Hashed Health, a healthcare technology consortium building blockchain solutions and supporting blockchain network development has raised $1.8 million in funding led by Martin Ventures and Fenbushi Capital. Founded in 2016, the Nashville, TN-based company provides value-added services such as product management, product development, regulatory guidance, and technology support services for blockchain solutions and blockchain networks.For most healthcare organizations, Blockchain technology will be
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MCG Health Taps InterSystems to Streamline Evidence-based Decision Making for Health Plans, Care Providers
MCG Health, a leading provider of informed care solutions has tapped InterSystems to leverage its InterSystems HealthShare® as the interoperability platform to share its evidence-based care guidelines and analytics with health plans and providers. Built on InterSystems Interoperability Platform, MCG’s new cloud-based Care Net solution will connect payers and providers to enable more efficient care processes and more informed medical decisions based on healthcare best practices.The exchange of
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Humana’s Transcend Insights Unveils Analytics-as-a-Service for Population Health
Transcend Insights announced a new, cloud-enabled version of its enterprise analytics offering for population health: the Anvita Engine. The new offering will be one the industry’s first solutions available to health systems through a flexible, analytics-as-a-service model, providing health organizations with a more flexible and cost-effective way to deploy advanced analytics for population health.This service is powered by the proven Anvita Engine™, which is optimized for the cloud and
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CHIME Survey: EHR Optimization, Population Health Named Top Investment Priorities for Healthcare CIOs
EHR optimization and population health has been named the top investment priorities for healthcare CIOs over the next three years, according to a survey of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) members conducted by KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm. Other investment priorities for healthcare CIOs over the next three years include:• Consumer/clinical and operational analytics (16 percent)• Virtual/telehealth technology enhancements (13 percent)• Revenue
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Mayo Clinic Backs Virtual Nurse Engagement Platform Sense.ly, Raises $8M in Series B Funding
Sense.ly, a virtual nurse platform for patient engagement and chronic disease monitoring has raised $8 million in a Series B round of funding, led by Chengwei Capital with participation from Mayo Clinic, Bioved Ventures, Fenox Venture Capital and the Stanford StartX fund. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand the platform to better serve clinicians and patients including its presence in the US, UK, and international markets. Virtual Nurse Engagement Platform OverviewPatients sign up
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Practice Fusion Unveils EHR-Integrated Post-Marketing Active Safety Surveillance Program
EHR provider Practice Fusion has unveiled a first of its kind post-marketing active safety surveillance program within its EHR platform. The new active safety surveillance program can help facilitate Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) reporting by messaging healthcare providers directly at the point of care about AESIs their patients may have experienced during the course of therapy.Post-Marketing Active Safety Surveillance Program BenefitsThe post-marketing active safety surveillance
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8 Technologies Poised to Disrupt US Healthcare in 2017 and Beyond
Technology is about change just about everything in healthcare—here’s how. The future of healthcare is happening right now. While that future is just barely forming, we are beginning to see how technology is now scratching the surface of an entirely different landscape when it comes to healthcare delivery both within and outside of the U.S.According to PwC Health Research Institute’s annual report, 2017 is the year to prepare for the arrival of several technologies poised to disrupt the
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TeleTracking Integrates With Hospital IQ’s Predictive Analytics Platform
Hospital IQ and TeleTracking has announced a strategic partnership that will improve patient flow, clinical outcomes and financial performance. Under the partnership, TeleTracking will integrate capabilities from Hospital IQ’s cloud-based predictive analytics platform with Teletracking’s Analytics solution portfolio. The two companies will also work together on joint product development efforts. Hospital IQ’s platform helps hospitals optimize efficiency through data-driven performance
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360ofme Joins NATE to Strengthen Consumer Control of Data
The National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE) has welcomed its newest member, 360ofme. 360ofme is an online solution that enables consumers to regain control of their digital assets, allowing them to manage, share and act on powerful insights that are surfaced utilizing a person’s digital data.360ofme is a new platform that provides consumers with portability, ubiquity and insights from their digital life. From healthcare to financial and insurance to automotive and home, 360ofme
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ClearDATA Unveils CaaS Solution to Securely Host Apps with Patient Health Info
Managed cloud provider ClearDATA has unveiled the first fully-managed Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution to help health IT and DevOps teams quickly and securely deploy individual applications in a HIPAA-compliant cloud.The ongoing security maintenance of applications, whether in testing or production mode, is a frequent burden to healthcare organizations and digital health companies, especially when protected health information is at stake. To assist these companies, ClearDATA, an AWS
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