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Hartford HealthCare Taps Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform to Connect Over 70 Ambulatory Practice Sites

by Fred Pennic 07/26/2018 Leave a Comment

Hartford HealthCare selects Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform

Hartford HealthCare, Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network, has partnered with the leading San Francisco-based healthcare data platform company, Innovaccer Inc., to leverage data as a source of innovation in healthcare.Due to the siloed nature of traditional clinical systems, connecting practice sites within a dispersed health system has always been incredibly challenging. As organizations strive to improve efficiency and outcomes, the inability to link systems is proving to be a
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The Short List of Remaining Health IT Interoperability Obstacles is Significant

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 07/25/2018 Leave a Comment

The Short List of Remaining Health IT Interoperability Obstacles is Significant

Earlier this year, the ONC released the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), which responds to a mandate included in 2016’s 21st Century Cures Act and lays out principles, terms and conditions on which to base an interoperability framework that healthcare organizations can embrace. “This means patients who have received care from multiple doctors and hospitals should have their medical history electronically accessible on demand by any other treating provider in a network
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University of Louisville Hospital Goes Live on Integration Engine to Support Interoperability

by Jasmine Pennic 07/19/2018 Leave a Comment

University of Louisville Hospital Goes Live on Integration Engine to Support Interoperability

Orion Health announced that the University of Louisville Hospital has selected and gone-live with its newly-launched Rhapsody as a Service (RaaS). RaaS is a cloud-based integration engine that University of Louisville Hospital uses to support critical interoperability and security initiatives, and realize major time savings. This news follows Orion Health’s recent acquisition of its Rhapsody business by Hg, a private equity technology investor. While the Hg agreement will not be fully completed
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The Existing Challenges with EHRs and Physicians’ Workflows

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer Inc. 07/17/2018 Leave a Comment

The Existing Challenges with EHRs and Physicians’ Workflows

EHRs grew out of the vast computers that looked after a hospital’s internal processes. The physician workflows, on the other hand, were an afterthought. Imagine a Wendy’s restaurant. You place an order and the guy at the counter rings up and relays your order to the kitchen. When the order comes, the fry guy drops a basket of fries in the fryer, the guy at the burger counter flips a patty, the girl over at the soda machine fills up your choice of soda, arranges your order on a tray, and rests it
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Cleveland Clinic Adds EHR Data to Apple Health Records on iPhone for Patients

by Fred Pennic 07/03/2018 Leave a Comment

Cleveland Clinics Adds EHR Data to Apple Health Records on iPhone for Patients

On Tuesday, Cleveland Clinic announced that patients can now access their personal health data via the Apple Health Records on iPhone feature. The new functionality provides another convenient way for patients to access their personal health data in addition to using the Epic MyChart via computer or downloading the app. Both ways provide patients the ability to access:- Allergies- Conditions- Immunizations- Lab Results- Procedures & Vitals- Organized medical information from various
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The 3 F’s for Care Innovations— Flow, Feasibility, Flexibility

by Abhinav Shashank, CEO at Innovaccer Inc. 07/02/2018 Leave a Comment

The 3 F’s for Care Innovations— Flow, Feasibility, Flexibility

Recently, I came across a story on a high-end care facility situated in Philadelphia. The said center was equipped with highly advanced machines, served high-income patients, and their services were fairly ‘integrated.’ A patient could visit a PCP on one floor and get diagnostic imaging done on another. However, any two systems did not connect. An X-ray image had to be first printed, faxed, and then again scanned in the physician’s desktop— taking a fair amount of time, and image quality was
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Allscripts Taps MedAware to Eliminate Prescription-based Medication Errors

by Jasmine Pennic 06/19/2018 Leave a Comment

Allscripts

MedAware has been selected by Allscripts patient safety and save lives. This is significant as new interoperability challenges arise created by an all-digital healthcare system. In the US alone, 1.5 million prescription errors per year result in injury or death. Nearly every organization has an EHR and physicians are being bombarded by huge stores of patient data. Allscripts has selected MedAware as its partner to put this data to work – to achieve meaningful interoperability and improve care
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Health Tech Startup Bridge Connector Raises $4.5M for Healthcare Data Integration Platform

by Fred Pennic 06/05/2018 Leave a Comment

Bridge Connector Raises $4.5M for Healthcare Data Integration Platform

Bridge Connector, a healthcare data integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that delivers streamlined integration solutions for healthcare organizations, today announced it has raised $4.5 million in seed funding led by Axioma Ventures LLC. The seed round also includes participation from  Alex Jenkins, co-founding partner of Axioma Ventures; Hannibal Baldwin, Chief Financial Officer of Baldwin Beach Capital and Co-CEO of SiteZeus; and Jeffrey S. Wenger, M.D., a board-certified
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Stratus Video Unveils Telehealth Interoperability Product

by Jasmine Pennic 05/31/2018 Leave a Comment

Stratus Video Launches Telehealth Division, Partners with Adventist Health

Language access company, Stratus Video, has announced the ability to add video remote interpreters to any telehealth video conferencing system with their new product, Stratus Link. If healthcare providers need to engage a limited English proficiency (LEP) patient remotely, they can now add a medically qualified Stratus Video interpreter to their telehealth video call.Stratus Video has partnered with thousands of healthcare facilities across the nation, many of whom utilized different telehealth
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UnitedHealthcare & Quest Diagnostics to Use Real-Time Data Sharing for Patients, Establishes Long-Term Strategic Partnership

by Jasmine Pennic 05/24/2018 Leave a Comment

DPHO, UnitedHealthcare Launch Accountable Care Program

UnitedHealthcare and Quest Diagnostics have established a long-term strategic partnership as the two organizations focus on ways to create more personalized care recommendations and a simpler consumer experience for the more than 48 million people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare plans. Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, Quest will be participating as a national provider of laboratory services for all UnitedHealthcare plan participantsUnder the partnership, UnitedHealthcare and Quest will use real-time data
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