Digital health coaching platform Pack Health has announced a partnership with diabetes data management provider Glooko to integrate blood glucose monitoring. The integration will augment diabetes health coaching and care coordination services with remote real-time data for blood glucose control.Pack Health & Glooko Integration DetailsIntegrating data from Glooko's diabetes management app into Pack Health's coaching platform for chronic care management and monitoring will enable Health
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Referential Matching—What It Is and Why It Matters for Providers
Clean patient data is the critical first step for any successful health IT integration, EHR conversion, interoperability initiative or electronic information exchange. According to a recent Pew Charitable Trusts report, most hospital executives and administrators believe the accuracy of patient matching when information is exchanged between organizations with different EHR systems is subpar.
Further, as health systems continue to consolidate and add more data to their networks, the importance of
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Survey: 91% of Hospital Boards Rely Entirely on Consultants for IT Strategy
According to a Black Book survey of C-Suite executives, 91% of hospital boards rely entirely on consultants for IT strategy and advisement rather than the healthcare tech expertise of trustees. In a Q2 2019 poll of 494 C-Suite hospital executives, Black Book sought to identify the technology presence in the boardroom of hospital and health systems.How Tech-Savvy Is Your Hospital Board?The survey reveals over two-thirds of those surveyed had little to no significant tech expertise on their board
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ECG and Oncology Resource Consultants Merge to Expand Oncology Consulting Practice
ECG Management Consultants (ECG), a national healthcare consulting firm, announced the expansion of its oncology consulting practice through a merger with Oncology Resource Consultants (ORC). By acquiring the ORC, ECG continues to build on its commitment to excellence in client services and expanding its oncology advisory expertise.Founded in 1990, ORC has provided the oncology community with strategic cancer center and facilities planning, coupled with operations improvement and implementation
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3 Takeaways From The 2019 HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference
The HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Conference attracted over 2,600 delegates from 64 countries to Helsinki in June 2019. While there was a strong focus on healthcare in the Nordics, the conference brought with it a wide variety of vendors from across the globe all looking for new opportunities on the show floor. Our key takeaway – the goal to change mindsets in Europe towards how healthcare can be improved through the use of technology. We look at a few examples below, namely:- Developing
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ACS, Harvard Business School Institute to Develop Value Measurement Tool for Hospitals
Leaders from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business School's (HBS) Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness are teaming up on a new partnership aimed at improving healthcare value. As part of the partnership, the two organizations will develop a value measurement tool to help hospitals and surgical practices improve patient outcomes while lowering the cost of delivering care.Need for Value Measurement Tools for HospitalsDuring the announcement on Capitol Hill on Thursday,
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Stanford, Sutter Health to Explore Joint Cancer Care Services in East Bay
Stanford Health Care and Sutter Health have signed a letter of intent to explore opportunities to jointly provide cancer care for patients and their families in the East Bay region of the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area. The intent of the collaboration is to increase access to high-quality cancer care for patients as close to home as possible by building on the strength of Stanford’s leadership in cancer care and clinical research, the Stanford Medicine network and Sutter’s integrated
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Why Hospital M&A Activity Must Include Plans for EHR Data Integration
John Walton, a data expert who worked under Ross Perot, shares his insights on how organizations can successfully come together without coming undone.
Data—it’s the thread that promises to tie merging healthcare entities together, but more often than not, it can feel more like the primary source of its unraveling. So why are newly merged and acquired health organizations, particularly hospitals, feeling so threadbare?
Despite the belief that such a move will make data sharing easier, evidence to
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Why Clinician Burnout Is A Public Health Crisis Demanding Urgent Action
Clinician burnout is a public crisis that demands urgent action, according to a new Spok survey on the prevalence of clinician burnout. In April 2019, Spok asked 474 clinical staff members at hospitals and health systems across the U.S. their insights on clinician burnout. The survey reveals 92% of clinicians called burnout “a public health crisis,” yet many report their organizations are not implementing recommended strategies to address it.Understand The Impact of Clinician BurnoutBurnout is
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Boston Children’s Hospital Taps Premier to Power Its Supply Chain Portfolio
Pediatric medical center Boston Children’s Hospital has partnered with Premier Inc. (PINC), a healthcare improvement company, to foster optimal management of its supply chain portfolio across the enterprise. The hospital signed a multi-year agreement with Premier for access to its industry-leading supply chain services, including Premier’s group purchasing organization (GPO) and PremierConnect® supply chain analytics.As part of the implementation, Boston Children’s will leverage Premier’s vast
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