- Brainlab acquires VisionTree Software Inc., a San Diego, CA-based provider of modular, cloud-based, patient-centered outcomes platform for specialty patient care, engagement and research. - The established ePRO solution will complement the Brainlab cloud-based infrastructure and registry solution aiming to deliver patient engagement and even more comprehensive quality reporting.- Brainlab will continue to invest in the VTOC platform aiming to facilitate data collection across all available
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Are EHRs A Guard Against Human Nature?
Irv Lichtenwald, President & CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation
Because we have big brains and have been to the moon and have invented remarkably complex stuff, the idea persists that human beings are inherently rational. This idea is both untrue and ironic, but not in a black-fly-in-the-chardonnay way.
Rational beings, by definition, would make decisions based on proven, reliable data and learned the reason. Most of the time, human beings use impulses, moods, emotions and urges to make
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Roundtrip Taps Redox to Provide Complete View of Patient’s Transportation Journey
- Redox partners with Roundtrip digital transportation marketplace to ensure patients get to appointments. - With Redox ensuring total interoperability across healthcare data source systems, Roundtrip can compile a complete view of a patient’s transportation journey between care settings and offer insights to improve outcomes.Roundtrip, a digital transportation marketplace for providers and patients, announced today its strategic partnership with Redox, a healthcare integration platform for
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Banner Health Expands Ambulatory & Acute Virtual Care Services to Patients
- Banner Health inks a 5-year partnership agreement with eVisit and VeeMed to enable ambulatory and acute virtual care services for their patients throughout the Southwest. - Together, eVisit and VeeMed will provide a Banner-branded virtual care platform including software, mobile applications, and leveraging Banner hardware to operationalize Banner's preferred approach to virtual care services. Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country has
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Steward Health Care System to Deploy MEDITECH Expanse EHR Across 35 Hospitals
- Steward Health Care System recently signed to implement MEDITECH Expanse EHR in 18 sites located across Arizona, Texas, Utah, Arkansas, and Louisiana. - The implementation is a part of Steward’s “One Platform” strategy to bring all 35 hospitals under a one single, integrated, enterprise EHR. Health IT company MEDITECH announces it will extend its 20-year partnership with Steward Health Care System, which recently signed to implement the MEDITECH Expanse EHR platform in 18 sites located across
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UChicago Medicine Selects Life Image’s Breast Health Data Tool
- UChicago Medicine working with Mammosphere by Life Image to allow patients easy, secure access to their breast imaging and to support the WISDOM Study to establish screening guidelines. - Mammosphere was developed to support women throughout their entire breast health journey, including contributing to scientific research. By offering patients this digital tool, patients in the WISDOM Study will have additional tools to support their long-term commitment to the research.Life Image, the world’s
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Medsphere Raises $40M to Expand Suite of SaaS EHR & RCM Solutions
- Medsphere raises $40M in preferred equity investment to fund the expansion of efficient, flexible, subscription-based software solutions. - Medsphere has grown subscription revenue by over 400% using a combination of organic growth and accretive acquisitions, achieving a compounded annual growth rate of over 50%. Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of efficient and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) software solutions, and services, today announced new $40
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EarlySign, Maccabi Healthcare Launches AI-Powered Flu Vaccination Campaign
- Medial EarlySign unveils the first clinical implementation of its AI-based solution to identify unvaccinated individuals at high-risk of developing serious flu-related complications.- Developed in collaboration with leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services, the implementation utilizes existing EHR data to identify and stratify patients at high risk.Medial EarlySign, a Israeli-based provider of machine learning-based solutions to aid in the early detection and prevention of high-burden
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R1 RCM Acquires Patient Engagement Company SCI Solutions for $190M in Cash
- R1 RCM announced the expansion of its tech platform capabilities through the acquisition of SCI Solutions, Inc (SCI). This acquisition enables healthcare providers to automate ordering, scheduling and authorization processes.
- SCI’s capabilities integrated into R1’s revenue cycle solution will offer the broadest and deepest tech-enabled patient intake solution available.
R1 RCM Inc, a provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management (RCM) services to healthcare providers,
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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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