Vyne, a provider of secure health information exchange and electronic healthcare communication management has been acquired by The Jordan Company, L.P., a middle-market-focused private equity firm with original capital commitments in excess of $11 billion. This new investment supports Vyne’s commitment to providing market-leading healthcare technology and support to thousands of dental practices, hospitals and major health systems across the United States.Expansion Plans for VyneThe acquisition
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Best Buy Expands TytoCare’s On-Demand Medical Exam to Select Stores in CA, OH, ND, SD
Tyto Care, an Israeli-based telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced the expanded availability of TytoHome at select Best Buy stores in California, Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota. TytoHome is already available for all U.S. customers on BestBuy.com and in select Minnesota Best Buy locations. The expansion into the four additional states brings Tyto Care’s telehealth solution to a total of 30 Best Buy locations nationwide to date.TytoHome: How It WorksTytoHome,
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Remote Enablement Adoption: The Key to Reshaping Patient Monitoring
James Caffrey, Leader of Strategic Projects & Ventures, Monitoring & Analytics, Philips
The healthcare industry is facing significant pressures around costs and outcomes as it shifts to a value-based care model. To alleviate these concerns, hospitals are looking to technology to help. Over the years, technology has significantly evolved with more connectivity, advanced algorithms and introduction of machine learning and AI. These advancements have greatly improved efficiencies and
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Change Healthcare: Applying AI Could Identify Up to 35% of Denials Prior to Submission
Change Healthcare AI can help providers identify problem claims and prevent denials before they happen, avoiding costly rework, delays, and improving revenue flow.Today Change Healthcare announced that it has applied its Claims Lifecycle Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to its claims management suite with the introduction of Assurance Reimbursement Management™ Denial Propensity Scoring and Revenue Performance Advisor Denial Prevention. With performance enhanced by Claims Lifecycle AI,
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Olive, Clinc Partner to Add Conversational AI to Digital Healthcare Employee for Hospitals
Olive, the company that introduced healthcare’s AI-driven digital employee has joined forces with Clinc, another trailblazer in Artificial Intelligence (AI), to free up time and resources by adding conversational AI capabilities to its existing technology. The combined offering allows Olive’s digital healthcare employee to bring hospitals and health systems broader applications across revenue cycle, supply chain and other financial and operational departments.
While new technologies
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Digital Prescribing Platform Xealth Raises Additional $3M to Close $14M Series A Round
Xealth, a Seattle-based digital prescribing platform has raised an additional $3 million in its Series A financing, bringing the amount raised in this round to $14 million total. New investors Atrium Health, Cleveland Clinic and MemorialCare Innovation Fund join McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, ResMed, Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ Venture), Providence Ventures, UPMC and Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. Investments from this round will be used to advance the
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VisualDx Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Support Diagnostic Accuracy
VisualDx, a Rochester, NY-based diagnostic clinical decisions support tool for physicians announced that it has joined the Epic App Orchard marketplace to support diagnostic accuracy, save clinicians’ time and enhance patient care.
Improve Clinical Decisions & Enhance Clinical Workflow
The VisualDx SMART app employs the HL7® standard SMART® on FHIR® technology and the integration extracts the sex, age, medications, and problem lists from the patient's record. This information is used to
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Kyruus, Brandify Integrate to Improve Health System Local Search Capabilities
Kyruus, the leader in provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, and Brandify, a location-based digital marketing solution for brands, today announced their partnership. Given that 2/3 of consumers search for providers near themselves or near a specific town/city, Kyruus and Brandify joined forces to enable health systems to give prospective (and returning) patients the accurate provider and location data they prioritize when searching for care.Impact of Location on Searching
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CredSimple Raises $14M to Redefine The Provider Credentialing Process
CredSimple, the a NYC-based cloud-based healthcare credential verification organization, has raised $14 million in Series B funding led by Questa Capital. The round also included participation from existing investors including Windham Venture Partners who led the company's Series A round and Primary Ventures who co-led its seed investment.Outdated Credentialing ProcessTraditionally, credentialing has run on outdated systems, spreadsheets, and repetitive manual work that only increases work,
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R1 RCM, Intermountain Opens Technology and Innovation Center
On Tuesday, R1 RCM announced the grand opening of its new Salt Lake City Technology and Innovation Center in collaboration with Intermountain Healthcare. This state-of-the-art facility will be the first of its kind to test and develop new technology to redefine the healthcare revenue cycle process and the patient financial experienceThe grand opening event brought together R1 and Intermountain Healthcare leaders, community business leaders, and local nonprofit organizations for a ribbon cutting,
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