- DrFirst and Adobe Sign has announced the integration of Adobe Sign e-signature solution with DrFirst’s Backline secure care collaboration platform, producing the first mobile solution for the healthcare market to offer an e-signature capability.
- Using the joint solution, providers can send SMS messages to the mobile devices of patients, caregivers, or other clinicians to share documents that require signatures.
- Once received, the patient or provider can tap a link in the
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Northwell Health Goes Live on Microsoft Teams for Secure Messaging
- Northwell Health goes live on Microsoft Teams solution for clinicians for secure texting and helps improve care coordination across the enterprise.
- A total of 8,300 Northwell staff currently use Microsoft Teams with future rollouts plan across the health system this year and into early 2020.
Glen Cove Hospital, part of the Northwell Health network has gone live on the Microsoft Teams solution for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers to securely text one other
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OptimizeRx Acquires Digital Therapeutics Platform RMDY Health for $16M
- OptimizeRX acquires RMDY Health, a multipurpose digital therapeutics SaaS platform, for $16 million in cash and equity.
- Acquisition will enhance OptimizeRx existing digital platform with technology solutions tailored for digital therapeutics and extends offerings to SaaS-based patient engagement markets.
- RMDY will maintain its technology team in Tel Aviv, Israel, and U.S. based personnel and use the OptimizeRx New Jersey HQ.
OptimizeRx announced it will acquire RMDY
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Vocera Vina Smartphone App Launches to Optimize Patient Safety
- Vocera Vina smartphone app launches to help improve clinical communications and enhance patient safety by reducing the clerical burdens that lead to burnout.
- The customizable communication app presents prioritized patient-centric calls, secure messages, and alerts in a unified inbox, and provides an intuitive user experience for clinicians inside and outside the hospital.
- Drawing from the hospital EHR, this the vendor-agnostic platform works alongside all other Vocera
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Aledade, The Physicians Integrated Network Forms Value-Based Care Collaboration in Greater Philadelphia
- Aledade ACOs and the Physicians Integrated Network (TPIN) join forces to improve care coordination, quality of care, and patient health outcomes
- Under the value-based care agreement, and TPIN’s leading network of independent specialists have agreed to a care compact and intend to explore additional opportunities for clinical collaboration across all payers.
- TPIN’s network is made up of 700 physicians practicing in 24 clinical specialties throughout greater Philadelphia,
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4th Annual Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Kicks Off
Quick Glance- Accenture kicks off the application period for the fourth annual Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge- Challenge seeks to support innovative approaches and solutions for improving the way people access, manage and finance healthcare in North America- Three categories for this year’s Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge are operational efficiency, increased access, and consumer experienceAccenture, today kicked off the application period for the fourth annual
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Top 5 Factors Impacting the US Population Health Management Market
The North American Population Health Management (PHM) reached the $4 billion milestone for the first time in 2018, despite growth slowing for the second consecutive year. With the US provider market consolidating and vertical integration increasing, vendors are having to adapt their offerings to keep up with changing needs. Here is our take on the five trends that will impact market growth over the coming years:
1 – A Market Still Maturing
As the market has evolved, providers are
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Imprivata, Vocera Integrate for Secure and Convenient Clinical Mobile Device Authentication
Healthcare IT security company Imprivata and Vocera Communications, a provider of clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced an integration partnership to help healthcare organizations unlock the full potential of mobility in healthcare. Combining Imprivata Mobile Device Access with Vocera Collaboration Suite, the partnership enables fast, familiar authentication into shared clinical mobile devices and the Vocera smartphone app, eliminating the burden of manual logins for
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SHIEC: HIEs Provide Critical Infrastructure to Support Nationwide Interoperability
America’s health information exchanges (HIEs) provide critical infrastructure to support interoperability serving 92% of Americans, delivering more than one billion clinical alerts annually, according to a recent Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative survey.These are real-time notifications of hospital admissions, discharges or transfers (ADTs) delivered to doctors, hospitals and other organizations tasked with coordinating the care and services of high-needs patients. These alerts
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SafeKeeping Raises $330k for Long-Term Care Coordination Dashboard
SafeKeeping, an Evansville, Indiana-based integrated care dashboard for long-term care providers that utilizes facilities' electronic medical record (EMR) data to improve health outcomes for caregivers, family members and residents announced it has raised $330k in seed funding led by Solidea Capital. The company plans to use the seed funding to expand offerings, support additional long-term care facilities and meet urgent industry demands for an engagement channel that puts facility efficiency
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