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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Joins Solera Health Advisory Board

by HITC Staff 09/15/2016 Leave a Comment

21st Secretary of U.S. Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has been appointed by  Solera Health, an integrator of chronic disease prevention and management solutions to its advisory board. From 2009 -2014, Ms. Sebelius served in President Barack Obama's Cabinet as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), leading the effort to pass and implement significant health reform through the Affordable Care Act.  Prior to serving as secretary of HHS, Ms. Sebelius was the
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Nebraska Medicine to Implement Epic’s Population Health Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 09/15/2016 Leave a Comment

Nebraska Medicine, a large academic medical center announced that it will implement Epic’s Healthy Planet population health platform to support more affordable care across its clinically integrated network,  Nebraska Health Partners. The Epic implementation will help expand data interoperability and integrate 1,100 physicians currently using different EHRs.  Nebraska Health Partners will help private practice physicians work more collaboratively across the state to improve care, reduce costs,
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Predictive Analytics Saves Oklahoma HMO $10M in Annual Savings

by HITC Staff 09/15/2016 Leave a Comment

Predictive Analytics Saves Oklahoma HMO $10M in Annual Savings

Oklahoma-based HMO, GlobalHealth, recently published a case study analyzing the results of their proactive outreach program. The program, built on big data with predictive analytics platform ViterosHealth, finds members whose health was most likely to change for the worse and implements changes to prevent catastrophic health events. Since implementation, GlobalHealth has realized an 18 percent reduction in emergency room encounters and emergent hospital admissions, a 22 percent reduction in
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Carolinas Hospital Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network: 5 Things to Know

by Fred Pennic 09/15/2016 Leave a Comment

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On Wednesday,  Carolinas Hospital System and Mayo Clinic announced that Carolinas Hospital System has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network of independent health care providers committed to working together to benefit patients and their families.Here are five things to know about the collaboration: 1. As part of the network, Carolinas Hospital System physicians will have access to Mayo Clinic expertise to benefit patients.2. Carolinas Hospital System will work with Mayo Clinic to share medical
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DICOM Grid Rebrands as Ambra Health, Raises $6M for Medical Imaging Cloud

by Fred Pennic 09/14/2016 Leave a Comment

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DICOM Grid, makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite has rebranded as Ambra Health and has raised an additional $6 million in funding led by Canaan Partners. The latest round of funding brings to the company's total funding to date to $39 million. Ambra plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its sales, marketing efforts and product development. "Medical imaging is undergoing a transformation well beyond its beginnings in DICOM-based x-rays, CT, MRI and the like,"
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Atos Acquires Health IT Outsourcing Firm Anthelio Healthcare Solutions for $275M

by Fred Pennic 09/13/2016 Leave a Comment

Atos AcquireS Health IT Outsourcing Firm Anthelio Healthcare Solutions for $275M

Global IT company Atos will acquire healthcare IT outsourcing company Anthelio Healthcare Solutions for $275 million in cash to expand the company's health IT services portfolio in the US market, company officials announced Monday. Anthelio's end to end health IT solutions include IT infrastructure services, IT applications management, EHR optimization, Patient Engagement, Analytics, and Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) including HIM Services, Patient Financial Services and Cancer Registry
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Mayo Clinic, iSpecimen Collaborate on Cancer/Normal Serum Biobank

by Jasmine Pennic 09/12/2016 Leave a Comment

Mayo Clinic, iSpecimen Collaborate on Cancer/Normal Serum Biobank

Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine has selected iSpecimen, a  customized human biospecimen collections company to serve  as the exclusive channel partner for the Mayo Clinic Cancer/Normal Serum Biobank, connecting biomedical researchers with the samples and associated data for their studies. Mayo Clinic Cancer/Normal Serum Biobank OverviewBased in Rochester, Minnesota, the Cancer/Normal Serum Biobank has approximately 130,000 frozen vials of serum from about 17,000 unique, consented
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UT Diabetes Project Granted $3M to Develop Diabetes Management Apps

by Fred Pennic 09/09/2016 Leave a Comment

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The University of Texas System’s Project Diabetes and Obesity Control (DOC) recently received $3 million from the Valley Baptist Legacy Foundation to expand its innovative diabetes management apps in the lower Rio Grande Valley. The Board of Regents approved $15 million this week to continuing funding the project to develop apps that enable patients and physicians to improve the control of diabetes and patient care.Project DOC OverviewWith Project DOC (Diabetes Obesity Control), The UT System’s
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Consortium Awarded $600k Grant for Healthcare Workforce IT Skills Project

by HITC Staff 09/09/2016 Leave a Comment

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 To meet the global demand for skilled healthcare IT workers, the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation grant program has awarded nearly just under $600,000 dollars to the EU*US eHealth Work Consortium. The 18-month project starting from September 2016 to February 2018 will address the need, development and deployment of healthcare workforce IT skills, competencies and training programs in the European Union, United States and around the globe for the full spectrum of job
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KLAS: Industry Executives Establish Interoperability Benchmark Model

by HITC Staff 09/08/2016 Leave a Comment

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To help resolve some of the key interoperability challenges in the health IT industry, several key EHR and provider stakeholders met at the recent KLAS Cornerstone Summit last month to establish a new interoperability benchmark model and roadmap. The framework, agreed upon by industry representatives, is largely based on the 2016 Interoperability KLAS study design, which focuses on the clinical end users’ experience related to the following: 1. Availability of needed information2. Ease of
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