Adventist Health is getting AHEAD of hereditary cancer (which tends to be earlier onset, more aggressive, and accounts for 10 percent of all new diagnoses). The Adventist Health Early All-Around Detection – or AHEAD Program – at Adventist Health is a population hereditary cancer risk assessment initiative.To ensure patients in both urban and rural settings have access to the preventive services needed to reduce risk, Adventist Health is partnering with CancerIQ to identify candidates for genetic
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American Well Telehealth App Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace
Telehealth provider American Well announced today that its telehealth app has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace, enabling providers to embed video visits into their existing clinical workflows and launch an American Well-powered video consultation from the patient chart with one click. The announcement is a critical milestone for American Well as it expands acute care telehealth opportunity for Epic EHR clients that offers a streamlined and collaborative platform for virtual careGrowing
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WELL Health Acquires Ontario Open Source EMR OSCARprn for $876k
WELL Health Technologies Corp. ("WELL"), a Vancouver, Canada-based company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the primary healthcare sector has acquired Ontario-based EMR provider OSCARprn – Treatments Solutions Ltd. OSCARprn is a trusted provider of EMR software, support and other services that work with OSCAR, an open source EMR platform developed by McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.OSCARprn Background/OverviewOSCARprn is one of only three
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Baystate Health Taps Artifact Health to Streamline Physician Query Process
Baystate Health, a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system serving over 800,000 people throughout western Massachusetts has selected Artifact Health's mobile query solution to improve workflow for its clinicians and expedite the accurate coding of patient records. Artifact will be rolled out as part of Baystate Health’s strategy to expand Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) initiatives across its health system.Transforming Time-Consuming Physician Query ProcessTraditionally, the query
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Telehealth Platform Tyto Care Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace
Tyto Care, a NYC-based all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced that it has joined the Epic App Orchard marketplace, enabling health organizations to offer the integrated telehealth service to their care providers and patients for comprehensive telehealth visits and access to patient data.
Epic App Orchard Integration
The Epic marketplace integration allows patients to use the TytoCare examination device and consumer
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Jellyfish Health Integrates with MEDITECH EHR to Optimize the Patient Journey
Patient experience platform Jellyfish Health announced it has formed a collaborative relationship with EHR vendor MEDITECH to optimize the patient journey. The collaboration was formed as part of the recent deployment of the Jellyfish Health platform at Meadows Health in Vidalia, GA.Meadows Health chose Jellyfish as its digital patient experience technology to simplify various processes for inpatient and outpatient services. With new technology touchpoints and direct patient communications,
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Georgia Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs with EHRs Statewide
Appriss Health announced that Georgia is integrating its prescription drug monitoring programs into EHR systems of all prescribers across the state with Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway solution. This is being made possible by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant – so all prescribers can instantly access prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) information directly in the clinical workflow.Substance use disorder (SUD) is estimated to affect 21 million people, according to a report
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DrChrono Launches Voice Command EHR Feature for Hands-Free Charting
DrChrono Inc., an EHR provider for medical practices, today announced the availability of Chart by Voice for the iPad EHR app. This new feature provides voice command for hands-free charting enabling clinicians to easily maneuver through a patient’s chart and quickly transcribe clinical notes by voice command in the EHR.How ‘Chart by Voice’ WorksThis new feature provides a more streamlined experience for patient encounters as well as faster charting. For example, clinicians can now use voice
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Cerner Integrates EHR to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in 46 States
As states mandate the physician’s review of prescription drug data, it is increasingly important that they can quickly access critical drug information directly within a person’s electronic health record (EHR). Today, Cerner has announced that it will launch a nationwide connection from the EHR to each state’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), creating quicker and more efficient access through a partnership with medication management provider DrFirst. In partnership with DrFirst,
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Bill Conway Returns to athenahealth as Chief Sales Officer
athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled services for ambulatory and hospital customers nationwide, announced today that Bill Conway has been appointed Chief Sales Officer. In his new role, Mr. Conway will work closely with the athenahealth executive leadership team on strategic execution to help accelerate the Company’s vision of transforming the healthcare industry. Bill Conway, a health IT industry veteran previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Client Services at
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