Cerner and Lumeris, a health plan and value-based care managed services operator, today announced a 10-year relationship aimed at eliminating inefficiencies in the current health care system. Under the relationship, the parties will launch a new offering, Maestro Advantage, for value-based arrangements, including Medicare Advantage (MA) and provider-sponsored health plans (PSHPs). The strategic relationship includes a Cerner investment in Lumeris’ parent company, Essence Group Holdings
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AdvancedMD Acquires NueMD to Expand Footprint by 27%
AdvancedMD, today announced it has acquired Marietta, Georgia-based Nuesoft Technologies (“NueMD”), a SaaS platform providing practice management, clinical and medical billing applications to simplify all aspects of running an independent practice. Post acquisition, AdvancedMD’s North American footprint will increase by 27%, expanding the total number of medical practice clients and practitioners to 11,000 and 33,000, respectively. AdvancedMD will retain NueMD offices in Marietta,
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DrChrono EHR Integrates with Collectly to Automate Billing & Collections for Practices
DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, today announced a new partnership withCollectly, a fellow Y Combinator company that streamlines the billing and collection process for healthcare companies.Collectly digitizes paper bills and works with practices to send patient billing statements and collection notices electronically via text or email. Within the message is a link for patients to go straight to a patient portal to see their statement and instantly make a
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Cleveland Clinic Adds EHR Data to Apple Health Records on iPhone for Patients
On Tuesday, Cleveland Clinic announced that patients can now access their personal health data via the Apple Health Records on iPhone feature. The new functionality provides another convenient way for patients to access their personal health data in addition to using the Epic MyChart via computer or downloading the app. Both ways provide patients the ability to access:- Allergies- Conditions- Immunizations- Lab Results- Procedures & Vitals- Organized medical information from various
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Duke Health to Integrate Glytecc’s Insulin Management with Epic EMR
Duke University Health System has selected Glytec’s eGlycemic Management System to elevate the quality and safety of care for patients with diabetes and others who require insulin therapy. With national statistics indicating that one of every three hospitalized patients requires insulin therapy during their stay, administering the right dose at the right time in accordance with best practices is integral to safe, effective care and speedy recovery. By implementing Glytec’s FDA-cleared eGlycemic
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MTBC Integrates Blockchain Technology with EHRs to Securely Store Patient Medical History
MTBC, a provider of proprietary, cloud-based healthcare IT solutions and services has announced the release of new blockchain technology integrated with the company’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) platform to securely store patient medical history, eliminate interoperability issues that have plagued the digitization of healthcare for years, and give patients’ absolute control over who has access to their valuable health data. This makes MTBC one of the first within the healthcare industry to
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HSBlox Unveils AI-Powered EMPI Solution to Ensure Secure Patient ID Matching & Sharing
HSBlox’s new Enterprise-wide Master Patient Index (EMPI) utilizes machine learning to improve patient safety with secure, accurate sharing of patient data throughout the healthcare landscape. HSBlox, a healthcare blockchain-focused company that is bringing innovation and transparent economics to the healthcare ecosystem, today announced the launch of its SmartMPI solution, which utilizes machine learning to provide next-generation patient ID matching and secure, transparent sharing of patient
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Apple Health Records Initiative: Peril or Promise?
Health Records is Apple’s new personal health record feature that was announced on January 24, 2018 as part of the iOS 11.3 update. Health Records will collect and compile patient-generated data, such as steps walked in a day or hours slept, together with information from the patient’s electronic medical record (EMR) if the user is a patient at one of now nearly 40 participating hospitals. UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Stanford Medicine are three health systems have
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Redirect Health Selects CareCloud Platform to Support Expansion of Affordable Care Network
Redirect Health, the Arizona-based patient-centered medical home network and cost management innovator, has selected CareCloud as its practice management technology partner for their primary care and outpatient surgery centers. Redirect Health is an award-winning, national healthcare company based in Scottsdale that has seen high growth through its Arizona clinics and its novel nationwide health plan solution for small to medium-sized businesses.CareCloud is supporting Redirect Health
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Mayo Clinic to Explore Use Cases of Blockchain-based EHRs
Medicalchain, a UK-based startup using blockchain technology to secure store EHRs securely has signed a joint development agreement with Mayo Clinic to explore the value of blockchain in healthcare. As part of the joint development agreement, both organizations will work together to develop use cases utilizing blockchain-based EHRs. This agreement comes after months of discussions between Mayo Clinic and Medicalchain on the potential benefits blockchain technology can bring to
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