Magellan Health, Inc., a provider of complex care and special population management, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC) for $117.5M. The acquisition will enhance Magellan’s existing footprint in special population management within the military and veteran communities, as well as other federal agencies. Headquartered in Arlington, Va. AFSC has extensive experience providing and managing behavioral health and specialty services to
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Tactio Taps Redox for EHR Integration With App-Enabled Remote Patient Monitoring
Tactio Health Group and API EHR integration provider Redox are teaming up to add EHR integration connectivity to its TactioRPM app-enabled remote patient monitoring (RPM) solution. The partnership will enable providers using TactioRPM to integrate app-enabled monitoring and patient engagement to their existing EHR system. Leveraging Redox's capability to integrate EHRs such as Epic, Cerner, athenahealth, McKesson, and GE allows for simplified monitoring for providers.This partnership also aligns
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M&A Expert Talks 4 Trends Emerging from the Health IT M&A Market
As Managing Director of SC&H Capital, an investment banking and advisory firm, Chris Helmrath knows M&A opportunities when he sees them. And in today’s HIT M&A market, he sees a rapid shift from mega mergers to middle-market acquisitions.In our interview, Chris—a 30-year veteran of buy- and sell-side healthcare transactions—discusses four key trends emerging from the evolving health IT M&A market, as well as what they mean for consultants and their clients. Trend No. 1. A More
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Cost Savings, Disaster Recovery, Need for Scalability Named Top 3 Healthcare Cloud Drivers
The top three healthcare cloud drivers are cost savings, more robust disaster recovery solutions and the need for scalable platforms to support internal requirements, according to a new Level 3 Communications, Inc. The study, conducted by HIMSS Analytics and designed to understand cloud use, trends and preferred vendors among healthcare organizations, was released today.The 2016 Cloud Survey is a blinded, web-based quantitative study that includes perspective from more than 100 IT decision
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TigerText Unveils Chat Bot to Streamline Care Coordination, Patient Experience
TigerText, maker of TigerConnect, a secure communications platform, today announced the availability of HealthBot, an encrypted, custom-branded, HIPAA-compliant messaging chat bot app that can be embedded into a web page or mobile application to help automate a range of tasks, driving organizational efficiencies and lowering overall costs. How It Works Through a simple chat window, patients can interact with HealthBot to schedule appointments, inquire about a drug’s side effects, or receive
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Recent Hospital Breach Offers 3 New Lessons Learned for Providers
Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Guerin Gue is a co-founder of Phoenix, with over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic planning, IT services, knowledge leadership, and industry relations — with a special focus on patient engagement and federal compliance issues. She currently serves as the Director of Industry Relations at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere SystemsYesterday, the Children’s National Medical Center announced yet another major hospital breach, this one
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Ardent Taps Epic for Integrated EHR across Hospitals & Clinics
Nashville, TN-based Ardent Health Services has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR across all of its hospitals and clinics. The move will replace 80 information systems currently in use across all facilities in an effort to streamline its registration, billing, clinical applications, ehealth and population health initiatives. In doing so, Epic's EHR will provide caregivers with more time at the bedside to offer consistent, high quality health services and a
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ZocDoc Integrates with Epic EHR Via API for Health Systems
In an effort to strengthen its rebranding focus on hospitals, ZocDoc announced it will integrate its online scheduling platform with Epic's EHR via an API to improve access and interoperability. The new Epic EHR integration will provide a streamlined experience for both companies' customers such as Hartford HealthCare, Inova, NYU Langone Medical Center, Yale New Haven Health, and others. ZocDoc's Business Shift from Individual Practices to HospitalsWith two-thirds of doctors moving from
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Mayo Clinic Launches CQI Program to Minimize Complications from Retained Blood in Heart Surgery Patients
ClearFlow, a California-based company that develops technology to maximize post-operative blood evacuation after cardiac surgery and Mayo Clinic are launching research a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program for patients recovering from heart surgery. Simon Maltais, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery will serve as the Principal Investigator for the CQI program. Recent studies have demonstrated that up to 20% of patients recovering from
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Humana Makes Strategic Investment in Livongo Health for Diabetes Management
Humana has made a strategic equity investment in Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases. The equity investment will support Livongo’s growth and help accelerate the launch of new diabetes management products and services. In the first phase of their partnership, Humana has made Livongo available to a select group of its members with successful results—delivering access to integrated diabetes management that combines consumer-focused
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