What You Should Know: - Transcarent, a health and care experience company that makes it easy for people to access high-quality, affordable care announced it will acquire AI-powered virtual care platform and care business of on-demand primary care company, 98point6. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed; however, insiders expect the deal to be valued at $100M. - As part of the acquisition, hundreds of 98point6 enterprise customers including Boeing, Kindercare and
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Edifecs Launches Solution to Automate Prior Authorization at the Point of Care
What You Should Know: - The full automation of prior authorization at the point of care leads to improved member experiences, enhanced outcomes, ongoing compliance, and reduced administrative burden. Edifecs’ automated prior authorization solution integrates with electronic health records (EHR) and leverages artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), and industry standards such as FHIR to instantly deliver authorization. - This innovation comes on the heels of
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KeyCare Raises $24M for Epic-Integrated Virtual Care Platform
What You Should Know: - KeyCare, Inc., the nation’s only virtual-first care platform built with Epic, announced the closing of $24 million in series A funding. - The funding was backed by 8VC, LRVHealth, Bold Capital, and Spectrum Health Ventures. Expanding Horizons in Healthcare Using Virtual Care Platforms KeyCare offers health systems the ability to easily augment their care teams, optimize capacity, and widen their digital front doors by partnering with a nationwide network of
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Analysis: US Ambulatory EHR Market Shake-Up at HIMSS 2022
During, and in the run-up to, HIMSS earlier this month there were several announcements from US EHR vendors that will shake up the US EHR market, particularly in the ambulatory segment. These included: - Allscripts’ announcement that it is to sell its Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal, dbMotion, STAR and HealthQuest business to Harris Computer Corp. - Meditech’s announcement that Expanse Ambulatory is to be made available to independent and physician-owned practices, alongside its
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Nuance Integrates DAX Tech with Cerner EHR to Optimize Clinician & Patient Experience
What You Should Know: - Nuance and Cerner announced that they have expanded their collaboration to integrate the Nuance® Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) system into the Cerner Millennium EHR. - The collaboration deepens the existing integration of Nuance and Cerner technologies and is expected to help manage administrative workloads that lead to clinician burnout, expand access to care for patients, and enhance healthcare outcomes with clinical
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Tift Medical Integrates Sepsis Monitoring with Cerner EHR to Improve Early Detection
What You Should Know: - Clinicians now access Wolters Kluwer’s real-time sepsis monitoring alerts within Cerner EHR at Tift Regional Medical Center. - POC Advisor’s highly accurate alerts and guidance are automatically delivered to the point of care to improve sepsis patient outcomes. Wolters Kluwer, Health today announced that Tift Regional Medical Center, the flagship hospital of Southwell, a Georgia not-for-profit health system, has integrated POC Advisor, its sophisticated sepsis
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Vibrent Health Accelerates Clinical Research through EHR Integration
What You Should Know: - Vibrent Health today announced the integration of EHRs into its Digital Health Solutions Platform, enabling health researchers to immediately access a wealth of data – such as diagnoses, treatments, medications and lab results – that can provide a fuller, more accurate picture of a research participant’s health than data collected manually by researchers. - Vibrent Health supports leading FHIR-enabled EHR vendors such as Epic and Cerner to ensure
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Zoom Announces Cerner EHR Integration for Secure Virtual Visits
What You Should Know: - Zoom is now accepting beta customers for Zoom’s new integration with Cerner’s electronic health record (EHR) platform, available by sending a message of interest on Cerner’s App Gallery or talking to your Zoom account executive. - Hospitals, health systems, physician offices, and clinics that use Cerner to share and access patient EHR data across the continuum of care will be able to launch secure Zoom virtual visits directly
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Cedars-Sinai Cancer Launches ‘Molecular Twin’ Initiative for Precision Cancer Treatment
What You Should Know: - Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Tempus, a provider of artificial intelligence and precision medicine, are harnessing the power of big data and AI to design personalized cancer treatment options by creating virtual replicas of patients' DNA, RNA, protein and other information to help identify the most effective approach to each individual's disease. - By creating these "molecular twins," scientists can genetically classify cancer genes and proteins of particular tumors
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GoodRx and Surescripts Brings Real-Time Drug Discount Pricing in EHRs
What You Should Know: - Today, GoodRx announced an exclusive agreement with health information network Surescripts to deliver real-time drug discount price information for prescriptions in Surescript’ price transparency solution. - Surescripts is a nationwide network that connects virtually all EHRs, pharmacies and health systems, enabling providers to view patient-specific benefit and cost information and then electronically prescribe a medication. Last year, nearly 2 billion electronic
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