue integrity and recovery services for healthcare providers has acquired Health Check, a provider of Zero Balance Revenue Recovery services to over 100 healthcare providers. Founded in 1995, the Florida-based company has collected over $300M in underpayment recoveries with a successful track record working with all major payers and geographic areas.For Revint Solutions, the acquisition will expands the company's broad suite of revenue integrity
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Sen. Alexander: Getting EHRs “Out of Ditch” Is Critical to Future of Medical Innovation
Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that “electronic health records are a critical piece to the future of medical innovation” during the first oversight hearing on the 21st Century Cures Act. Today, the committee held the first oversight hearing on the 21st Century Cures Act, which became law in December 2016 and was called “the most important legislation” of the year by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.“Last December, we passed the 21st Century Cures Act,
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Why Veterans Deserve Better Patient Handoffs at Care Transitions
Communication failures in U.S. Hospitals are a leading cause of preventable medical errors and adverse events. The most dangerous times are patient care transitions at the time of shift changes and patient transfers between hospital areas, healthcare facilities, and care settings. According to the Joint Commission, an estimated 80 percent of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between caregivers during “handoffs” and between care providers at patient care transitions. In light of
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Henry Ford Deploys Integrated Virtual Visits Within Epic MyChart Workflow
Henry Ford Health System has deployed integrated virtual visits within the Epic MyChart workflow to provide simplified access to care via Vidyo’s video collaboration platform. IDSolutions Healthcare, Vidyo’s premier Epic telehealth deployment partner, has established telehealth ecosystems throughout healthcare institutions across the United States.For care providers, the ability to launch a video consultation within the same interface makes telemedicine simple to use. Having to launch a separate
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