Surescripts, a health information network, is expanding to support population health management with its Medication History for Panel Management service for health systems, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and analytics vendors. The service, Medication History for Panel Management Service, comes at a time when managing population health is a top priority for care providers, especially in light of value-based payment models. Key features of the service include: · Delivers fresh, accurate
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Cordata Healthcare Lands Nearly $3M for Care Coordination Platform
Cordata Healthcare Innovations, a Cincinnati, OH-based provider of specialty care coordination platforms has landed nearly $3 million in Series A funding led by Chicago-based First Health Capital Partners (FHCP) with participation from CincyTech. The company plans to utilize the funding to build on market momentum and scale the capabilities of its multi-specialty platform for care coordination.Founded in 2014, Cordata Healthcare Innovations offers specialized software applications for effective
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3M Integrates with Cerner’s HealtheIntent Population Health Platform
3M Health Information Systems has entered an agreement to integrate 3M Patient-focused Episodes Software, a risk adjustment tool for analyzing episodes of care with Cerner’s HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform. The integration will allow providers to view the landscape of a patient’s documented conditions to help define an episode of care, while analyzing costs and expected resource use. Moving Towards Patient-Centric Episode ApproachThe conventional approach to defining an
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Big Data Startup Innovaccer Lands $15.6M for Integrated Care Framework
Innovaccer, a Silicon Valley based big data startup has raised $15.6 million in Series A funding led by Westbridge Capital Partners with participation by other angel investors. The company plans to utilize the latest round to expand its footprint in healthcare as providers and payers struggle to reduce the inefficiencies in the current healthcare system,Founded in 2012, Innovaccer's big datashop helps healthcare organizations provide better care by integrating complex data across multiple
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CareSkore Raises $4.3M for Predictive Population Health Management
CareSkore, a Y-Combinator backed startup has raised $4.3 million in seed funding for its predictive population health management platform that helps measure the clinical and financial risk of hospital patients based on their EMR and claims data. The seed round included a handful of investors including Cota Capital, Storm ventures, Rising Tide Fund, and Liquid 2 Ventures. Founded in 2014 by Dr. Puneet Dhillon Grewal, MD, an Internal Medicine physician and Cardiologist Jaspinder Grewal, CareSkore
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Philips Acquires Wellcentive to Strengthen Its Population Health Business
Royal Philips has signed an agreement to acquire Atlanta, GA-based Wellcentive, a provider of population health management software solutions. Financial details of the acquisition will not be disclosed.Wellcentive and its 115 employees will become part of the Population Health Management business group within Philips. Tom Zajac, CEO of Wellcentive and an experienced healthcare industry leader, will be appointed to lead this business group.Philips-Wellcentive Integration PlansAs part of the
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Medecision Launches Population Health Apps for Medicaid, Medicare Advantage
Medecision, a population health management company for risk-bearing healthcare organizations has unveiled Aerial™ for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage, a suite of modular clinical and financial apps focused on improving CMS Medicare and Medicaid population health. These essential tools deliver better patient outcomes, reduce care cost, and enable critical complex care management strategies by:- capturing quality measures;- assessing baseline data; and- efficiently complying with changing
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5 Best Practices for Leveraging Analytics in Population Health
McKesson’s Dr. Michael Blackman explains why actionable insights begin with strategic data management.For healthcare providers, value-based care isn’t just an operational incentive anymore, it’s now an imperative for basic survival. As a result, many executives now consider it vitally important to redesign health system services for population health, according a recent Advisory Board Company Survey.In fact, 52 percent of those surveyed were concerned about population health, making it the
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What FHIR Means for Interoperability and Its Potential in Population Health
Is FHIR the answer to healthcare interoperability problem? A look at the new protocols potential and why it could enhance pop health efforts, with insights from Wellcentive’s Phillip Burgher.Health information technology’s (HIT’s) potential may be expanding, but so is the size of its greatest challenge and elephant in the room—interoperability. The industry is riding a wave of evolution fueled by digital connection, yet there has never been a greater disconnect when it comes to utilizing digital
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3 Keys to Scaling Up Population Health Management for Providers
Financial incentives, technological advances and pioneering care models have provided fertile soil for the green shoots of population health to grow. But for these programs to flourish, they will need more sophisticated analytics, patient stratification, community involvement and care management.This week, PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) released “Population health: Scaling up,” where they interviewed executives in leading healthcare, research and academic institutions on how organizations
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