94% of patients feel their medical information and records should be stored electronically in a single location, according to a recent survey by health information network Surescripts. In fact, 58 percent of patients have tried to compile their own complete medical history—a task that is not just tedious, but often inaccurate and incomplete.The survey, 2016 Connected Care and the Patient Experience conducted by Kelton Global from June 16-23, 2016, with participation from more than 1,000 adult
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PatientBank Lands $2.2M to Help People Request Medical Records Online
PatientBank, a Y Combinator-backed startup focused on helping people gather and share medical records online has raised $2.2 million seed funding co-led by General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures, with participation from SV Angel, Spectrum 28, and Data Collective. For just a processing fee of $30 for each medical record, patients, doctors, and researchers can use PatientBank to request medical records from anywhere in the United States.The process is simple and easy: all the user have to do is
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Carequality, CommonWell Collaborate to Advance Interoperability, Health Data Exchange
CommonWell Health Alliance and Carequality have announced an agreement that will provide the capability for more than 15,000 hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare organizations to connect and share health information. The collaboration brings together two pioneers at the forefront of data sharing. Health data sharing among providers is important whenever a provider is making a diagnostic or treatment decision and needs access to key medical information. By leveraging health IT
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M*Modal Integrates With Epic EHR Coding Workflow to Support Clinical Coders
M*Modal, a provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding™ solutions has integrated M*Modal Fluency for Coding™ and Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Coding with the coding workflow of Epic EHR systems. This new integration brings the power of M*Modal Fluency for Coding to the EHR coding workflow and enables seamless connects between systems and processes that support clinical coders. Epic Integration DetailsWith this integrated solution, M*Modal redefines the coding workflow as
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drchrono Launches Kiosk for Patient Self Check-In, Partners with Apple
Mobile EHR provider drchrono has unveiled a new Kiosk that equips provider offices for patient self check-in and new Patient Education functionality on iPad enabling providers to share their materials with patients. With Kiosk, provider offices can equip their front office with an iPad stand that patients can use to check in, verify insurance information, and sign any necessary consent forms without needing a staff member to manage that process. The end result is reducing appointment waiting
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CloudMine, Validic Integrate to Advance Integration of Patient-Generated Health Data
CloudMine, a cloud-based health technology platform has partnered with digital health integration platform Validic to advance interoperability and integration of patient-generated health data into clinical workflows and Healthcare Information Systems (HIS). As part of the integration, CloudMine can integrate patient data from hundreds of personal health sources, including wearables, sensors, in-home medical devices, mobile apps, and other remote monitoring devices. Bringing together the patient
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AHA, AMA, DHX, HIMSS Partner to Develop Guidelines for Mobile Health Apps
The American Heart Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA), DHX Group, and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has teamed up to form a new, multi-stakeholder collaboration, Xcertia, dedicated to improving the quality, safety, and effectiveness of mobile health apps. The non-profit corporation will establish and promote best practices for mobile health apps and will include membership from consumers, developers, payers, clinicians, academia and
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A Modern Industrial Revolution: Electronic Health Information Connectivity
Editor's Note: Buff Colchagoff is the CEO of RosettaHealth, a cloud-based health messaging and exchange platform. Colchagoff has over 16 years of health IT experience with large projects, including building the VA’s PHR MyHealtheVet, as operations manager for the Nationwide Health Information Exchange (NwHIN) which grew into the Sequoia Project. The industrial revolution has shaped life as we know it today. Historic inventors, explorers and entrepreneurs paved the way to economic and social
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Orbita Unveils Amazon Echo-based Tool for Home Health Applications
Orbita, a provider of innovative software solutions for connected home healthcare has unveiled a new tool for creating and managing intelligent voice-powered home health assistants based on the Amazon Echo voice platform. Orbita’s new Voice Experience Designer showcased this week at the Connected Health Conference is a graphical tool for creating and managing voice assistants to support and enhance the care of individuals at home.Amazon Echo-based Home Health Tool OverviewWith the Amazon
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What Does The Cures Act Mean for Mental Health Care? 5 Things to Know
Remember that the two things you don’t want to watch being made are sausage and law. Then recall that while the process for both may be unappealing and seem incongruous, the product is not always so. Take the 21st Century Cures Act, for example, which is a lengthy (996 pages) piece of legislation (summary here) that focuses primarily on health-related scientific research and medical devices. It also broadly outlines the terms for an upcoming drawdown of America’s strategic petroleum reserve,
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