According to a recent KLAS report, adoption of Cerner’s and Epic’s EHR-based sepsis detection is higher than all other sepsis solutions combined, with customers of both reporting improved outcomes, including mortality reductions. The new report reveals sepsis detection and treatment is taking a big step forward as providers increasingly utilize surveillance and monitoring technology available through EMR vendors and third-party providers.“We have been using (the Cerner sepsis) product for seven
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MPIRICA Health Raises $4.6M for Scientific Hospital and Surgeon Scoring Platform
Mpirica Health, Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based healthcare quality transparency company.has raised $4.6M in funding led by OurCrowd with participation from a private Seattle-based equity fund. The startup plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its national roll-outs to customers in the Medicare Advantage and employer benefits space, and to scale its cognitive technology platform.Founded in 2014 by Shakil Haroon, Founder and CEO, MPIRICA has developed a patent-pending scoring system that
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Medsphere Introduces New Scheduler Tool for Acute and Ambulatory EHR System
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services, today introduced a new Scheduler tool for the company’s eEHRs.The Medsphere Scheduler will enable improved and integrated organizational function at client hospitals and physician practices by simply making the scheduling process more intuitive for patients and facility support staff.The Scheduler effort demonstrates the flexibility and usefulness of public
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DocHalo Lands $11M to Expand Real-Time Clinical Communication Platform
DocHalo, a Cincinnati, OH-based provider of clinical communication has raised $11M in Series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures with additional investment from Refinery Ventures. The company plans to utilize the funding to scale its clinical communication platform functionality and growth in the marketplace. The announcement marks the first time, the company has raised outside capital since its inception seven years ago.Founded by physicians who deeply understand communication in the
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Medable Integrates with Redox’s EHR Integration Platform to Streamline Mobile Medical Research
Medable, a Palo Alto-based healthcare app and analytics platform has formed a strategic partnership with Redox, an EHR integration API platform for developers and healthcare organizations. The integration partnership will enable a fully-integrated medical research platform between smart phones and EHRs. By using Medable’s platform and Redox’s API services, clinical trial leaders and health researchers can integrate patient-generated health data into the electronic health record. With the
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Aurora Cancer Care Launches Precision Medicine Program To Help Patients Gain More Access to Clinical Trials
Aurora Cancer Care, a not-for-profit health care provider in Wisconsin and northern Illinois is launching a precision medicine program powered by Syapse, a provider of precision oncology solutions. The new oncology precision medicine program will help physicians and researchers provide more care options for patients whose cancer is resistant to conventional treatment options like radiation and chemotherapy.The new multi-disciplinary Oncology Precision Medicine Clinic will be located inside
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Healthgrades Launches CareChats to Enable Automated Patient-Provider Communication Between Visits
Healthgrades, a Denver, CO-based online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals has unveiled CareChats, a digital solution that allows patients and providers to communicate between visits. Powered by Conversa, the functionality provides hospitals and providers the ability to engage and support patients using text and email messaging, in a cutting-edge chatbot conversational experience."We are excited to partner with Healthgrades and see so many leading health
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Cleveland Clinic Spinoff NeuroLogix Technologies Integrates With Cerner’s HealtheAthlete System to Advance Concussion Care
Cleveland Clinic spinoff NeuroLogix Technologies announced it will integrate its C3LogixTM concussion management system with Cerner's HealtheAthlete health management system. The integration will enable joint clients to manage athletic injuries and improve the recognition and treatment of concussions.HealtheAthlete, a cloud-based sports medicine and athlete health management system, enables providers to document injury, rehabilitation, conditioning and health-related events that can be accessed
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QuintilesIMS Forges Alliance with Salesforce to Build Next-Gen Solutions for Life Sciences Firms
Today, Salesforce announced a multi-year global partnership with Quintiles, a leading provider of information, technology services and contract research to the life sciences industry. This partnership will take advantage of built-in cloud, mobile, social and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. These solutions — in addition to other products built on the Salesforce Marketing Cloud — will help life science companies drive patient recruitment, better manage clinical trials and, marketing
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Philips Unveils New teleICU Platform for Seamless Integration Between teleICU and Bedside Care Teams
Philips has announced the debut of its eCareManager 4.1 enterprise telehealth software that allows intensivists to provide more efficient care across a larger patient population, allowing for greater scale and potentially reducing operating costs. The new platform builds on Philips success in delivering population health management solutions to help combat shortages of critical care teams by providing actionable insights to help improve outcomes in the most complex patient cases.Designed to be
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