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30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 12/30/2020 Leave a Comment

30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and selectivity of these models are outperforming AI models
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5 Post-Acute Care Industry Trends to Watch in 2021

by Jasmine Pennic 12/29/2020 Leave a Comment

5 Post-Acute Care Industry Trends to Watch in 2021

What You Should Know: - Healthcare technology company Forcura names the five most significant trends for the post-acute care industry in 2021. The post-acute care (PAC) sector saw some of its most profound challenges this year, from deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to a suddenly accelerated need for the services provided by home health and hospice. The biggest question now is that what does the post-acute care future hold for all of us? Forcura, a
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DispatchHealth Launches New Clinic Without Walls for Enhanced Virtual Visits to MultiCare Patients

by Fred Pennic 12/11/2020 Leave a Comment

DispatchHealth Raises $135.8M to Expand On-Demand In-Home Care Model

What You Should Know: - DispatchHealth launches Clinic Without Walls, a new service line offering patients a telemedicine visit with in-person assistance for more complex medical visits. - The initial service line will be available in a pilot to MultiCare patients in the Tacoma and Spokane areas in an effort to its senior patients' alternative visits during the pandemic. DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home high-acuity medical care, today announced the launch of Clinic Without
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PointClickCare Acquires Collective Medical for $650M to Create to Largest Combined Acute and Post-Acute Care Network

by Fred Pennic 12/08/2020 Leave a Comment

PointClickCare Acquires Collective Medical for $650M to Create to Largest Combined Acute and Post-Acute Care Network

What You Should Know: - PointClickCare announces its intent to acquire Collective Medical to create the largest combined acute and post-acute care network in North America for $650M. - Collective Medical’s platform connects more than 1,300 hospitals, thousands of ambulatory practices and long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) providers, as well as accountable care organizations (ACOs) and every national health plan in the country, across a 39-state network. - With the acquisition of
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How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

by Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC 11/24/2020 Leave a Comment

How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

Senior isolation is a health risk that affects at least a quarter of seniors over 65. It has become recognized over the past decade as a risk factor for poor aging outcomes including cognitive decline, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, hypertension, heart disease, impaired immune function, and even death. Physical limitations, lack of transportation, and inadequate health literacy, among other social determinants of health (SDOH), further impair access to medical and mental
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SPAC Merges with 2 Telehealth Companies to Form Public Digital Health Company in $1.35B Deal

by Fred Pennic 11/23/2020 Leave a Comment

SPAC Mergers with 2 Telehealth Companies to Form Public Digital Health Company in $1.35B Deal

What You Should Know: - GigCapital2 Inc has agreed to merge with UpHealth Holdings Inc and Cloudbreak Health LLC to create a public digital healthcare company valued at $1.35 billion, including debt, the blankcheck acquisition company said on Monday. - The combined company will be named UpHealth, Inc. and will continue to be listed on the NYSE under the new ticker symbol “UPH”. Blank check acquisition company GigCapital2 agreed to merge with Cloudbreak Health, LLC, a unified
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Volaris Group Acquires Clinical Workforce & Workflow Platform medaptus

by Jasmine Pennic 11/17/2020 Leave a Comment

Volaris Group Acquires Clinical Workforce & Workflow Platform medaptus

What You Should Know: - Volaris Group acquires medaptus, a clinical workforce, and workflow solutions that empower healthcare delivery entities to achieve their desired patient, clinical and financial outcomes. Today, Volaris Group has acquired medaptus, a healthcare technology company that removes the administrative burden from hospital and group practice operations to enable higher efficiency throughput. Removing common and costly workflow barriers from
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M&A: Central Logic Acquires Patient Care Transition Platform Ensocare

by Fred Pennic 11/17/2020 Leave a Comment

M&A: Central Logic Acquires Patient Care Transition Platform Ensocare

What You Should Know: - Central Logic has acquired Omaha-based Ensocare, which automates the referral process for patients from hospital to post-acute care (PAC) when they are being discharged. - This acquisition means that Central Logic’s technology solution will now expand its reach across the care continuum, from acute to post-acute care—into, through and out of the health system. This combined capability is key to increasing patient satisfaction while also increasing patient census by
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Stryker Launches First Completely Wireless Hospital Bed for Patient Safety

by Fred Pennic 10/21/2020 Leave a Comment

Stryker Launches First Completely Wireless Bed to Enhance Patient/Staff Safety

What You Should Know: - Stryker launches the industry’s first and only completely wireless hospital bed, ProCuity that can connect seamlessly to any nurse call system for every acuity level. - ProCuity Bed Series designed to enhance patient and caregiver safety for all acuity levels, reduce in-hospital falls Stryker, one of the world's leading medical technology companies, today announced the global launch of the industry’s first and only completely wireless hospital bed,
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WellSky Acquires CarePort Health from Allscripts for $1.35B

by Jasmine Pennic 10/14/2020 Leave a Comment

WellSky Acquires CarePort Health from Allscripts for $1.35B

What You Should Know: - Health technology leader WellSky has agreed to acquire CarePort Health to power coordinated care transitions for acute and post-acute care patients for $1.35B. - By providing end-to-end visibility across the continuum, WellSky and CarePort can improve outcomes, lower costs, and increase patient satisfaction. WellSky, a global health, and community care technology company, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Allscripts to
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