Vocera Communications, Inc. a provider of clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced it is partnering with Qventus, an AI-based software technology company that helps health systems run more efficiently. Interoperability between Vocera and Qventus technologies enables immediate action and collaboration on the frontlines of hospitals across the country. Together, the two companies empower care teams with real-time situational awareness to quickly mobilize the right people and
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Hartford HealthCare Taps Innovaccer’s Healthcare Data Platform to Connect Over 70 Ambulatory Practice Sites
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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