Nuance today announced it has been selected by CHRISTUS Health, one of the 10 largest Catholic not-for-profit health systems in the U.S., for an enterprise-wide physician documentation improvement initiative to improve how physicians work with inpatient and ambulatory EHRs with the additional benefit of improving financial performance. The implementation replaces multiple competitive systems, adding Nuance’s full suite of clinical documentation solutions including Nuance’s back-end medical
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Mobile Engagement Provider mPulse Mobile Raises $13M in Oversubscribed Round
mPulse Mobile, a mobile engagement solution provider that spun out of the healthcare division of mobileStorm has raised $13 million in Series A funding. Less than a year since the company’s founding, the latest financial investment in mPulse Mobile, from partners Cambia Health Solutions (Cambia) and Rincon Venture Partners, brings the total amount raised to more than $13M, oversubscribing and closing the Series A round. In January, the company announced it secured $10M in its first close of
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McKesson Lands $139M DoD Contract for RelayHealth’s Patient Engagement, Secure Messaging
McKesson announced today that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA) has awarded a $139 million, five-year contract for RelayHealth’s patient engagement and interoperable secure messaging solutions. The solutions will serve the Military Health System’s (MHS) patients, physicians, physician assistants, nurse case managers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dentists, and other members of the care team. The contract is a nine-month base transition-in period
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Report: Top 5 Areas of Concerns for Health System Executives
47% of health system executives indicated that they were extremely interested in addressing the challenge of rising consumer expectations for service, according to The Advisory Board Company's Annual Health Care CEO Survey. Additionally, 45% of hospital and health system executives said they were extremely interested in identifying patient engagement strategies – a four-percentage-point increase over the previous year.For its Annual Health Care CEO Survey, The Advisory Board Company surveyed 209
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CrossChx Nabs $15M to Streamline the Patient Registration Process
CrossChx, a provider of identity resolution for smarter healthcare, today announced it has raised $15 million in Series C funding from Silicon Valley Bank, Khosla Ventures, Drive Capital, NCT Ventures and Moonshots Capital. The most recent round brings the Columbus, OH-based health tech startup total funding to date to $35 million. CrossChx plans to use this round of funding to expand the sales and distribution of its flagship patient modern patient sign-in system called Queue that reduces
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Walgreens Study: Pharmacy Interventions Lead to Improved Medication Adherence
Patients eligible for Walgreens pharmacy interventions experienced a 3% greater medication adherence and nearly 2% less hospitalizations and significantly lower healthcare spending, according to a new Walgreens study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Population Health Management. The Walgreens study examined how its community pharmacists and multi-channel interventions reduce hospitalizations and total medical costs commonly associated with non–adherence to medications. Study
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Fitango Health Unveils Care Management Platform for Transplant Centers
Fitango Health, an patient centric platform for chronic care management has announced the launch of FitangoTx, a transplant-focused care management platform for patients in the community setting. FitangoTx allows transplant coordinators to closely monitor their patients' adherence to protocols across the transplant continuum by integrating highly interactive care coordination with patient engagement and population health management. The platform supports patients and teams by providing direct,
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drchrono Adds 4 Medical API Partners: Health Gorilla, Inuvio, Medisafe, Wink Health
Mobile EHR platform drchrono, announced that it has launched four new medical API partners adding new capabilities to its robust platform. drchrono’s newest API partners include Health Gorilla, Inuvio, Medisafe and Wink Health. drchrono currently has over seven hundred developers in its program creating essential apps and solutions for the healthcare industry. In addition, drchrono has over 21 million API calls/transactions happening per quarter.“drchrono’s free API and SDK kit was built by
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Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting
Nashville, TN-based health IT consulting firm Cumberland Consulting Group, today announced that it has acquired Little Rock-based Oleen Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting, a national healthcare consulting firm specializing in IT and operations for a diverse client base, including government healthcare agencies, integrated delivery systems and health plans. The move will help Cumberland expand their payer service offerings and market presence. Acquisition Details Oleen is a national healthcare
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Beware the EMR “Ripple Effect” on Revenue Cycle
Editor's Note: David Dyke is the Vice President of Product Management at RelayHealth Financial. EHR-EMR conversions can be complicated and disruptive. So don’t make them more problematic by making unnecessary changes to revenue cycle management systems.Like any major IT system implementation, an EMR conversion can be seriously disruptive to hospital operations–and finances. In addition to the many technical and clinical considerations of these projects, hospitals and health systems typically
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