The American Medical Association (AMA) announced today announced Integrated Health Model Initiative (IHMI), a new collaborative effort across healthcare and technology stakeholders to develop interoperable technology solutions and care models that evolve with real-world use and feedback. The Integrated Health Model Initiative (IHMI) is a digital platform for bringing together the health and technology sectors around a common data model that is missing in healthcare. This collective effort will
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Medtronic, American Well Partner to Integrate Telehealh Services and Enable Bi-Directional Data Flow
Medtronic has announced an integration partnership with telehealth provider American Well to enable a more complete telehealth solution focused on the unique needs of the complex, chronic, co-morbid patient population. The goal of the partnership is to provide greater patient access to their care team, while improving clinician access to the critical information needed when making care decisions - especially as they evaluate opportunities for early intervention.As part of the integration
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Zoeticx Launches App to Streamline Data Integration for Annual Wellness Visits
Zoeticx, Inc., a provider of medical software that bridges the gap between medical data and quality patient care has launched ProVizion Wellness, a cloud app that streamlines data integration for Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) covered by CMS and private insurers. Hospital systems and other healthcare facilities will benefit by offering this service and creating new revenue centers through reimbursements by government and private insurers.Zoeticx ProVizion Wellness addresses all requirements for
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How Personalized Patient Care is Brokering a Reset in Payer-Provider Relationships
For better or for worse, patients increasingly call the shots in the healthcare arena. Yes, they’re paying more for care. But with the emergence of telehealth and personalized therapies, patients also have more care options. To meet their expectations, both payers and providers must have access to personalized information about the patient. And they can best get this by working with instead of against each other.Specifically, insurers and providers must collaboratively approach the patient both
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North Carolina Hospital Association, PatientPing Partner To Deploy State-Wide, Real-Time Care Coordination
North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) is partnering with healthcare technology company PatientPing to state-wide, real-time patient care coordination in North Carolina. The implementation will enable providers across the continuum in North Carolina to strengthen collaborative relationships and improve patient health by more effectively guiding care protocol for at-risk patients with chronic health conditions, better utilizing appropriate community health resources, and reducing unnecessary
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Partners Connected Health, UCB Partner to Develop Digital Health Solutions Support People Living With Epilepsy
Partners Connected Health and biopharmaceutical company UCB has announced an innovative collaboration to explore and develop novel digital health solutions to further improve the lives of people living with epilepsy. The goal of the collaboration is to provide better connectivity between patients, healthcare providers, and payors, delivering improved experiences and better treatment outcomes. Collaboration DetailsUsing UCB's experience and research in epilepsy and extensive ethnographic
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Azalea Health, Prognosis Innovation Healthcare Merges to Strengthen Market Share in Rural Care Market
Azalea Health, a fully-integrated web-based healthcare solutions and services provider, today announced the merger of Prognosis Innovation Healthcare, a Houston, TX-based EHR provider to rural and community hospitals. For Azalea, the merger of Prognosis inpatient solution will expand its presence into critical access and small community hospitals, and effectively deliver a complete continuum of care platform to an expanded rural market segment.Azalea Health now services thousands of ambulatory
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KLAS-CHIME Report: Telehealth Adoption Increasing Among Providers Despite Concerns
Most healthcare organizations and providers plan to expand their use of telehealth programs, based on the benefits they have experienced so far, according to a study released today by KLAS Research and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). But some also expressed concerns about reimbursement and other potential limitations, according to the study.Telehealth has the potential to revolutionize healthcare with both healthcare organizations and legislators hoping it
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Express Scripts to Acquire EviCore for $3.6B to Broaden Its Reach Beyond Prescription Drugs
Express Scripts, a St. Louis-based integrated pharmacy benefit management services provider, announced it has acquired eviCore healthcare, a provider of evidence-based medical benefit management services for $3.6 billion. For Express Scripts, the acquisition will combine its pharmacy benefit management offering and eviCore's highly complementary medical benefits management (MBM) platform to create a uniquely comprehensive patient benefit management solution. In addition, the acquisition of
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KLAS Report: 12 Provider Insights from athenahealth Early-Adopters
With the acquisition of RazorInsights in 2015, athenahealth entered the underserved community hospital EMR market. Since then, provider interest has skyrocketed, with athenaOne for Hospitals and Health Systems being the third most frequently selected hospital EMR solution in the US in both 2015 and 2016. To learn more insights into the early-adopter experience for athenahealth customers, KLAS has published a new report that takes an in-depth early look at the progress athenahealth has made and
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