Honeywell HomMed – a provider of health management technologies and remote patient monitoring solutions has announced that it is changing its corporate name to Honeywell Life Care Solutions. The corporate name change reflects company's broader healthcare commitment and its focus in driving the innovations needed to shape the future of health management through digital health technology solutions.
"The new name – Honeywell Life Care Solutions – allows us to emphasize our wide-ranging business
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Big Data Firm Inovalon Files First Digital Health IPO of 2015
Inovalon Inc., a provider of cloud-based analytics and data driven platforms technology for healthcare filed for an initial public offering on 12/30/14, according to SEC filing. The Bowie, Md.-based company is seeking $500M in its initial public offeringand has applied for listing on NASDAQ under the ticker "INOV" making it the first digital health IPO of 2015. The big data firm outlines in the SEC filing that it will use the proceeds from the IPO for "acquisitions of complementary businesses,
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Accenture Awarded $563M Contract for Healthcare.gov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services with a five-year, $563 million contract to continue Accenture’s work on the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) in support of the overall Health Insurance Marketplace website HealthCare.gov.
Accenture delivered technology solutions and systems to support this year’s enrollment, expand outreach to issuers and support the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), including:
Completing all
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Specialty EMR Provider Modernizing Medicine Acquires Aesyntix Health, Inc.
Cloud based, specialty-specific EMR provider, Modernizing Medicine has announced that it has completed an acquisition of Aesyntix Health, Inc. on Dec. 22, 2014. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. The privately held based in Roseville, California provides dermatology and cosmetic surgery practices with three specialty specific offerings:
- Aesyntix Billing Solutions for revenue cycle management
- Aesyntix Inventory Management (AIM)
- Aesyntix Physician Network
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3 Trends Reshaping the Healthcare Cloud in 2015
96 percent of healthcare organizations are using or considering using the cloud, according to the Dell Global Technology Adoption Index. In fact, healthcare organizations that are already using the healthcare cloud 2015 has reduced their IT costs by an average of 20 percent annually. So what's in store for the healthcare cloud in 2015?
We sat down with Stephen Piazza, Chief Technology Officer at Invidasys to learn more about how the cloud is reshaping healthcare IT in 2015.
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How Epic Competes Against Silicon Valley to Recruit Talent
Epic Systems, the dominating EHR leader has been making headlines not just for its growth, but for another interesting reason as well. The Wisconsin-based software company is led by quirky and media shy Judy Faulkner, who is the brain and motivation for the look and feel of the over 1000 acre campus that was formerly a farmland.
The company was started in 1979 in Verona, a farming suburb of Madison. What started as a small firm has since grown to over 8000 employees working on the campus. It
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Rockford Health System With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics recognized 11 of Rockford Health System sites with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Rockford Health’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by hospitals in the
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Lancaster General Health With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics awarded Lancaster General Health (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Lancaster General Health’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM) for both its hospital and physician practices.
Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by hospitals in the
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Patient Portal Adoption: Baby Boomers vs. Millennials Infographic
In its annual survey on the usage of electronic health records, Xerox found many Americans are open to getting medical records online if given instruction on how to obtain access by their medical providers.
Based on requirements set out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, providers can earn Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 federal incentives if they demonstrate that five percent of patients are using secure portals to view, download and transmit their health information. Although
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50% of Eligible Professionals Will Face Meaningful Use Penalties in 2015
Starting January 5th, 2015 about 257,000 Medicare eligible professionals (EPs) will face meaningful use penalties, according to CMS officials. EPs must successfully attest for Meaningful Use on or before Oct. 1, 2014 in order to avoid a penalty.
The announcement also revealed during a press call on Wednesday afternoon revealed of those 257,000 EPs identified, 28,000 will face a 2 percent penalty for failing to meet the e-prescribing requirement. Additionally, more than 200 eligible
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