Wolters Kluwer Health announced it will acquire Emmi Solutions (Emmi), a providers of patient engagement solutions, for $170 million in cash to expand its market share in the patient engagement market. For Wolters Kluwer Health, Emmi’s offerings are a natural extension to its existing Clinical Solutions portfolio, in particular to UpToDate in decision support and Lexicomp and Medi-Span in drug information.Founded in 2002, Emmi offers an enterprise-wide, integrated and multi-media patient
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Five Big Challenges Hospitals Face When Developing Mobile Apps
Embracing innovation isn’t always easy for hospitals when it comes to developing mobile apps, but there are solutions. Kinvey’s CEO Sravish Sridhar explains.Improving outcomes and reducing costs: is there an app for that? Well, there could be. In fact, you can build one. But Kinvey’s Sravish Sridhar cautions health organizations to be careful when it comes to app development. Although you can’t save money without spending some first, the wrong approach to digital innovation could end up costing
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Avaap Acquires Epic-Focused Consulting Firm Falcon Consulting
Avaap, an Infor systems integrator, announced it has acquired Falcon Consulting, LLC, a KLAS-leading Epic Systems implementation and optimization firm to expand its consulting, software solutions and implementation services. With this acquisition, Avaap has put itself in the distinctive position of servicing the largest enterprise software needs for its healthcare customers. Avaap is strategically focused on Infor and helping healthcare organizations implement and maximize value in Enterprise
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Andrew Mellin Named Chief Medical Officer for Spok, Inc.
Spok Holdings, Inc., a secure message provider for healthcare has appointed Andrew Mellin, M.D. its new Chief Medical Officer. In his new role, Dr. Mellin will be responsible for representing physician’s needs for communications software solutions to drive improvements in provider efficiency and patient care. Dr. Mellin joins recently appointed Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Dr. Nat’e Guyton, in creating a clinical leadership team focused on using communication technologies to enable more effective
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Innovaccer Launches AI Assisted Care Coordination Platform
Silicon Valley-based Big Data Startup, Innovaccer Inc. has announced the launch of its artificial intelligence assisted Care Coordination Platform named ‘Datashop Care.' Built with direct input from more than 200 physicians and care coordinators, 'Datashop Care,' addresses the gaps in care and connectivity. Datashop Care will be an addition to Innovaccer’s proprietary product ‘Datashop,'which gives providers the capability of integrating claims, clinical and laboratory data and performing
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Version 2 of Healthcare IT Must Change The Paradigm of EHRs
Editor's Note: Paul Brient is the CEO of PatientKeeper, a provider of healthcare applications for clinical and financial workflows to physicians. Prior to joining PatientKeeper in 2002, Brient held senior executive-level positions at leading healthcare and consulting firms including McKesson Corporation, HPR, and The Boston Consulting Group. Another report is out this month that highlights the shortcomings of EHRs. According to an AMA-funded study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine,
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Hawaii Pacific Health Receives 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award
Hawai‘i Pacific Health, one of the largest healthcare providers in Hawaii, has been named a 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient. Hawaii Pacific Health is only the second two-time winner of the Davies Enterprise Award of Excellence since the program’s inception.Since 1994, the HIMSS Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence has recognized outstanding achievement of organizations that have utilized health information technology (IT) to substantially improve patient outcomes while achieving a
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HITRUST Integrates with Dept. of Homeland Security for Cyber Threat Alerts
The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST), an organization supporting the healthcare industry in advancing the state of information protection, has become the first healthcare information sharing organization to integrated and exchange sharing cyber threat indicators with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Automated Indicator Sharing (AIS) Program.The HITRUST Cyber Threat XChange (CTX), the health industry’s Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO), is now fully
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drchrono Launches First Native iOS EHR App Certified for EPCS
drchrono Inc., an EHR, practice management, revenue cycle management and medical API platform on iPad, iPhone and web, announced that its EHR app is now certified for Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances (EPCS) on iPad, iPhone and web.EPCS within the drchrono EHR app now allows physicians to write and transmit electronic prescriptions for controlled substances to pharmacies, and for pharmacies to easily receive and dispense these prescriptions to patients.The U.S. Drug Enforcement
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HHS Awards $1.5M to Pilot Programs to Improve Flow of Health Info
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced seven recipients of two Cooperative Agreement programs to improve the flow of health information. The awardees of the High Impact Pilot (HIP) and Standards Exploration Award (SEA) will share a total of $1.5 million to create standards-based solutions that facilitate the exchange of health information. Awardees are expected to report results September 15, 2017.The
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