In a perfect world, every individual would have equal access to adequate healthcare services regardless of socioeconomic status or cultural background. In the real world, both play a significant role in the level and quality of care a person might receive. It is critical that the healthcare industry as a whole remains cognizant of social and cultural determinants as it continues to innovate and transition towards value-based care models.
We have long been aware of the care challenges faced by
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Roundtrip Nabs $5.1M to Expand Digital Transportation Marketplace for Providers & Patients
Roundtrip, a Philadelphia, PA-based digital transportation marketplace for better health outcomes announced it has raised $5.14M in Series A funding led by Motley Fool Ventures, with participation from a multi-billion dollar international healthcare software and medical device company, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University.Digital Transportation MarketplaceEvery day, 10,000 patients miss or delay care due to a transportation barrier. Learn
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Smartphone Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease Could Save NHS $877M Over 5 Years
Healthy.io, an Israeli-based provider of FDA-cleared smartphone-based urinalysis has announced the results from its early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) pilot study with 2,000 NHS patients with diabetes. The pilot found improved test compliance (raising responses to 72% among patients who had previously not responded to testing reminders) and discovered previously undiagnosed cases of CKD (10 percent of those who took the test).Financial Impact of CKD for the NHSWith a staggering
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Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Goes Live on Mobile Physician Query Solution
Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall (MSLC) announced today that MSLC is live on Artifact Health's mobile physician query solution to improve workflow for its clinicians and expedite the accurate coding of patient records. Artifact was able to accommodate the hospital’s requirement to implement, integrate with Meditech’s EHR system and go live within four weeks.Optimizing the Physician Query Process for PhysiciansTraditionally, the query process is onerous and time-consuming for physicians, clinical
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Medical Informatics Corp. Raises $11.9M for FDA-Cleared Patient Monitoring and Predictive Analytics Platform
Medical Informatics Corp. (MIC), a Houston, TX-based provider of an FDA-cleared patient monitoring and predictive analytics platform has raised $11.9M in Series A funding led by Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) with significant participation from Intel Capital and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Venture Fund.The Inaccurate State of Today’s Predictive Analytics in Hospital SystemsHospital systems across the country are searching for ways to use machine learning and AI to get ahead of
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BlackBerry Named HIMSS Analytics Certified Consultant to Guides Organizations Through Stages of INFRAM
Today, BlackBerry announced it has become a HIMSS Analytics Certified Consultant to guide healthcare organizations through the stages of the Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), as well as ERAM. Professionally trained on the INFRAM, BlackBerry’s cybersecurity experts can assess a healthcare organization’s infrastructure architecture and help them achieve their desired INFRAM score.Understanding Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM)Similar to the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record
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IlumiCare Integrates with Epic EMR to Improve Clinical Decision Making
IllumiCare, a pioneer in point-of-care healthcare information technology, announces today integrations with multiple health systems using the Epic electronic medical record (EMR). IllumiCare’s Smart Ribbon® technology currently runs in 22 hospitals using Epic, with additional facilities being added.IllumiCare offers an EMR-agnostic ribbon of information that unobtrusively puts the wholesale cost of medications, labs and radiology tests, iatrogenic risks, and other actionable information within a
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Do EHRs Make Patients Safer?
Written by Ahmed Mori, Content Writer for Care Cloud
There is an ongoing debate as to whether or not EHRs actually make patients safer. Sure, doctors using electronic health records boast fewer malpractice claims – Harvard Medical School reports that malpractice claims for physicians using EHRs tally in at one-sixth of the total of malpractice claims for physicians who haven’t yet implemented a system.
That’s fine and dandy, but what about your patients? Can you make them safer with your
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6 Reasons Why Adopting an EHR Will Increase Practice Efficiency
Guest post from Irene Froehlich, Director of Marketing at DrFirst:
Adopting an electronic health record (EHR) increases practice efficiency which translates to a profitable, organized practice that can focus on the quality of care provided to it’s patients. Here are six considerations for practices researching EHRs to improve efficiency and patient care:
Where’s The Chart? Not quickly locating a patient’s paper chart can be frustrating and time consuming for everyone. A typical
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