- Xealth announces that it is a finalist in Accenture’s HealthTech Innovation Challenge, a recognition that supports innovative approaches and solutions for improving the way people access, manage and finance healthcare in North America.- Selected finalists presented to an exclusive panel of judges comprised of senior executives from globally recognized health companies at one of two regional events. One was held in Boston on Nov. 7 and the second in San Francisco on Dec. 5. For those selected
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Why HCAHPS Is Archaic In Healthcare Today
Helen Hrdy, SVP of Customer Success at NRC HealthThe Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey hasn’t changed since its inception in 2006. Healthcare leaders have long wanted to see it reformed. Now, hospital groups are making the case for a major HCAHPS overhaul. The cause for the upheaval of a 13-year-old process is due largely in part to the impact on the complete care journey, specifically the patient experience. In order to incite change in today’s
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DispatchHealth Expands Service Line, Offers Hospital-at-Home Care
- DispatchHealth expands its on-demand acute care services to offer Advanced Care and Extended Care in the home.- The new services allow patients who previously required an expensive hospital stay to be treated at home. In a partnership with two health systems, DispatchHealth will offer patients a 24/7 dedicated medical team, remote monitoring, an emergency call button, and daily visits.DispatchHealth, a provider of tech-enabled in-home health care, today announced the launch of two additional
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Regional Medical Center, Philips Forms 5-Year, $16M Diagnostic Imaging Partnership
- Philips and Regional Medical Center announce a 5-year, $16M long-term strategic partnership to deliver diagnostic imaging solutions to support patient care for residents of rural South Carolina. - The partnership gives community health system access to the same innovative Philips diagnostic imaging solutions of larger networks, bringing quality care closer to home and delivering on the Quadruple Aim.Regional Medical Center (RMC), the only acute care provider serving Orangeburg, Calhoun,
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5 Reasons Why A Single, Integrated EHR Will Not Solve Interoperability
A recent survey of health system IT, informatics, business, and clinical staff revealed that less than 40% of healthcare executives believe their organizations successfully share clinical data with external health systems, payers, and other partners. When asked what steps their organizations are taking to address interoperability challenges, 60% of respondents reported their organizations were moving to a single, integrated EHR. In addition to costing tens or hundreds of millions of dollars,
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Despite Deployment Challenges, Healthcare Cloud Adoption Is On The Rise
- Cloud adoption in healthcare is accelerating amid deployment challenges, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by HIMSS Media in collaboration in Perficient and Red Hat. - The blinded HIMSS Technology Outlook Survey: The Outlook for Cloud finds healthcare organizations are already deploying or planning to deploy a significant share of their healthcare information technology (HIT) workload to the cloud.Cloud adoption continues to accelerate in healthcare, a fact reflected in the
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Cerner Names AWS as Its Preferred Cloud and Machine Learning Provider
- Today at AWS re:Invent, Cerner has selected Amazon AWS as its preferred cloud and machine learning provider.- Cerner will use migrate its core apps to AWS’s broad portfolio of services, including ML, analytics, and Internet of things (IoT), to help create the next chapter of healthcare’s digital age.- Cerner will offer providers and healthcare organizations the ability to access and leverage clinical data in new ways to drive faster innovation, improve quality of care, and provide patients
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How Telehealth Technology Can Support Telepsychiatry and Telehealth-Supported Mental Health Practices
Primary care practices—supported by telepsychiatry and telehealth resources—are best positioned to improve access to mental healthcare, resulting in earlier intervention and improved mental health outcomes.
Over the past few years, we’ve seen encouraging improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions in the United States. Notably, recent government acts have improved access to mental health services for many Americans. Despite this, however, significant issues remain
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Inspira Health, Philips Forms $50M, 5-Year Partnership to Standardize Patient Monitoring
- Philips and Inspira Health announce USD 50 million, long-term strategic partnership to transform patient care for residents of southern New Jersey, U.S.- The partnership agreement will make Philips solutions available to more than a dozen Inspira health facilities including training and services to maximize operational efficiency.Inspira Health (Inspira), a charitable nonprofit healthcare organization and a regional leader in physician training has formed a $50M, five-year strategic
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Change Healthcare, Google Expand Enterprise Imaging Platform With 4 Providers
- Change Healthcare announced a strategic initiative to build and implement the cloud-native Enterprise Imaging Network on the Google Cloud platform with four providers as development partners. - The network will enhance and optimize medical imaging data––enabling providers to improve clinical, financial, and operational outcomes.Change Healthcare, today at RNSA 2019 announced the latest milestone in its strategic initiative to build and implement its cloud-native Enterprise Imaging Network:
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