The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS) announced today it will implement Cerner's population health platform, HealtheIntent. The deal makes it Cerner’s 100th HealtheIntent client.HealtheIntent’s system-agnostic platform that normalizes data from any source, to aggregate clinical and financial data from its core EHR and other sources. Once live, HealtheIntent will enable thousands of LACDHS clinicians to make more informed decisions by providing a comprehensive profile of
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Former CVS Health Exec Joins Culbert Healthcare Solutions as CMO
Culbert Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare management consulting firm has appointed former CVS Health executive Nancy Gagliano, MD as the company’s chief medical officer (CMO). Under her leadership, Dr. Gagliano will provide her strategic and operational oversight to Culbert’s consulting services related to clinical leadership, quality programs, clinical operations and clinical IT strategy.“We are honored and excited to welcome Nancy to the team,” said Brad Boyd, President of Culbert Healthcare
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Surescripts Rolls Out Medication History Service for Population Health Management
Surescripts, a health information network, is expanding to support population health management with its Medication History for Panel Management service for health systems, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and analytics vendors. The service, Medication History for Panel Management Service, comes at a time when managing population health is a top priority for care providers, especially in light of value-based payment models. Key features of the service include: · Delivers fresh, accurate
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Consumer Group Urges CMS to Maintain Meaningful Use Stage 2 & 3 Rules
The Consumer Partnership for eHealth (CPeH) is urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain robust objectives and measures that promote health information access and exchange between patients and eligible hospitals. In comments submitted today on proposed modifications to the rules governing Stages 2 and 3 of the Electronic Health Record Incentive (Meaningful Use) program, CPeH notes that measures designed to give individuals access to their health information and
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3M Acquires Medical Coding Technology Company Semfinder
3M Health Information Systems has acquired Semfinder, a Switzerland-based precise semantic medical coding technology company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. For 3M, the acquisition will accelerate the availability of its 3M 360 Encompass System in countries adopting EMRs. With the 3M 360 Encompass System, organizations merge clinical and financial data to analyze, supplement and proactively execute on key clinical and financial data—at the point of care—resulting in a
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Backed by UPMC, Cancer Diagnostics Startup Cernostics Lands $5M
Cernostics, a Pittsburgh, PA-based cancer diagnostics startup has raised $5 million in funding led by UPMC Enterprises, UPMC's venture capital arm with participation from Novitas Capital. The company plans to utilize the funding to accelerate the introduction of new diagnostic test for people with an esophageal condition called Barrett’s Esophagus that can lead to cancer. The latest round brings the company's total funding to date to $12.4M. Founded in 2008, Cernostics is an oncology diagnostics
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Will Healthcare Data Thieves Rob Us of Advances in Health IT?
Editor's Note: Santosh Varughese is the President of Cognetyx, an organization devoted to using artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation to bring an end to the theft of patient medical data.As Halloween approaches, the usual spate of horror movies will intrigue audiences across the US, replete with slashers named Jason or Freddie running amuck in the corridors of all too easily accessible hospitals. They grab a hospital gown and the zombies fit right in. While this is just a
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Technical Issues Delay DoD EHR Implementation: 8 Things to Know
Officials announced on Thursday that the Department of Defense (DoD) will delay the roll out of its $4.6B DoD EHR due to data integration issues with legacy systems. The EHR known as MHS Genesis was originally scheduled to go-live on 12/6 at selected hospitals and clinics in early December, moving away from the DoD's legacy AHLTA and CHCS systems. Here are 8 things to know about the DoD EHR implementation delay:1. The data integration issues with legacy systems were first discovered during
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King’s College Hospital Goes Live on Allscripts Sunrise EHR After 8 Months
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announced this week that it has gone live on Allscripts Sunrise EHR in just eights month after system selection. As one of the United Kingdom’s largest teaching hospitals, the Sunrise EHR will support more than 900 dentists, 750 doctors and 300 nurses to help drive adoption of clinical decision support, which can lead to improved patient outcomes.“This was fantastic work, managed very capably, and resulting in a really smooth launch,” said Professor
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SHYFT Analytics Lands $12.5M Backed by McKesson Ventures, Medidata
SHYFT Analytics, a provider of cloud data and analytics for the global life sciences industry has raised $12.5 million in Series B funding. SHYFT Management opted for an all strategic collaboration, which included investments from McKesson Ventures, Medidata Solutions and other healthcare and technology industry leaders. SHYFT will use the investment to continue its rapid growth and expansion and further advance its leading healthcare cloud analytics platform. Existing investors, Health
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