- Grand Rounds announced the launch of Premium Navigation, the company’s new and most comprehensive population health solution to address social determinants of health (SDoH). Users now have a single entry point for all their healthcare needs, clinical and beyond.- Premium Navigation simplifies the ever-complicated healthcare experience. It connects members with their clinical care team for case management while guiding them around clinically appropriate benefits and advocacy support. Grand
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5 Key Factors for Developing A Customized Tool for Capital Project Planning
Josh Nathan, Consultant, Freed Associates
Off-the-shelf software, such as the kind used for basic accounting or word processing, is typically great for meeting standard business needs. It can be challenging to use commoditized software to assist with more complex calculations or decisions, such as those involving major capital projects, without significant thought, preparation and execution of utilizing higher-level functions.
Specialized, big-ticket and enterprise-critical projects that
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Led by Cigna Ventures, Arcadia Raises $29.5M to Expand Population Health Management Platform
- Arcadia, a Boston-based population health management company announces that it has received $29.5 million in Series D funding, led by Cigna Ventures. - Arcadia’s population health management technology platform Arcadia Analytics was purpose-built to support economic success under value-based care. Population health management technology company Arcadia today announced at the 38th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference has closed a fully-subscribed growth equity investment of $29.5M led by
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SCI Solutions Acquires Mobile Patient Data Collection & Payments Platform Tonic Health
- SCI Solutions (SCI) acquires patient data collection and payments platform Tonic Health to meaningfully engage consumers at every step in their digital healthcare journey. - The acquisition will allow SCI to offer a comprehensive suite of patient self-service technologies to deliver maximum value to their combined client base. SCI Solutions (SCI), a Seattle, WA-based EHR-agnostic online care coordination marketplace, today announced it has acquired Tonic Health, a leading SaaS-based digital
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Top 60 Health IT/Digital Health Mergers & Acquisitions in 2019
- From Google's acquisition of Fitbit to Philips acquisition of Carestream Health's health IT business, here is a look at some of the biggest health IT/digital health mergers & acquisitions in 2019 by each quarter.
Q1 M&A Activity
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery Portfolio
Johnson & Johnson acquiresAuris Health, a developer of robotic technologies for $3.4 billion in cash. Auris Health is a privately-held developer of
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VirTrial Acquires Virtual Care Management Platform SnapMD
- VirTrial acquires SnapMD, a Los Angeles, CA-based full-service enterprise telehealth technology innovator, and solutions provider.- The acquisition supports VirTrial’s goal of making hybrid decentralized clinical trials seamless for sponsors, sites, and patients. - Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.VirTrial, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, announced today the acquisition of SnapMD, an LA-based provider of telemedicine tools and services that improve
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CVS Health Launches Transform Oncology Care Program, Partners with Tempus
- CVS Health launches Transform Oncology Care, which includes a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind precision medicine approach to oncology management for payors in collaboration with Tempus.- Transform Oncology Care includes an innovative precision medicine strategy that increases access to broad-panel gene sequencing tests for patients diagnosed with certain advanced-stage cancers. - The program also uses CVS’ local footprint and unique assets to improve patient outcomes and lower costs every
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UNC Health Care Adopts CarePort’s Care Coordination Platform Across 12 Hospitals
- CarePort, a provider of care coordination and management solutions is collaborating with North Carolina’s statewide health information exchange, NC HealthConnex.- The partnership allows for all 12 hospitals in the UNC Health Care system to improve efficiency and ultimately improve patient outcomes as the not-for-profit health system builds a more effective care coordination program between hospitals.- CarePort’s platform provides real-time patient data, alerts for critical patient events (e.g.
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5 Key Features of Successful Quality Collaboratives
Evan Osborne, MPH, Manager at Dacarba LLC
Quality collaboratives are comprised of multiple teams working together from different domains within the healthcare industry. Payors and providers have shown success in working together as a collaborative team sharing the same mission, improving healthcare outcomes in patients within the network each team serves. These collaborative efforts bring focus on improving medical services throughout in-network hospitals under contract with payors whose
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The Future of Whole-Person Care: The Intersection of Tech and Holistic Health
Judith Nowlin, Chief Growth Officer for Babyscripts
There is a common misconception in the healthcare field that technological innovation is opposed to the philosophy of holistic care. Tech is viewed as artificial, manufactured, and impersonal — it values human experience only for the sake of developing better algorithms and treats the physical body of the patient without care for their personhood.
In contrast, holistic care is seen as organic and natural; elevating the physical, emotional,
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