What You Should Know:
- Augmedix closes $25 million in private placement
funding and completion of a reverse merger transaction with Malo Holdings Corp.
- Following the transaction, the merged entity will be
named "Augmedix, Inc.", and will continue the historic and innovative
business of Augmedix.
Augmedix, a company
specializing in providing remote medical documentation and live clinical
support services, today announced the closing of a $25 million private
placement
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Designing A Digital Experience to Drive Revenue and Patient Engagement
With the rise of healthcare consumerism, people are looking to hospitals, health systems, and physician practices to deliver the same user-friendly, digital experiences they receive from other industries. A recent survey found that more than 80% of consumers surveyed believe “shopping for healthcare should be as easy as shopping for other common services.” Specifically, they want streamlined access points online where they can shop for and purchase healthcare, easily make appointments,
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Cerner Invests in Xealth to Jointly Develop Digital Health Solutions for Clinicians
What You Should Know:
- Cerner and Xealth announce a collaboration to foster
tighter physician-patient relationships by giving patients easier access to
digital health tools.
- These assets will be prescribed directly within the physician’s EHR workflow to manage conditions including chronic diseases, behavioral health, maternity care, and surgery preparation.
- Cerner and LRVHealth have together invested $6 million
in Xealth as part of this agreement, with Cerner and Xealth planning
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Change Healthcare Buys Back Pharmacy Network for $213M in Cash
What You Should Know:
- Change Healthcare buys back pharmacy network eRx Network (eRx) for $212.9 million-plus cash on the balance sheet.
- eRx Network runs a network connected to about 59,000 pharmacies that process more than 1.5 billion transactions annually and also markets insurance verification, e-prescribing, and claims billing services, among others.
Change
Healthcare buys
back pharmacy unit eRx Network (“eRx”),
a leading provider of comprehensive, innovative,
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How AI-Driven Insight Could Fuel Medicare Advantage Success
Medicare Advantage plans need more than consumer-centric design, payer/provider alignment, and strong connections across the continuum of care to drive value. The high-value performance also depends on their ability to use data to make a meaningful difference in members’ health.
With 11,000 people aging into Medicare daily, proficiency in managing Medicare Advantage populations is critical for demonstrating value in a competitive market. Enrollment in these plans is growing significantly,
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Jvion Appoints Jay Deady CEO to Lead Next Stage of Growth
What You Should Know:
- Clinical AI leader Jvion names industry veteran Jay Deady as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding founder Shantanu Nigam who will transition to his new role as Executive Chairman of the Board.
- In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jay joins Jvion during a turbulent time for healthcare. As CEO, he will lead Jvion’s ongoing efforts to support hospitals and providers through the crisis.
Jvion,
a leader in clinical AI, announced
today that Jay Deady,
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HealthMyne Appoints Rose Higgins As New CEO
- HealthMyne appoints Rose Higgins as the company’s new CEO, replacing Arvind Subramanian.
HealthMyne, a provider
of quantitative imaging decision support software solutions, announced the
appointment of Ms. Rose Higgins as the company's new Chief Executive Officer
(CEO). Prior to joining HealthMyne, Higgins served as President for SCIO Health
Analytics, an EXL Services company. Higgins has also served in previous
executive roles at McKesson and RelayHealth.
“Rose was selected to be CEO
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McKesson, Aetion Partner on Real-World Evidence (RWE) in Cancer Research
- Aetion and McKesson announced a strategic collaboration focused on advancing the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in cancer research. - Relationship pairs Aetion Evidence Platform and McKesson’s robust oncology data sets to accelerate regulatory-grade oncology studiesAetion and McKesson, today announced a strategic collaboration focused on advancing the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in cancer research to benefit patients, regulators, the biopharma industry, and payers. The partnership will
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McKesson to Offer Augmedix EHR Charting Services to Specialty Practices
- McKesson will offer Augmedix EHR charting services to its specialty practices with a mission for providers to spend less time on data entry and more time on patient care.
- McKesson previously deployed Augmedix into six practices across the country in The US Oncology Network (The Network).
- The expansion builds on the success of the initial deployments, more practices have since engaged Augmedix. To address the growing demand, McKesson is expanding its reach and extending the
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5 Steps to Achieving a Mature Enterprise-Class Quality Program
The game is changing faster than ever as more payer contracts and regulatory programs adopt risk-based models. To be successful, payer and provider organizations know they must increase quality scores and revenue while reducing avoidable medical costs. Yet, the providers who are critical to that success are burned out. According to a recent survey, nearly one-third of providers say their biggest frustration is constant “busy work,” such as electronic health record (EHR) data entry and prior
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