Spok Holdings, Inc., a secure message provider for healthcare has appointed Andrew Mellin, M.D. its new Chief Medical Officer. In his new role, Dr. Mellin will be responsible for representing physician’s needs for communications software solutions to drive improvements in provider efficiency and patient care. Dr. Mellin joins recently appointed Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Dr. Nat’e Guyton, in creating a clinical leadership team focused on using communication technologies to enable more effective
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Innovaccer Launches AI Assisted Care Coordination Platform
Silicon Valley-based Big Data Startup, Innovaccer Inc. has announced the launch of its artificial intelligence assisted Care Coordination Platform named ‘Datashop Care.' Built with direct input from more than 200 physicians and care coordinators, 'Datashop Care,' addresses the gaps in care and connectivity. Datashop Care will be an addition to Innovaccer’s proprietary product ‘Datashop,'which gives providers the capability of integrating claims, clinical and laboratory data and performing
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Version 2 of Healthcare IT Must Change The Paradigm of EHRs
Editor's Note: Paul Brient is the CEO of PatientKeeper, a provider of healthcare applications for clinical and financial workflows to physicians. Prior to joining PatientKeeper in 2002, Brient held senior executive-level positions at leading healthcare and consulting firms including McKesson Corporation, HPR, and The Boston Consulting Group. Another report is out this month that highlights the shortcomings of EHRs. According to an AMA-funded study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine,
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Hawaii Pacific Health Receives 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award
Hawai‘i Pacific Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in Hawaii, has been named a 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient. Hawaii Pacific Health is only the second two-time winner of the Davies Enterprise Award of Excellence since the program’s inception.Since 1994, the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement of organizations that have utilized health information technology (IT) to substantially improve patient outcomes while achieving a
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HITRUST Integrates with Dept. of Homeland Security for Cyber Threat Alerts
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), an organization supporting the healthcare industry in advancing the state of information protection, has become the first healthcare information sharing organization to integrated and exchange sharing cyber threat indicators with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) Program.The HITRUST Cyber Threat XChange (CTX), the health industry’s Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO), is now fully
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drchrono Launches First Native iOS EHR App Certified for EPCS
drchrono Inc., an EHR, practice management, revenue cycle management and medical API platform on iPad, iPhone and web, announced that its EHR app is now certified for Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (EPCS) on iPad, iPhone and web.EPCS within the drchrono EHR app now allows physicians to write and transmit electronic prescriptions for controlled substances to pharmacies, and for pharmacies to easily receive and dispense these prescriptions to patients.The U.S. Drug Enforcement
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HHS Awards $1.5M to Pilot Programs to Improve Flow of Health Info
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information. The awardees of the High Impact Pilot (HIP) and Standards Exploration Award (SEA) will share a total of $1.5 million to create standards-based solutions that facilitate the exchange of health information. Awardees are expected to report results September 15, 2017.The
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Medtronic Awarded FDA Approval for ‘Artificial Pancreas’ for Diabetes
Medtronic has been awarded Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its MiniMed® 670G system, an 'artificial pancreas' device that automatically delivers the right dose of insulin to patients with type 1 diabetes. The cellphone-sized device features the Guardian® Sensor, delivering a variable rate of insulin 24 hours a day based on the personalized needs of the patient, maximizing the time glucose levels are within the target range. Insulin pumps are currently used by more than a third
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HHS Names “A Bill You Can Understand” Challenge Winners
On Thursday during National Health IT Week, the HHS announced the winners of the HHS "A Bill You Can Understand" challenge. The design and innovation challenge was launched to solicit new approaches and draw national attention to a common complaint with the health care system: that medical billing is a source of confusion for patients and families.For the challenge, HHS received more than 80 submissions from health care organizations, technology companies, and design agencies. The challenge
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Glytec Awarded 3 Patent Notices for Precision Diabetes Management Apps
Glytec, an innovator in diabetes care management has announced three patent notices of allowance to its growing patent portfolio, affording further protection of the proprietary diabetes technologies associated with its eGlycemic Management System®. Glytec offers the only patented and FDA-cleared solution for glycemic management that encompasses insulin dosing decision support for:1. inpatient AND outpatient settings2. intravenous AND subcutaneous insulin therapies,3. adult AND pediatric
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