The American Heart Association (AHA) has inked a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), a cloud computing infrastructure, to enable and advance discoveries in cardiovascular science and medicine using cloud technology.AHA’s Institute for Precision Cardiovascular Medicine aims to advance the science and practice of precision medicine to improve cardiovascular health in both individuals and populations by fostering research that takes into account the systems biology arising
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HHS Appoints Beth Anne Killoran New CIO
On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named Beth Anne Killoran as its new chief information officer after serving almost six months as acting CIO. "To protect all of our IT systems — from desktops to the Personally Identifiable Information and Protected Health Information our Department works with — we need more than an investment in funding or new technology. We need a cyber-savvy workforce.That’s why I’m pleased to announce that Beth Anne Killoran has agreed to lead
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Can AI Reduce The Prior Authorization Burden in Healthcare?
One of the most frustrating elements of the current healthcare environment is the administrative burden of prior authorizations for medications and procedures. It is a frustration for providers, for patients, and for payers. Is there any way to solve this dilemma?For physicians, an estimated 20 hours per week is spent in prior authorization activities, costing an average of $83,000 in excess annual overhead per physician. Is there an actual benefit for this effort? Most physicians say that
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Study Reveals Texts Messages Engage, Activate Medicaid Members
Study findings released this week reveal interactive, two-way text messages has a positive impact on engagement, knowledge base, activation, and ultimately resource utilization among Medicaid members. Conducted by CA-based Inland Empire Health Plan in partnership with mPulse Mobile, the study’s results are encouraging given CDC data released last month noting a rise in ED utilization with Medicaid/CHIP accounting for 25% of all ED visits.As Medicaid-centric health plans including IEHP grow,
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Validic Integrates Patient-Generated Data with SAP Connected Health Platform
Digital health integration platform Validic has announced a strategic partnership with SAP to integrate patient-generated data into the SAP Connected Health platform. Through this strategic relationship, Validic will enable SAP and its global healthcare clients the opportunity to scale the access patient data from clinical devices, wearables and consumer health apps. Validic-SAP Patient Generated Data IntegrationValidic's digital health platform, delivering access to health insights from over
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Diverse Health Organizations Joins GetMyHealthData Initiative
The GetMyHealthData initiative today announced commitments from leading health organizations to take concrete steps over the next year to make it easier for patients and families to access and use their electronic health information.GetMyHealthData, a project of the National Partnership for Women & Families, is a collaborative effort of leading consumer organizations, health care experts, former policymakers and technology organizations working to enhance consumer access to digital health
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Definitive Healthcare Acquires Healthcare Analytics Provider Billian’s HealthDATA
Definitive Healthcare announced this week it has acquired Billian’s HealthDATA, a provider of data and analytics on U.S. healthcare organizations. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The strategic acquisition will build on Definitive’s existing data on healthcare providers and facilities to provide data to over 1,500 clients ranging from the leading integrated delivery networks, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies to growing technology, medical device and staffing firms.Billian’s
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MediPortal Joins NATE to Broaden Patient Ownership of Medical Records
MediPortal, a patient centric, untethered PHR exchange system that provides a secure aggregated view of health and fitness data, enabling patients, providers and payors to securely communicate, view and share information that will lead to healthier outcomes has joined the National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE). The National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE) is a not-for-profit membership association focused on enabling trusted exchange among organizations and individuals with
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GHX Acquires Hap-X to Expand Supply Chain Financial Products Portfolio
GHX announced it has acquired Omaha, NE-based, privately held H-Card, LLC, (Hap-X), an automated payment management software and services firm serving U.S. healthcare providers and suppliers. The acquisition, GHX’s second in 19 months, expands the company’s financial products portfolio bringing even greater payment choice and value to customers.With the addition of Hap-X, GHX is delivering the industry’s only payment exchange with healthcare’s largest business process network – one that
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Deloitte Launches Cloud-Based Analytics App for Patient Outcomes
Following the tragic death of one patient and hospitalization of five others in a French clinical study earlier this year, the call for improved patient safety both before and after market approval of drugs and other medical interventions has become a global conversation. Just last month, France’s investigative body determined the clinical research organization and drugmaker were at fault for various lapses throughout the clinical trial.To help solve this, Deloitte has unveil a new cloud-based
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