St Vincent’s Health Australia has officially deployed Vocera solutions for communication and clinical alerts across all its aged care facilities. St Vincent’s Health Australia is one of many organizations in the country using Vocera technology to improve care team communication, patient and resident experience, and operational efficiency. In 2017, Vocera added 35 aged care facilities in Australia to its client roster.Additionally, Vocera is steadily increasing deployments in public and private
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4 Barriers to Implementing Value-based Payment Models
Majority of family physicians indicate their practices participate in value-based payment models and believe value-based payment models will encourage greater collaboration between primary care physicians and specialists, according to a new study. The 2017 Value-based Payment Study was sent to 5,000 active members of the AAFP. A total of 482 surveys were returned, and 386 were evaluated after a screening process. The study found that more and more family physicians are embracing value-based
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Stitch Health Launches Care Coordination Platform for Healthcare Teams
Today Stitch Health, which aims to make it easy for healthcare teams to provide incredible patient experiences, unveiled their new care coordination platform for providers to work better together. The company's HIPAA-compliant, cross-platform (desktop, iOS, and Android), searchable by a patient, and integrates with existing electronic health records (EHRs). The platform offers tools for three categories of healthcare work: team communication, patient engagement, and patient management.Stitch
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Philips Acquires Mayo-Backed VitalHealth to Expand Population Health Management Offerings
Philips has acquired VitalHealth, a Netherlands-based provider of cloud-based population health management solutions for the delivery of personalized care outside of the hospital, for example, in regional care networks. Building on the acquisition of Wellcentive in 2016, the acquisition complements Philips population health management portfolio with advanced analytics, care coordination, patient engagement and outcome management solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not
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Collective Medical Raises $47.5M to Expand Care Team Collaboration Network
Collective Medical, a Utah-based network for care collaboration has raised $47 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Maverick Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Providence Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and Epic Ventures. The company plans to utilize the funding to expand and advance the company’s care team collaboration network accelerating efforts to drive better patient outcomes nationwide.As a part of this effort, Collective
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North Carolina Hospital Association, PatientPing Partner To Deploy State-Wide, Real-Time Care Coordination
North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) is partnering with healthcare technology company PatientPing to state-wide, real-time patient care coordination in North Carolina. The implementation will enable providers across the continuum in North Carolina to strengthen collaborative relationships and improve patient health by more effectively guiding care protocol for at-risk patients with chronic health conditions, better utilizing appropriate community health resources, and reducing unnecessary
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Boston Children’s IDHA Launch Secure “Task Manager” App for Clinical Teams to Avoid Burnout
Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) today unveiled Dock Health, a secure mobile and web application that gives clinicians and their teams an essential tool for managing the numerous tasks that are part of clinical care. Founded by Michael Docktor, MD and Keather Roemhildt , Dock Health received an accelerator grant from IDHA in 2016. As of early September, the app is being piloted in several Boston Children’s departments (Gastroenterology,
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Samsung, TigerText Partner to Offer Mobile Clinical Collaboration Solution for Care Teams
Samsung and TigerText today announced a new strategic partnership and joint offering to improve communication and coordination efforts among care teams, offering CNOs and CNIOs a top of the line, enterprise-grade smartphone that meets the consumer-expectations of staff. Improvements in efficiency allows clinicians to streamline continuity of care and spend more time caring for patients and less time tracking down colleagues or completing redundant administrative tasks. The new all-in-one
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Bellin Health Taps PatientPing for Care Coordination Network
Bellin Health, an integrated healthcare delivery system based in Green Bay, WI has ) announced a new partnership with PatientPing, a Boston-based technology company building a national care coordination network. The new partnership will help Bellin Health collaborate on shared patients with other providers outside their network and across the care continuum, enabling a team-based, coordinated approach to patient care.Bellin is comprised of Bellin Hospital, Bellin Psychiatric Center, 32 Bellin
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5 Best Practices for Establishing a Unified Mobile Clinical Communications Strategy
Doc Halo’s CIO Jon Jansen explains why it’s time health organizations establish clear lines of communication.Thanks to the myriad of emerging devices and apps, it has never been easier for clinicians to communicate, so why is there still so much disconnect in healthcare delivery? Maybe it’s because not all tech is created equal—and while variety is the spice of life—it turns out that using too many communication tools is a recipe for disaster when it comes to productivity.According to a Ponemon
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