Diameter
Health, a Farmington, CT-based provider of clinical data integration
solutions has raised $9.6 million in Series A funding led by Optum Ventures. Optum
Ventures joins existing Diameter Health investors Activate Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Excelerate Health Ventures and LRV Health.
Brining Order to Complex Clinical Data
Founded in 2013 by former Allscripts
executives Eric Rosow and John D'Amore, Diameter Health’s scalable clinical
data
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Health Systems| Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
4 Digital Health Adoption Barriers for Hospitals & Health Systems
Nearly two-thirds of healthcare providers rate themselves as being behind the curve on their digital health adoption initiatives, according to new research from Unisys Corporation. On behalf of Unisys, HIMSS surveyed 220 health IT decision makers/influencers at U.S. hospitals and health systems and asked them to rank their organization based on how they are leveraging digital and mobile technologies to improve the patient experience, lower the cost of care delivery and improve clinician/staff
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Healthgrades Launches AI-Powered CDP Platform to Improve Patient Experience
Today, Healthgrades announced the first Customer Data Platform (CDP) built for healthcare. Healthgrades CDP – powered by AI & Deep Learning tech - will allow health systems to bring together once disparate data into a single platform. It will provide health systems with a holistic view of patients, with the long term goal of transforming and personalizing the patient experience. Healthgrades Benefits Healthgrades CDP will also serve as the underlying data management solution for powering CRM
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MEDITECH Expands EHR Subscription Offering Beyond Critical Access Hospitals
EHR vendor MEDITECH, today announced MaaS (MEDITECH as a Service) is now available to community health systems. Offered initially to Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), larger community health systems now have the opportunity to utilize MaaS and the many benefits that come with a cost-effective subscription to MEDITECH Expanse.
Meditech MaaS Subscription Overview
MaaS is a cloud-based EHR subscription that provides health systems with full access to Expanse, MEDITECH’s web-based platform.
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UM Spinout Fifth Eye Lands $11.5M for Early Warning Patient Deterioration System for Hospitals
Fifth Eye, a medical device software spinoff from the University of Michigan building clinical early warning patient deterioration system for hospitals has raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Arboretum Ventures and Cultivation Capital. Other participants in the round include were MINTS, the direct investing arm of the University of Michigan’s endowment, along with additional capital from previous investors Invest Michigan and 35 private angel investors.Why Clinicians Need A Better
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DrChrono EHR Integrates with Beam to Power Telehealth Video Consults
DrChrono, an electronic health record (EHR) platform for medical practices announced an integration partnership with telemedicine network Beam Health Group. The integration with Beam’s mobile app available on Google Play and the App Store will enable physicians the ability to upgrade their practices with the ability to have patient appointments via smartphone.Integration Benefits for Medical Practices and PatientsStarting now, the physician practices using DrChrono’s EHR platform can download
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HIMSS19 Day 2 Announcements & Summary
Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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Livongo Acquires Digital Behavioral Health Solution myStrength
Livongo Health, an Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, today announced that it has acquired Denver-based myStrength, Inc., a provider of digital behavioral health solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition enables Livongo to more fully address the health of the whole person by integrating behavioral health conditions including depression, anxiety, stress, substance use disorder,
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Former ONC Chief Karen DeSalvo Joins LRVHealth as Executive Advisor
Former ONC Chief and Assistant Secretary at HHS joins “Inside Healthcare” investing platform focused on identifying and nurturing digital health innovation. Dr. Karen DeSalvo, who served as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Assistant Secretary for Health (Acting) during the Obama administration is joining LRVHealth as an executive advisor. LRVHealth is an early-stage venture platform exclusively focused on finding, investing in and building disruptive new digital health,
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2018 Healthcare M&A in Review: 4 Trends Reshaping the Healthcare Landscape
The trend of mergers between large healthcare provider organizations continued in 2018, as the average size in revenue of sellers (defined as the smaller of two organizations in a transaction) reached $409 million, according to Kaufman Hall's new report, 2018 M&A in Review: A New Healthcare Landscape Takes Shape. This is the highest figure seen since Kaufman Hall began tracking this metric in 2008. It also represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 14 percent in the average
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