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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KLAS: 5 Crucial Factors to Consider When Choosing A Health IT Consulting Firm
Editor's Note: Warren Whitford is the Market Research & Sales Director at KLAS Research. His areas of research focus at KLAS include healthcare management consulting, HIT consulting and value-based care transformation. Many providers are reevaluating their EMR and other IT system options as they look to upgrade from solutions that are obsolescent or being phased out by the vendor, and to advance new capabilities like population health, business intelligence, and telehealth. Providers look to
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Survey: 88% of Clinical Leaders Believe Clinical IT Solutions Contribute to Burnout
88% of clinical leaders believe clinical IT solutions contribute to burnout, and 76 percent cite improved collaboration with IT as the solution, according to a recent survey. On the IT side, 64 percent contributed burnout to a lack of resources and budget constraints. The recent survey of 124 clinical and IT leaders at hospitals and healthcare organizations in a study by Vocera Communications and HIMSS Analytics, reveals 91 percent of IT leaders say that they and their teams are somewhat to
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LogicStream Raises $6M to Expand Clinical Process Measurement Platform
LogicStream, a Minneapolis, MN-based provider of Clinical Process improvement solutions has raised $6 million in Series B funding led by Noro-Moseley Partners with participation from existing investors. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to expand its technology platform, sales, and marketing teams.Founded in 2013, LogicStream allows health systems to standardize processes, understand how care delivery impacts clinical outcomes, and drive clinician adoption. With self-service
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Temasek Acquires Majority Stake Healthcare Supply Chain Provider GHX
GHX announced it has signed a definitive agreement with Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, for a significant investment into the company. Thoma Bravo is selling its majority ownership stake, but remains a minority owner. The investment by Temasek and the continued participation by Thoma Bravo demonstrates a confidence in GHX’s business plan and its mission to take cost out of healthcare. The deal is estimated to close in the next 45-60 days; financial terms were not
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athenahealth Launches MDP Labs for Health IT Startups to Accelerate Health Innovation
athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for hospital and ambulatory clients nationwide, today announced the launch of MDP Labs, a new innovation program open to all healthcare and technology entrepreneurs, from seed-stage startups to mature companies. Hosted in the San Francisco office, the program invites all entrepreneurs with novel technologies that can help fix what is broken in healthcare to apply.Companies will be evaluated based on their team, business model, stage of
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