Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced physicians have documented more than 100 million patient stories annually physicians using Nuance cloud-based clinical voice recognition. This milestone comes on the heels of dramatic growth in healthcare organizations using web and mobile apps with embedded Nuance Dragon Medical cloud-based solutions, which have increased up to 30% month-over-month since the beginning of the year. Nuance anticipates this pace of adoption to continue based on market
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WellTrackONE, Zoeticx Partner to Bring EHR Interoperability to Medical Facilities
Zoeticx, Inc. and WellTrackONE Corp.have announced a partnership to bring interoperability to medical facilities’ EHR systems. The collaboration will enable Zoeticx’s Patient-Clarity platform software to integrate WellTracksONES’s Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) patient reports and associated medical data to any EHR, Health Information Exchange (HIE) or other data repository.
As part of the agreement, providers will be able to easily access and manage WellTrackONE’s AWV reports without using any
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GE Healthcare Acquires Advisory Firm, The Camden Group
GE Healthcare has acquired healthcare & strategic advisory firm, The Camden Group that will act as the U.S. business unit of GE Healthcare’s global advisory firm, GE Healthcare Partners. The acquisition will enable the firm to deliver strategic and financial consulting to healthcare organizations, as well as advisory consulting on population health management, value-based care, clinical integration and care redesign across the continuum. Financial terms of the transaction were not
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PatientsLikeMe, American College of Cardiology Partner on Diabetes Collaborative Registry
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and patient active network PatientsLikeMe have launched a partnership to explore innovative ways to make real-world patient feedback and experience more central to diabetes research and care. The partnership will focus on encouraging people living with diabetes to offer perspectives to enhance and accelerate the ACC’s Diabetes Collaborative Registry®.
Diabetes Collaborative Registry® Overview
The Diabetes Collaborative Registry is the first global,
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4 C’s of the Quantified Doctor-Patient Relationship
So far the doctor-patient relationship escaped rigorous quantification, because “relationship” is largely a nostalgic quantity, and because “communications” was deemed to be a reasonable substitute. There are various tools and instruments for subjective measurement of communications with one’s doctor, with the most common being the ubiquitous patient experience survey. However, if we accept a broader definition of the doctor-patient relationship, such as the 6C’s proposed by Dr. Emanuel, a more
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Walgreens to Implement Epic EHR Across Its 400 Clinics
On Thursday, retail pharmacy giant Walgreens announced it will implement Epic's EHR platform across 400 of its healthcare clinics starting in early 2016. The move to EpicCare will help further enhance care coordination among providers, while also supporting the long-term growth plan for its clinic business.
“We’re pleased to welcome Walgreens to the Epic family and look forward to supporting their goal of improving access to high quality, coordinated care,” said Carl Dvorak, Epic president.
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Report: 4 Best Practices to Humanizing Efficiency in Healthcare
Vocera Communications, Inc., a mobile healthcare communications company has released the findings of its first Humanizing Efficiency in Healthcare research study. Survey and interview findings revealed gaps in communication, infrastructure, and stakeholder engagement as many hospitals and health systems still struggle to align quality, safety and experience strategies.
Study Background/Methodology
The survey was conducted by Vocera’s Experience Innovation Network (EIN), an international
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American College of Medical Informatics Inducts 13 New Fellows
Following their recent election, 13 new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) on Nov. 15 at ceremonies during the AMIA 2015 Annual Symposium.
AMIA’s Annual Symposium is the premier educational event in the field. The symposium presents leading-edge scientific research on biomedical and health informatics and over 100 scientific sessions. The Symposium presents work from across the spectrum of the informatics field -- translational bioinformatics,
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Wellcentive Named 2015 “Emerging Company of the Year”
Atlanta-based population health solution provider Wellcentive, has been announced as winner of the Health IT Leadership Summit's annual Phoenix Awards for the category of "Emerging Company of the Year." Presented annually by Metro Atlanta Chamber in conjunction with the Health IT Leadership Summit, the Phoenix Awards recognize individuals and companies that have made an outstanding contribution to the growth of the HIT industry in Georgia.
Founded in 2005 by Paul Taylor, M.D., a practicing
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VHA Appoints Fred Mingo To Lead Vista EHR Evolution
Former Navy officer Fred Mingo has been appointed by the Veterans Health Administration to serve as the VHA's deputy program executive for Vista Evolution, a multibillion-dollar, multiyear plan to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs' Vista EHR system. Mingo previously served as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for professional and IT services firm ICF International.
The VistA Evolution Program’s chief goal is achieving seamless interoperability with DoD and other healthcare
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