What You Should Know: GYANT announced that Intermountain Healthcare is leveraging its COVID-19 Screener and Emergency Response Assistant to support patients during this frightening and uncertain time. GYANT’s COVID-19 assistant is allowing Intermountain Healthcare to screen patients for symptoms and risk factors, as many people aren’t sure if they should be tested for the COVID-19 virus. Based on the patients’ responses, the assistant directs patients to the
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Amazon, Epic, Mayo Clinic, Intermountain, Others Form COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition
What You Should Know: The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition is a collaborative private-industry response to the novel coronavirus. Its mission is to save lives by providing real-time learning to preserve healthcare delivery and protect U.S. populations. Coalition partners include Arcadia.io, athenahealth, Buoy Health, the CommonWell Health Alliance, Epic, HCA Healthcare, Intermountain Healthcare, LabCorp, Leavitt Partners, MassChallenge, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft, MITRE, Rush
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Intermountain Healthcare, Cerner Extend Multiyear Expansion to Improve Innovation
- Cerner announced a multiyear expansion with Intermountain Healthcare to improve the safety, quality, and experience of healthcare for patients and caregivers. - Through this expansion, Cerner will continue to increase the speed of innovation and help effectively address business and patient needs today and in the future. - Intermountain will continue to provide guidance to Cerner that helps direct developments to improve experiences for caregivers, system operators and patients around
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CHIME and HIMSS Names Intermountan CIO Marc Probst CIO of the Year
- CHIME and HIMSS jointly name Intermountain VP and CIO Marc Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. - The award is given annually to a CIO who has shown significant leadership and commitment to the healthcare industry during his or her career. College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and HIMSS jointly named Intermountain CIO and VP Marc Probst the 2019 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year. The award is given annually to a CIO who has shown significant
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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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Why HCAPHS Is Archaic In Healthcare Today
Hospitals Want HCAHPS revised. Here’s Why. The 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. Here’s what they’re are asking for, and what their requests mean for the future of patient experience. A Useful Tool, But An Outmoded One Leaders at the American Hospital Association, the
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Intermountain Ventures Invest in Omada Health to Expand Relationship
- Intermountain Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Intermountain Healthcare has invested in digital care leader Omada Health. - The announcement expands the relationship with Intermountain Healthcare that began five years ago in 2016 and comes off the heels of Omada’s recent $73M funding round. - The Omada Program became a covered benefit for Intermountain employees and their adult dependents in 2019.Today, Omada Health announced a milestone investment from Intermountain Ventures, the
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Intermountain Launches New Kidney Care Center with Telehealth Care
- Intermountain Healthcare launches new Kidney Care Center that will provide at-home dialysis with telehealth-enabled video visits to patients. - Patients will be able to schedule kidney dialysis treatments that fit their schedule. - The Intermountain Kidney Care Center will also focus on pre-emptive transplants, where patients are matched with living kidney transplant donors prior to end-stage renal failure. Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City announced it is launching a
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Cerner Executive VP Jeff Townsend to Retire By End of The Year
Jeff Townsend, executive vice president and chief of innovation at Cerner announced he will retire by the end of the year. Upon his departure, Townsend will continue to serve at Cerner in an advisory role. “For more than 30 years, Jeff has worked diligently to position Cerner for key opportunities and prepared us to drive the next wave of health care innovation,” said Brent Shafer, chairman, and CEO, Cerner. “On behalf of the board of directors as well as Cerner’s associates worldwide, I
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Israeli Startup MDClone Lands $26M to Expand Healthcare Data Sandbox
MDClone, an Israeli-based provider of the world’s first healthcare data sandbox has raised $26 million in Series B funding led by aMoon with participation from existing investors OrbiMed Israel Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. MDClone plans to utilize the funding to further develop its existing platform and build new products and novel approaches leveraging data across its global network, as well as accelerate sales and marketing efforts.Healthcare Data Sandbox: Explore and Discover
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