Editor's Note: Dr. Donald Voltz is a board-certified anesthesiologist, researcher, medical educator, and entrepreneur. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is once again asking the health care community for its thoughts on establishing metrics to determine if or to the extent to which electronic health records are interoperable. The push to achieve interoperability is in response to last year’s mandate by Congress, contained in the Medicare Access and
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IBM Watson, ODH Launch Population Health Management Platform to Transform Behavioral Healthcare
Behavioral health analytics provider ODH, Inc. and IBM Watson Health are teaming up to launch Mentrics, a population health management platform designed to help managed care organizations transform the quality and cost of behavioral healthcare. The platform is built specifically for managed care organizations that handle behavioral health benefits. Mentrics will streamline data and care coordination while generating valuable insights to help optimize care for patients with behavioral health
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Cumberland Consulting Group Launches Legacy System Data Management Services
Nashville, TN-based health IT consulting firm Cumberland Consulting Group, today announced the launch of legacy system data management services powered by Trinisys, a healthcare data automation and integration solutions platform. This new offering combines trusted advisory consulting services with an innovative data-archiving platform to help providers successfully manage enterprise healthcare information technology (HIT) conversion projects.“As organizations implement or inherit new HIT
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New Hampshire’s Digital Exchange Taps TigerText for Secure Messaging Platform
New Hampshire Health Information Organization (NHHIO), New Hampshire’s network for the digital exchange of patient health information, has selected TigerText as a secure messaging provider. NHHIO will leverage TigerText’s messaging platform to securely connect the New Hampshire healthcare community and streamline patient care and data sharing. NHHIO is a non-profit organization in New Hampshire facilitating the secure sharing and transmitting of protected health information (PHI) between health
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Greenway Health Appoints Scott Zimmerman New CEO
Greenway Health, a provider of physician practice-focused health IT solutions, announced that it has appointed Scott Zimmerman as its new Chief Executive Officer. Tee Green, co-founder and former CEO of Greenway Health, will remain in an active, full-time role as Executive Chairman, focusing on innovation and growth initiatives.Under his leadership, Greenway is preparing to launch several new and enhanced product and service offerings to the market, such as population health management,
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Mount Sinai Joins OpenNotes Initiative Allowing Patients Access to Clinical Notes
Mount Sinai Health System has launched OpenNotes Initiative that allows patients electronic access to their provider’s notes in their medical records, at the East 102nd Street and East 85th Street Primary Care Associates of the Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice offices. OpenNotes aims to provide the highest quality care possible by increasing transparency, communication, and trust between patients and physicians.Four Mount Sinai physicians in various clinical practices conducted the initial
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ColumbiaDoctors Taps DocASAP for Online Scheduling Platform to Engage Patients
ColumbiaDoctors, a multi-specialty faculty practice organization comprising providers of Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, has selected the DocASAP platform to provide its patients with advanced online scheduling capabilities. DocASAP is a patient access, engagement and online scheduling platform for health systems and provider networks.As part of the agreement, ColumbiaDoctors will leverage the DocASAP platform to attract new patients and continue engaging them to increase
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naviHealth to Acquire Curaspan: 4 Key Things to Know
naviHealth, Inc., a Cardinal Health company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Curaspan Health Group, Inc., a privately held provider of care transition tools for hospitals and post-acute healthcare providers. Curaspan’s integrated workflow solution helps enable seamless transitions of care for patients throughout the acute and post-acute continuum. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Here are four key things to know about the acquisition: 1. The acquisition will help
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Health IT VC Funding Tops $1.4B in Q1 2016: 10 Things to Know
Health IT VC funding increased 27 percent quarter over quarter (QoQ), coming in at $1.4 billion in 146 deals compared to $1.1 billion in 145 deals in Q4 2015, according to a new Mercom Capital Group report. The report highlights 615 companies funding and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity for the Healthcare Information Technology (IT) / Digital Health sector for the first quarter of 2016. Here are ten key things to know: 1. Healthcare practice-centric companies received 42 percent of
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Vermont to Implement Real-Time Data Sharing Network for Providers
On Tuesday, Vermont Blueprint for Health 2016 in Burlington, VT, announced that it will become the first state in the nation to implement a real-time data sharing network across in-state healthcare providers. The state will deploy Patient Ping, a Boston-based digital health company designed to enhance medical information transparency between once disconnected health care providers.How It WorksPatientPing, providers receive "Pings," real-time notifications whenever their patients receive care at
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