What You Should Know:
- Premier and 15 of its members acquired a minority stake in Prestige Ameritech, the nation’s largest domestic producer of face masks, as well as other personal protective equipment (PPE) to address shortage due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- The minority stake represents a long-term strategy to invest in or partner with PPE suppliers that source from multiple regions as well as domestic markets to help ensure that a greater proportion of healthcare products are
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Cerner Releases COVID-19 Reopening & Social Distancing Projections Dashboard
Today, Cerner announced the release of the publicly available Reopening and Social Distancing Projections dashboard tool that helps organizations plan for reopening of elective care services and potential re-surges. Organizations can use the tool to view the trend of COVID-19 cases within their community, state, and country in the last 14 days and evaluate the potential consequences of reducing social distancing.
Understanding the Cerner Reopening Risk Index
Cerner has compiled a
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AHA Launches COVID-19 Data Challenge to Address Health Disparities Among African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans in Rural Areas
What You Need to Know:
- American Heart Association, Hitachi Vantara and BurstIQ launch COVID-19 Data Challenge to bring global COVID-19 datasets to researchers and clinicians to examine the relationship with other health conditions and health disparities.
- Each participant of the challenge will be provided a free, HIPPA compliant and FedRAMP certified, secure Precision Medicine Platform (PMP) workspace to conduct analyses.
The American Heart Association, the
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Change Healthcare Launches COVID-19 Research Database Using De-Identified Data to Track Disease Progression
What You Should Know:
- Change Healthcare announced a new online COVID-19 research database to track disease progression, treatment efficacy, for qualified public and private healthcare organizations using de-identified data to understand disease progression and improve intervention.
- Actionable insight “beyond the diagnosis” enables health researchers to better understand COVID-19 progression, intervention effectiveness, and impacts on the healthcare system.
Today
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Post COVID-19 Care: 1 in 2 Adults Will Change How They Access Care
What You Should Know:
- Sapphire Digital survey reveals following the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in 2 adults will change how they access care including care selection decision and cost concerns.
- Nearly half (47%) of Americans age 18-64 surveyed are more concerned about the cost of health care now than they were before COVID-19.
Nearly 1 in 2 adults (47%) will change how they access care
following the COVID-19
pandemic, according to results of a survey by Sapphire Digital
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Wellth Lands $10M for Behavioral Economic Platform to Improve Health Outcomes
What You Should Know:
- Digital behavior change startup Wellth closes $10M in Series A funding led by Boehringer Ingelheim and yabeo - DaVita, and others will help drive care plan adherence for high-risk patient populations
- Powered by a behavioral economics engine paired with an intuitive, consumer-grade smartphone experience designed to motivate and delight, Wellth rewards members with daily financial incentives for verifying adherence to prescribed care plan.
Wellth,
a platform
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Arcadia Acquires Selected Assets of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
What You Should Know:
- Arcadia acquires selected assets of Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit services firm delivering strategic guidance, project management, data warehousing and analytics services, and hands-on implementation support.
- The acquisition enhances Arcadia’s capabilities in the areas of strategic guidance, project management, data warehousing, and analytics services, and hands-on implementation support to help providers improve clinical and
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COVID-19 Heat Map Offers County-by-County Picture of Community Risk & Health Disparities
What You Should Know:
- COVID-19 Community Risk & Health Disparities Map reveals proactive identification of emerging hot spots of vulnerable populations at risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
- The publicly available tool provided by EXL Healthcare pinpoints where to focus and scale resources, inform proactive scenario planning, and develop community COVID-19 initiatives.
Governors across the U.S. are considering whether to extend stay-at-home orders or allow businesses,
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COVID-19 Trend Report Reveals Which States Have Reached or Passed their Peaks
What You Should Know:
- New COVID-19 Trend Report created by Sermo displays states/regions that have reached or passed the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic based on physician reports.
- The COVID-19 Real Time Barometer Study provides exclusive access into the perspectives and expertise of over 20,000 total physicians across 30 countries, tracked over time.
- Majority of physicians in many COVID-19 Hotspots including Korea, Spain, China and Italy believe their countries have passed or
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New COVID-19 Tracker Predicts Future Hot Spots Over Next 7-10 Days
What You Should Know:
- Cotiviti unveiled its COVID-19 Outbreak Tracker to map future infection “hot spots” that may emerge over the next seven to ten days across the U.S.
- The COVID-19 Outbreak Tracker identifies potentially hidden outbreak areas by analyzing COVID screening trends across the millions of medical claims processed through the company’s Caspian Insights platform.
- Forecasting future surges of infection is critical for flattening the curve now, especially considering
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