What You Should Know: - CloudMD announces it will acquire digital patient engagement platform iMD Health Global for $10M - The integration of iMD’s educational platform will enable CloudMD to provide its entire network of over 3000 healthcare practitioners, specialists, and allied health professionals and almost 3 million patients with valuable educational resources on healthcare issues, treatments, and preventative solutions. CloudMD Software & Services Inc., a Vancouver,
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2020 Virtual Care: Navigating Patient Care In A Post-COVID-19 World
Updox, the only place to manage healthcare communications across both in-person and virtual care, today released its 2020 Virtual Care Report: Patient Care in a Post-COVID World that details the rapid transformation telehealth saw during COVID-19, how it is currently being used, physician and patient expectations for telehealth post-COVID -- and how virtual care spanning the entire patient experience will become the new precedent. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth became the
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FCC Releases Guidance for $100M Connected Care Pilot Program
What You Should Know: - FCC releases Public Notice providing additional information and guidance for potential applicants interested in applying for its Connected Care Pilot Program. - The Connected Care Pilot Program will provide up to $100 million from the Universal Service Fund (USF) over a three-year period to selected applicants to support the provision of connected care services. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released a Public Notice providing additional
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Elevate Health Taps Innovaccer to Automate Care Management Processes
What You Should Know: - Innovaccer has recently partnered with Elevate Health to strengthen care management in Washington. Innovaccer’s solution set will be part of a broader population health stratification toolkit Elevate Health is fashioning to achieve a comprehensive and data-agnostic ecosystem supporting improved health outcomes. - Elevate Health’s partnered care coordinators, in both clinical and social services settings, will be able to use InCare, Innocaccer’s automated care
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Dignity Health Management Services to Leverage Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform
What You Should Know: - Dignity Health Management Services (DHMSO), the largest health system in the state of California to transform their network health data into actionable insights. - With this partnership, the organization will leverage Innovaccer’s FHIR-enabled Data Activation Platform to better manage healthcare services for its attributed patients. Dignity Health Management Services (DHMSO), a healthcare management company part of CommonSpirit Health, that helps
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Innovaccer Launches Perioperative Optimization Platform for Surgeons
What You Should Know: - Innovaccer launches a perioperative optimization solution for surgeons to realize clinical and financial goals with patient-risk analysis. - The solution redefines surgical planning and post-surgical recovery with machine learning-based patient stratification for optimized surgery experience and personalized patient care management. Innovaccer, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare technology company, recently launched its perioperative optimization
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Eden Health Lands $25M to Bring On-Site and Virtual Care To Employers, Commercial Real-Estate
What You Should Know: - Eden Health raises $25M to give employers and commercial real estate owners and operators the ability to offer medical care on-site, near-site, and virtually. - Eden’s membership model makes high-quality healthcare an affordable benefit for the average employer, with low to no out-of-pocket costs for their employees. - Since the first signs of the US coronavirus outbreak in early February, Eden Health has worked with Boylan Bottling, Connell, Convene,
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Imprivata Introduces Digital Identity Framework for Healthcare Organizations
What You Should Know: - Imprivata introduces a new framework to help healthcare organizations manage digital identities and support remote/virtual care. - Framework designed to help organizations develop and implement a robust, comprehensive digital identity strategy to address healthcare’s unique security, compliance, and workflow challenges. Imprivata, the digital identity company for healthcare, building on the work done by H-ISAC, today introduced
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How Times of Crisis Spur Needed Change in Healthcare Delivery
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change healthcare operations in the world, foundational systems are being adapted to meet these new demands. Sometimes it takes extreme circumstances to see the cracks in a system. COVID-19 has exposed areas with more room for improvement in the healthcare system, such as optimizing operational efficiency. Organizations and individuals have changed their interactions, processes, ways of working, treatment plans, and even foundational technology. As the
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The Adoption of Telehealth During the Pandemic will Shape Healthcare’s New Normal
COVID-19 has presented healthcare with a challenge like no other, with nearly nine million cases all over the world and over 470,000 lives lost. The speed of the outbreak and the disruption caused by it has created unforeseen challenges for communities and economies, and it’s especially apparent in healthcare delivery. Healthcare systems in nations around the globe have dedicated substantial resources to respond to the pandemic and the growth has only somewhat stymied. While the U.S.
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