ResMed a medical device company and innovator in sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory care has acquired business management and clinical software applications for the post-acute care Brightree for $800M in cash. This acquisition adds to ResMed's global leadership in connected healthcare solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, ResMed will fund the acquisition primarily with debt. Brightree reported net sales of approximately $113 million and EBITDA of about $43 million in 2015.
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Senate Health Commitee Confirms New FDA Head Dr. Robert Califf
Senate health committee today confirmed President Obama's nominee Dr. Robert Califf to be the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a vote of 89 to 4. The vote comes after over a month of opposition from Senate over the FDA's response to prescription painkiller abuse. Dr. Califf, a cardiologist and clinical researcher from Duke University, has been a consultant to drug companies was meet with resistance from Democrats who felt his ties to drug companies would be a
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Transcend Insights Unveils Unified Solution to Redefine Population Health
Transcend Insights®, a population health health-focused subsidiary of Humana, today announced the launch of a unified solution suite, built on its technology platform HealthLogix™. The new offering, which expands upon Transcend Insights’ population health platform for community-wide interoperability and real-time analytics, will provide health system executives, care teams and patients with a full suite of solutions designed to help them transition from episodic to proactive care for long-term
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First Databank Unveils OrderSpace to Enhance Medication Ordering in CPOE
FDB (First Databank), a provider of clinical drug knowledge that improves medication-related decisions and patient outcomes has announced the release of FDB OrderSpace™, a web-based solution that enables customization of medication ordering content in CPOE systems. The McKesson Paragon® electronic health record is the first to deploy FDB OrderSpace with the goal of making ordering medications easier and more satisfying for clinicians.
FDB OrderSpace is a web-based software tool that enables
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Consumer Engagement: The Quest for the Holy Grail
Editor's Note: Ryan Rossier is the VP of Product Innovation at digital health firm Medullan that specializes in amazing user experience.
Realizing results by delivering the right information, at the right time, in the right way - remains the elusive holy grail of consumer engagement.
A new study published by Accenture Life Sciences shows that only one out of every five patients is aware of the number and type of therapeutic services available to them after diagnosis. The study found
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What Benefits Do Health IT Professionals Want Most?
As the healthcare industry continues to grow, so does the need for health IT talent. The question is, how do you attract this talent in today’s increasingly competitive job market? The answer is simple: offer a competitive benefits package comprised of the benefits and perks that health IT workers want most.
The infographic below, compiled by HealthITJobs.com, a free job search resource for health IT professionals, shares findings from its 2016 Health IT Job Perk Report. The report covers
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eClinicalWorks Enters Acute Care Market, Launches Cloud-centric Platform 10i
After securing $100 million in international business in 2015, ambulatory EHR provider eClinicalWorks today announced its entrance into the acute care market with its latest product – eClinicalWorks 10i. The cloud-centric platform creates a unified record across in-patient, out-patient and allied health settings. Available in 2017, the initial release of the acute care platform will focus on enterprise operations functionality, including inventory management, support for emergency and operating
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drchrono Delivers All-inclusive Mobile EHR Experience
Direct Urgent Care has implemented drchrono EHR to support its growing urgent care business and its new facility opening today in Mountain View, CA. Today, doctors are moving their practice to a more mobile environment and want to help their staff manage patient information directly from an iPad. Direct Urgent Care has embraced this vision and drchrono worked closely with them to design a unique mobile EHR solution that meets the needs of its growing urgent care medical facility network.
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Adventist HealthCare Selects Wellcentive for Population Health Management
Adventist HealthCare, a faith-based, not-for-profit, integrated healthcare delivery system based has selected Wellcentive for population health management technology. As part of the agreement, Wellcentive will develop the ability to integrate privacy-sensitive aspects of social determinants of health into patient data, sharable throughout care teams as part of data aggregation and translation.
"For our patient population, and really for every patient population in America,
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Is CMS Efforts Enough to Transform Rural Healthcare?
Imagine you’re living in Brooklyn and you have a medical emergency. If the hospital nearest you, say Lutheran Medical Center, were to close, you could go to Maimonides or New York Methodist a short taxi or ambulance ride away.
Now, let’s say you’re badly injured and you live outside rural Tulare, California, in one of the most productive agricultural counties in the U.S. If Tulare Regional Medical Center went away, you might have to life flight to Bakersfield, Los Angeles or the Bay Area.
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