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Solera Health Nabs $4M to Scale Its Diabetes Prevention Platform

by Fred Pennic 06/17/2016 Leave a Comment

Solera Health

Solera Health, a technology-enabled personalized preventive health network has raised $4 million in Series A1 funding with participation in the round includes BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP), Sandbox Industries and SJF Ventures. In November 2015, Solera closed a $3 million Series A round, bringing its total capital raised to $7 million.The company will utilize the funding to scale its operations to meet the growing demand by health plans for the National Diabetes Prevention
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HealthTrio Integrates McKesson InterQual Connect For Automated Medical Review

by HITC Staff 06/17/2016 Leave a Comment

McKesson InterQual Connect For Automated Medical Review

InterQual Connect™ is now being integrated into HealthTrio’s Smart Connect portal solution making HealthTrio the first portal partner to bring InterQual Connect’s cloud-based automated medical review and authorization capabilities to its payer-provider network. HealthTrio's SaaS provider for the healthcare market, enables payers and providers to achieve the triple aim of better care, better outcomes, and lower cost within a rapidly transforming industry. Now health plans and ACOs that use Smart
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Sacred Oak Medical Center To Implement Medsphere’s Open Platform EHR

by HITC Staff 06/16/2016 Leave a Comment

Medsphere OpenVista EHR

Sacred Oak Medical Center, a new Houston-based inpatient behavioral health hospital has selected the Medsphere’s OpenVista® EHR system for implementation. The brand new  behavioral health hospital will open later this summer with 20 beds and expand over time to an 80-bed capacity.Sacred Oak is managed by RedShift Healthcare Management and Consulting, a Houston firm providing services focused on hospital management, mergers and acquisitions and rural healthcare networks.Medsphere's OpenVista is
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Watchdog Report: FDA Lacks Plan to Keep Pace with Medical Devices

by Fred Pennic 06/16/2016 Leave a Comment

Medical Device_FDA Recalls McKesson's Anesthesia Care for False Patient-Matching

Senior members of the Senate health committee today released two separate reports from the government’s independent watchdog finding the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks a clear plan to help the agency keep pace with the science behind the drugs and medical devices it regulates and to ensure its three centers are working together to efficiently review life-saving medical products.“These reports demonstrate the need for Congress to pass smart laws and then conduct rigorous oversight to
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Ontario Systems Acquires Rev Cycle Provider Columbia Ultimate Business Systems

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Ontario Systems Acquires Columbia Ultimate Business Systems

Ontario Systems, a provider of revenue cycle management (RCM) and accounts receivable management (ARM) software and services provider has acquired Columbia Ultimate Business Systems (CUBS™). Based in Vancouver, WA, Columbia provides  software and services to outsourced revenue cycle management (RCM) and accounts receivable management (“ARM”) firms as well as government clients. The acquisition will benefit both organizations’ customers through expanded product offerings and access to an even
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MedData Acquires Revenue Cycle Company Cardon Outreach for $400M

by Jasmine Pennic 06/15/2016 Leave a Comment

MedData Acquisition

MedData, a provider of patient-focused revenue cycle management services has acquired Cardon Outreach, LLC, an integrated revenue cycle management services provider for $400M. Once the acquisition closes, the combined companies will have 2,000 employees. Additionally, each entity will retain its brand and all current facilities will remain in place as they are today. Founded in 1996, Cardon Outreach provides revenue cycle management services and technology solutions focused on helping hospitals
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Hearst Acquires Majority Stake in Health Plan SaaS Company MedHOK

by HITC Staff 06/14/2016 Leave a Comment

Hearst announced it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Tampa-based MedHOK, Inc., a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for health plans offered by insurance companies, health systems and companies that administer drug benefits. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close early this summer, subject to regulatory approvals.The announcement was made by Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swartz, Hearst Business Media
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Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Patient Engagement?

by Robert Rowley MD 06/13/2016 Leave a Comment

4 Barriers to Overcome Before AI in Medical Imaging Becomes Mainstream Artificial Intelligence Applied AI AI in Healthcare AI Software Platform Artificial Inteligence in Healthcare

A recent article in The Commonwealth Fund blog, “Envisioning a Digital Health Advisor,” raises the question of being able to use smartphone apps to get real-time, accurate and personalized guidance for health concerns. While one can envision the convenience, affordability and peace of mind that would result from their use, such services face a number of hurdles before they become reality. As a result, the “digital revolution” has not yet greatly affected most people’s interactions with the
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MediTouch EHR Integrates with ZocDoc for Seamless Healthcare Experience

by HITC Staff 06/13/2016 Leave a Comment

MediTouch EHR Integrates with ZocDoc for Seamless Healthcare Experience

HealthFusion, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc., announced it has integrated with online scheduling platform ZocDoc to help provider clients of both MediTouch EHR and Zocdoc attract new patients.The integration will also provide patients with a real-time view of MediTouch provider schedules, delivering the convenience they want and ultimately improving the patient experience and access to care, while offering more efficiency to medical practices using both services.“Healthcare
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AMN Healthcare Acquires HIM Services Firm Peak Health Solutions

by HITC Staff 06/10/2016 Leave a Comment

AMN Healthcare, a healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services company has acquired Health Information Management (HIM) services company Peak Health Solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed and is expected to be immediately accretive to AMN's earnings per share.  The acquisition was funded out of cash on hand and borrowings under the Company's existing revolving credit facility. The business will be included in the Company's Other Workforce Solutions segment for
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