Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, key elements of hospital operations such as managing inpatient bed capacity, and access to ventilators and PPE have taken center stage. The general public got a crash course on what hospitals need in order to function successfully when disaster hits, and daily news and discussions were centered around ICU bed capacity as cases accelerated across the country.
The nightmarish predictions and reality led to the development of creative measures to
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Wolters Kluwer Launches Alexa Skill to Keep Patients Engaged With Their Care Team at Home
What
You Should Know:
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Wolters Kluwer, Health launches new Alexa skill, Emmi Care Plan to keep patients
engaged with their care team at home following discharge from the hospital.
- Using a natural dialogue that automatically adjusts to patient responses, customers can engage with the skill on Alexa-enabled devices simply by saying, “Alexa, ask Emmi Care Plan” to complete periodic health assessments, reminders, and additional education.
To keep health consumers engaged with their
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5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers
As if 2020 couldn’t be any more challenging for healthcare providers, new federal rules on interoperability and patient access, granting patients direct access to their healthcare data, begin taking effect in 2021 and will continue into 2022. These rules, while ultimately beneficial to patients, bring an additional level of operational complexity to many revenue-stressed healthcare organizations.
If anything, the 2020 pandemic has illustrated the vast potential of interoperability. For
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Backed by Redesign Health, MedArrive Launches with $4.5M in Funding for Care Management Platform
What You Should Know:
- With $4.5 million in funding from
Kleiner Perkins and Define Ventures, and backed by Redesign Health, MedArrive
is poised to bridge the virtual care gap and make affordable at-home care the
new norm.
- Co-founded by the former head of Uber Health, MedArrive enables healthcare providers to seamlessly extend care services into the home, unlocking access to high-quality healthcare for more people at a fraction of the cost.
- MedArrive’s fully integrated care
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5 Myth-Busting New Hospital ADT Notification Requirements
When doctors know their patients have been to the hospital, they can act fast to provide needed support. Widespread use of hospital event notifications is associated with all kinds of health benefits, including a 10 percent decrease in readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries. These event notifications are one of the simplest, easiest (most-bipartisan!), and most impactful changes we can make to improve patient outcomes in U.S. healthcare.
To this goal, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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Northwell Health Offers COVID-19 Screening Chat for NY Schools and Employers
What You Should Know:
- Northwell Health announced that its Northwell Direct unit, which works with large employers, will be offering Conversa HealthCheck to screen employees, customers, students, and visitors.
- HealthCheck is a quick, chat-based electronic screening
for symptoms and signs of exposure to COVID-19. If cleared, users receive a
digital "badge" that allows entry to a facility. If not cleared, they
are given additional information on staying home and steps for testing
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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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Signify Health Acquires Healthcare Payment Blockchain Company PatientBlox
Signify Health, a leading provider of technology-enabled healthcare solutions designed to keep people healthy and happy at home has acquired PatientBlox, an Atlanta-based technology company with deep expertise in applying distributed ledger technology in healthcare. The acquisition accelerates Signify's prospective provider payment capabilities for episodes of care, supporting the company's commitment to advance value-based care through novel payment and risk arrangements. Financial details of
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Backed by LRV Health, Upfront Healthcare Nabs $11.5 for Patient Engagement Platform
What You Should Know:
- Upfront Healthcare has raised $11.5 million in its Series B with new investor Baird Capital co-leading the round with existing investor LRVHealth (venture capital arm for 22 health systems, payers, and vendors).
- Upfront’s Enterprise Care Traffic Control Platform is
the multi-channel patient communication hub that activates every patient to get
the care they need at the appropriate clinical service throughout their care
journey.
Upfront Healthcare, a leading
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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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