Yesterday Agfa announced it had entered exclusive negotiations with Dedalus Holding to sell part of its Healthcare IT business, specifically the business tied to its EMR and Integrated Care offerings. The facts are:- In May 2019 Agfa stated it would explore selling its Hospital IT and Integrated Care (HCIS) solutions business.- This process was brought a step forward towards the conclusion yesterday with the announcement that the deal (valued at €945M) would be completed during Q2 2020, and
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Aetna to Offer Prenatal App Babyscripts to Support PA Medicaid Members
- Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania, Aetna’s Medicaid managed care organization in Pennsylvania enters a strategic partnership with Babyscripts. - Strategic partnership will enable Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania to deliver pregnancy care solutions to plan members at participating WellSpan Health sites using Babyscripts prenatal application. - New point of care model allows low-risk pregnant patients to receive the benefits of remote monitoring and virtual care.Aetna Better Health of
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Q/A: UnitedHealthcare Executive Talks Investment in Telehealth Innovation
Pat Keran, Vice President of Product & Innovation for UnitedHealthcare
Are
telehealth innovations the future of care delivery? Pat Keran, vice president
of product and innovation for UnitedHealthcare shared his insights and what’s
to come from the integration of telehealth innovations in the healthcare
landscape.
It’s should be of no surprise that in today’s app-fascinated world that telehealth services are becoming increasingly popular both for consumers and employers. According to a
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Wellframe Raises $20M to Accelerate Digital Care Management Solution for Care Teams
- Wellframe raises $20M in Series C funding to support company growth, including hiring in its Boston office, and accelerate its leadership in the Digital Health Management market.Wellframe translates evidence-based, peer-reviewed guidelines and literature into an interactive daily checklist delivered to patients through the Wellframe mobile app.The additional funding announced today will also enable Wellframe to accelerate the next phase of its Digital Health Management solutions, Digital
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VA to Deploy Podimetrics SmartMat Regionally to Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- VA recently announced they will be offering a care management solution designed to detect and prevent one of the costliest and most complicated diabetes-related issues, diabetic foot ulcers, to a wider group of veterans in need. - The solution, Podimetrics' SmartMat, is currently in 15 VAs and starting Dec. 1, more VAs will begin offering the easy-to-use mat to its patients.- Last year alone, the VA treated nearly 75,000 cases of DFU and spends more than $3 billion per year on the issue,
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RCM: Getting the Most from Your State’s All-Payer Claims Database
Samir Panchal, Consultant, Freed Associates
This past year, California became the latest (and largest) state to legislatively mandate an all-payer claims database (APCD). As the name implies, an APCD is a statewide repository of all claims information from a state’s health care payers, including both commercial and government.
The intent of an APCD is to help policymakers and others better understand the drivers of health care use and costs and spot usage trends across networks,
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CarePort Guide Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Optimized Discharge Planning
- CarePort Health announced that CarePort Guide, its post-acute provider database and patient choice application, is now available in the Epic App Orchard marketplace.- The integration allows Epic customers to increase conversions to preferred providers while preserving patient choice.CarePort Health, a provider of care coordination and post-acute outcomes management announced that CarePort Guide, its post-acute provider database and patient choice application is now available in the Epic App
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Massachusetts Expands Digital Health R&D Sandbox Program
- Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) adds Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub) in Boston, MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) in Cambridge, and TechSpring at Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass. - MeHI selects startups eMotion Rx of Cambridge and Stability Health of Worcester for Inaugural Sandbox at Worcester Polytechnic InstituteThe Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has selected three of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ leading
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Holon Solutions Appoints Jon Zimmerman As New CEO
Jon Zimmerman, CEO of Holon Solutions
- Healthcare IT leader Jon Zimmerman has been named CEO of Holon Solutions to accelerate their transition to value-based care through the adoption of purpose-built technology that solves their biggest challenges.
- Value-based care executive selected for his nearly 30 years’ experience in enhancing healthcare interoperability and proven track record in scaling growth-stage companies.
Holon Solutions, an Atlanta-based healthcare IT company that liberates
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Innovaccer Partners With Microsoft Teams to Launch Its Care Management Solution
Key Highlights- Innovaccer Inc. has partnered with Microsoft Teams to launch its care management product, InCare on the Microsoft Teams platform.- With Microsoft Teams, InCare can create a culture of collaboration and prevent the care teams from working in isolated silos. - Care managers can directly talk to the primary care provider’s nursing staff through the chatbot to coordinate care.Innovaccer Inc, a healthcare data activation company today announced a partnership with Microsoft Teams to
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