CredSimple, a SaaS platform for real-time credentialing of medical providers and facilities, today announced that it has received its Credentials Verification Organization (CVO) certification from NCQA, a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality. As a certified CVO, CredSimple has demonstrated that its platform provides the confidentiality protections required by NCQA's standards with a sound management structure that ensures data integrity by monitoring and
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Caradigm Launches Open Exchange for Healthcare Interoperability
Enterprise population health provider Caradigm, today announced the launch of Open Exchange, a set of interoperability capabilities available to healthcare providers that use the Caradigm Intelligence Platform (CIP). The Caradigm Intelligence Platform aggregates and builds a rich data asset that supports a number of capabilities. It integrates with native Caradigm and third-party analytics and business intelligence tools for multi-dimensional analysis, visualization and reporting.
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Talix Partners with NextGen, Allscripts to Optimize Patient Risk
Talix, Inc., a provider of healthcare risk adjustment solutions is partnering with healthcare information technology leaders NextGen Healthcare,Allscripts and Capstone Performance Systems to make the Talix Coding InSight application available to customers through the companies’ respective offerings.
With Coding InSight, clients using NextGen, Allscripts and Capstone systems or services will be able to easily integrate risk adjustment processes for patients in Medicare Advantage and Commercial
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AMA Pledges to Work with HHS to Improve Flow of Electronic Health Information
The American Medical Association (AMA) has pledged to work with the HHS to improve the flow of electronic health information to patients and physicians to increase data sharing that will achieve healthier people and smarter spending. The lack of seamless data exchange continues to drag down physician efficiency and patient satisfaction when using these tools and improving electronic health records (EHRs) will require a concerted effort of public and private stakeholders. The AMA strongly
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HIMSS16 Day 1 Summary and Highlights
Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, Kaiser, HCA, Others Make Interoperability Pledge
HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced a interoperability pledge to make EHRs work better for patients and providers. Companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest health care systems in the country have agreed to implement three core commitments:
Consumer Access: To help consumers easily and securely access their electronic health
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Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, Kaiser, HCA, Others Make Interoperability Pledge
At a keynote address during the opening day of HIMSS16, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced a broad industry initiative to make EHRs work better for patients and providers. Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, Allscripts, Kaiser Permanente, John Hopkins Medical, and others were among the group of organizations who pledged their commitments.
Interoperability Pledge Overview
Companies that provide 90 percent of electronic health records used by hospitals nationwide as well as the top five largest
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ONC Awards Accenture 2 Year Contract to Create Patient-Generated Health Data Policy Framework
Accenture Federal Services has been awarded a two-year management consulting contract by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to establish a framework of best practices for the effective use of patient-generated health data (PGHD) in research and care delivery. The focus of contract will address policy topics related to PGHD and identify best practices, gaps and opportunities for the collection and use of PGHD. Accenture will also oversee and coordinate
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Tableau Integrates with Epic’s EMR to Deliver Clinical Insights
Tableau Software, a provider of business analytics software has announced an agreement to integrate its customer-created Tableau workbooks and dashboards with Epic's EMR. The integration will enable joint customers to deliver actionable insights from Tableau to EMR end-users, empowering physicians, clinicians, nurses and case managers for clinical analysis. Additionally, the community of Epic and Tableau users will share knowledge, innovation and best practices to accelerate
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Wanda, Dignity Health to Launch Digital Health Oncology Platform OncoVerse
Wanda, a NetScientific Inc. portfolio company that commercializes transformative biomedical and healthcare technologies has signed a collaborative deal with Dignity Health, to launch OncoVerse, a digital health oncology care platform. OncoVerse was initially conceived by a Dignity Health physician who wanted a tool to improve team collaboration, especially when evaluating a complex cancer case and determining the appropriate treatment plan.
OncoVerse is a software platform designed to
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Health Catalyst Pulls In $70M to Accelerate Outcomes Improvement
Health Catalyst, a Salt Lake City-based provider of healthcare data warehousing, analytics solutions and outcomes improvement has raised $70M in Series E funding. The funding round was co-led by Norwest Venture Partners, the lead investor in three previous rounds, and UPMC, a world-renowned healthcare provider and insurer that is also a Health Catalyst customer. . Other contributors to the round were new investors Leerink Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Sands
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