Editor's Note: Richard Sullivan is chief government and revenue officer for Medsphere Systems Corporation, the solution provider for the OpenVista electronic health record.Will information technology ever realize an imagined future where security is strong enough, reliable enough, secure enough to block any and all attacks?It’s a dubious proposition made more uncertain by the recent WannaCry ransomware incident that started a couple of weeks ago and continued around the globe for several days.
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DrFirst and GoodRx Partner to Identify Prescription Savings for Patients
DrFirst, a provider of intelligent medication management solutions that improve patient safety is teaming up with GoodRx, a drug price transparency platform, to help patients save money on their prescription drugs. Prescription drug prices can vary widely between pharmacies. GoodRx’s proprietary technology compares prices for patients and provides access to discounts for nearly all prescription drugs, at more than 70,000 retail pharmacies in the United States.As co-pays rise and the number of
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Innovaccer Launches New ACO Initiative to Assist IPAs and Providers Transition
Innovaccer Inc., a Silicon Valley-based Healthcare analytics company has launched a ‘no cost’ initiative to provide assistance to Independent Physician Associations (IPAs) and other transforming provider organizations to transition into an Accountable Care Organization (ACOs)The concept of value has become prominent in the advancing healthcare. Care teams are creating room for improvement in care delivery to bring down the cost of care with a better quality of care. The complexity and
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Rush Health Launches Health Information Exchange for Clinicians
Rush Health, a Chicago-based leading clinically-integrated network of physicians and hospitals has successfully launched the first phase of their new health information exchange powered by InterSystems HealthShare. The HIE named Rush Health Connect will enable more than 1,1000 physicians and 300 clinicians to share information from different EHR systems. The partnership of Rush Health with Ready Computing and InterSystems leverages technology to improve health outcome and, quality of care, and
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Northwell Health Makes Strategic Move Into Medical Grade Wearables to Improve Patient Experience
Northwell Health, one of New York State’s largest health care providers has announced a partnership with Peerbridge Health Inc., a Health IT and wearable technology company to help bring the future of remote heart monitors to life. Founded in 2012, Peerbridge’s cloud-based algorithms connect patients and consumers through multiple on-body wireless sensors conveying powerful intelligence effortlessly with wellness professionals to enable a more timely and proactive care.The strategic partnership
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Harbin Clinic Taps PrecisionBI to Integrate Analytics Engine With EHR Data
Harbin Clinic, a Rome, GA-based medical group has selected PrecisionBI to provide enterprise healthcare analytics. PrecisionBI will integrate its analytics engine with Harbin Clinic’s Athena practice management and EHR data to deliver financial and clinical decision support. This will greatly enhance Harbin Clinic’s ability to make decisions around their traditional, value-based care, and population health initiatives.PrecisionBI, a Meridian Medical Management division, is the leading provider
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Intermountain Healthcare Goes Live on the American Well’s Telehealth Exchange Marketplace
American Well, today announced that its award-winning online care marketplace, the Exchange, has continued to expand with the addition of providers from Intermountain Healthcare. Intermountain Healthcare already serves its existing patients and communities through Intermountain Connect Care for on-demand telehealth visits 24/7/365.Through the Exchange, Intermountain will make its nurse practitioners and physician assistants available to patients living in Utah, and soon Idaho, for live,
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Vericred Lands $5.5M to Become The Enabling Data Layer for Health Insurance
Vericred, a Nashville, TN-based healthcare data services company has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by FCA Venture Partners, with participation from existing and new investors. That company plans to utilize the latest round to accelerate sales growth and product development to advance its position as the enabling data layer to the health insurance and employee benefit industry. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to around $10 million.Founded in 2014, Vericred
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Cognizant Unveils TriZetto Healthcare Administration Platform for Healthcare Payers
Cognizant announced the launch of the TriZetto Healthcare Cloud Solution, a secure, compliant, managed services platform for healthcare payers of any size, powered by Microsoft Azure. Based on Cognizant’s TriZetto Facets and QNXT end-to-end core administration software, the new solution is available on Azure, Microsoft’s HITRUST CSF-certified cloud platform.Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Company (WPS Health Solutions) is migrating its administration infrastructure to the TriZetto
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UbiCare and Truven Health Analytics Partner to Help Providers Improve Quality and Reduce Costs
UbiCare and Truven Health Analytics, an IBM Watson Health Company, have signed a business partnership agreement to bring their mutual healthcare knowledge to hospitals and health systems nationwide.Truven Health Analytics helps providers answer their most pressing healthcare questions through data insights and consulting services. UbiCare content and technology lets health systems guide patients through an episode of care from pre-care to point of care and post-care. Both companies are focused
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