Allscripts announced that Apple Health Records is now available for Allscripts Sunrise, TouchWorks and Professional EHR clients and their patients. Apple Health Records brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for individuals to see their available health data from multiple providers whenever they choose.Health Records is available for iPhone users running iOS 11.3 or higher. This latest offering is an addition to Allscripts robust patient engagement
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Research: July Digital Health IPOs, M&A Activity, Public Company Performance Summary
Summary of Health IT/digital IPOs, merger & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July.
Digital Health IPOs in July
Breaking the digital health IPO drought, there were four initial public offerings (IPOs) during a five-week period from late June to late July, including Livongo, Health Catalyst, Phreesia, and Change Healthcare. The last health IT companies to reach IPO were iRhythym Technologies and Tabula Rasa Healthcare in late 2016 -
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CMS Launches Pilot to Give Clinicians Direct Access to Claims Data
New CMS Pilot program gives clinicians direct access to claims data, putting patients over paperwork and at the center of their care.Today, at the White House Blue Button Developers Conference (BBDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new pilot program for clinicians called “Data at the Point of Care” (DPC). DPC is based on an industry-standard application programming interface (API), and is part of the MyHealthEData Administration-wide initiative that is
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ELLKAY Acquires X-link to Expand Healthcare Interoperability Footprint
ELLKAY, LLC, a provider of healthcare connectivity and interoperability solutions has acquired the assets of Tampa-based Legal Easy, Inc., including the industry-leading X-Link medical software interfacing solution. With the strategic acquisition, ELLKAY expands its healthcare footprint and empowers providers with an easier, more cost-effective way to achieve Promoting Interoperability (PI) objectives and quality measures. In addition, the acquisition strengthens ELLKAY’s core mission of
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Redox Partners With Georgia’s Tech Incubator to Help Health IT Startups Scale
Healthcare interoperability provider Redox, today announced it has partnered with Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Georgia’s technology incubator, to help health technology startups scale their business. Startups in ATDC's HealthTech Program get access to Redox's full-service integration platform. By working with Redox, startups in the program can overcome the industry's interoperability challenge, and focus on developing and establishing new technologies that will benefit
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Rhapsody and Corepoint Merge to Support Healthcare Interoperability Initiatives Including FHIR
Rhapsody, a Boston-based international leader in healthcare interoperability and data connectivity solutions, has announced an agreement to merge with Corepoint Health, a provider of enterprise healthcare interoperability software solutions, to develop a next generation interoperability platform and enhance data integration and connectivity for existing and future customers. The companies will continue to operate as two separate entities for the foreseeable future. Combined Entity Supports
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CommonWell Health Alliance Taps Change Healthcare for Clinical Interoperability Services
Change Healthcare has been awarded a six-year contract by CommonWell Health Alliance to continue to provide clinical interoperability services. This agreement allows Change Healthcare to pave the way for health IT interoperability that reduces cost barriers, meets federally mandated requirements and sets the stage for innovations to better address value-based payment and patient needs.Value-based Payment & Transparency Driving the Need for Clinical Interoperability ServicesIn recent years,
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Innovaccer, Launches InAPI to Aggregate Healthcare Data for Providers, Payers, and Vendors
Healthcare organizations are riding the wave of digital disruption with increased adoption of applications to power patient centric-care, communications, and collaboration with peer organizations in the network. With this objective, they are seeking to integrate crucial information across the care continuum and establish interoperability among complex and disparate data systems- including legacy systems.Existing Interoperability ChallengesThere are over 200 EHRs in the US healthcare space,
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Redox Lands $33M for Scalable Healthcare Data Interoperability Platform
Redox, a Madison, WI-based company that
is changing the way healthcare providers and software vendors share data has
raised $33 million in Series C funding led by Battery Ventures. The Series C
round also included participation from existing investors .406 Ventures, RRE
Ventures, and Intermountain Ventures.
Finally. A Scalable Way to Exchange Healthcare Data
Currently, inconsistent data formats and redundant connections slow, or completely prevent the flow of critical health information,
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Bridge Connector Raises $20M to Solve Health IT Interoperability Challenges
Bridge Connector, a Nashville, TN-based company offering data-driven workflow automation to solve health IT interoperability challenges, has raised $20 million in funding from Axioma Ventures. Their business model aims to create an ecosystem where all health care organizations, regardless of size, can equitably reap the benefits of connected data systems.Sense of Urgency to Achieve Data Interoperability in HealthcareA shared sense of urgency to achieve data interoperability in healthcare,
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