What You Should Know: - Epic launches Life Sciences program, expanding its work to bring together the disconnected parts of healthcare. - The Epic Life Sciences program is built to help providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers recruit research participants, expand clinical trial access to underrepresented communities, and speed up the development of new therapies. Unifying Clinical Research with Care Delivery Providers across the world use Epic to
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Size Matters When it Comes to Choosing The Right Stent
It doesn’t take long for kids to figure out that people come in all different shapes and sizes and that what differentiates us from one another is what makes us unique. And while we are told from a young age that we are all the same inside—that we all see, smell, taste, touch and hear the same as one another—there are nuances to this that become apparent as we age.Our vasculature is a good case in point. While our arteries all carry blood to and from the heart, they are not all the same size.
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Intelerad Acquires Life Image to Expand Global Open Image Exchange Network
What You Should Know: - Today, Intelerad, a global provider of enterprise medical imaging solutions, announced its acquisition of Life Image, one of the largest image exchange networks of curated clinical and imaging data. - The acquisition, which closely follows Intelerad’s recent deal with PenRad Technologies, Inc. and acquisition of cloud imaging leader Ambra Health last year, creates the largest medical image exchange network in the world. Acquisition Establishes Interlad as
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M&A: Kyruus Acquires Epion Health
What You Should Know: - Kyruus acquires Epion Health, a provider of digital patient engagement solutions. The two companies will join forces to offer healthcare organizations and providers a one-stop shop for patient access and engagement solutions. - The acquisition demonstrates Kyruus’ commitment to the medical group market and will now provide groups and health systems with complete patient access, care coordination, online scheduling, payment collection, and digital
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CVS Health to Acquire Signify Health for $8B
What You Should Know: - CVS Health announced it will acquire Signify Health for $30.50 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $8B. - Signify Health's clinicians and providers can have an even greater impact by engaging with CVS Health's unique collection of assets and connecting patients to care how and when they need it. Advancing CVS Health’s Value-Based Care Long-Term Strategy Signify Health is a provider of Health Risk Assessments, value-based
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Femtech – Changing Dynamics of Women’s Healthcare
Femtech a term coined by Danish entrepreneur Ida Tin in 2016 has become a revolutionary moment for women across the globe. Femtech as the term suggests focuses on using technology to solve health issues in females. Although women are the primary caregivers of families, they themselves are at the receiving end of not getting treated for the ailments they suffer. This is owing to multiple reasons that range from socio-economic conditions, lack of awareness regarding health issues and less or no
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DeliverHealth Exec Talks Combatting Physician Burnout with Automation Tech & Data
Provider burnout has shown no signs of slowing down in the past couple of years - a fact proven by a recent report found that 45% of physicians have been experiencing burnout over the past two years. As providers and healthcare organizations continue to face burnout, staffing shortages and financial pressures, they must find a way to reduce administrative burdens while allowing for more time spent on patient care with an ultimate end goal of reducing burnout. We recently spoke with
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Health-Tech C2Q:22 Preview: 5 Key Driving Factors to Watch
What You Should Know: - David Larsen, healthcare IT and digital health analyst at BTIG published a note highlighting his preview for health-tech Q2 earnings. - Given high inflation rates, costs for traveling nurses, and light volumes in 2Q:22, he is cautious on stocks that sell into the acute care market in the near term. An Overview According to the report, there are many macro headwinds that continue to affect the HCIT sector and the broader market, including inflationary pricing
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Upfront Acquires Patient Engagement Platform PatientBond
What You Should Know: - Upfront acquires PatientBond, a digital patient engagement platform creating a single enterprise technology solution to drive patient acquisition and loyalty. - The acquisition accelerates Upfront's delivery of their next-generation personalization platform. Combined with Upfront's omnichannel communications capabilities, PatientBond's robust consumer insights build and expand loyal patient-provider relationships to influence positive behavioral changes, resulting
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Connecticut Abandons $20M Health Information Exchange They Built In-House
What You Should Know: - In 2017, the University of Connecticut created a new unit called UConn Analytics and Information Management Solutions—UConn AIMS for short—to do the work of planning its health information network. - Today, UConn AIMS is out of business, 20 people are out of jobs and the system developed for Connie at the cost of about $20 million has been discarded and dismantled. An Abandoned Health Information Network Worth $20M The effort to create a Connecticut health
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