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Innovaccer Inc. announced that Emcara Health, PopHealthCare’s national value-based medical group that delivers advanced in-home primary care for seniors and vulnerable populations, has selected Innovaccer’s Best in KLAS data platform to accelerate its ability to drive growth and rapidly scale Emcara Health’s integrated care solution to more communities nationwide.The Innovaccer data platform will enhance Emcara Health’s ability to create unified patient records that
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Expectations For The Connected Care Business In The Years Ahead
Though we seldom see their use in our modern world and, even then, only in fiction, there was a time when it was common for people to actually use things like crystal balls and divining rods to try to uncover unknown yet valuable information. As unbelievable as it may seem, soothsayers peered into crystal balls aiming to help seekers look into the future for guidance, while prospectors would rely earnestly on divining rods as they attempted to locate underground riches of water or oil.
While
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GigXR to Develop Holographic Simulation Training for Combat Care
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Today, global holographic healthcare training providers, GigXR, announce a second Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop holographic simulation training for the 354th Medical Group United States Air Force (USAF).The contract signifies another step forward for XR as a means to deliver hyper-realistic, immersive training tools. GigXR has been selected to create Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training built for its TIME
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Report: Financial Pressures Drive Healthcare M&A in Q1 2023
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Operational and financial pressures drove mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare sector in Q1 2023, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. In total, there were 15 announced transactions in Q1 resulting in $12.4 billion in total transacted revenue.The trend of fewer but larger transactions that characterized 2022 was maintained—the average size of the seller or smaller party in Q1 was $827 million, just below last year’s historic year-end average of
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Patientory Launches Blockchain App Enabling Patients to Earn Money for Their Health Data
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Patientory Inc., the creator of a blockchain-based, HIPAA-compliant, private medical data ecosystem, announced today that it has launched two solutions–Patientory Consumer Decentralized Application-designed to help patients more efficiently and securely store and earn money from their medical data and Neith Enterprise Dashboard in partnership with Prosper Healthtech, a community-backed organization committed to equity in Birmingham offering a supportive network of
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Desert Oasis Healthcare Partners with Rimidi, Teva to Improve Asthma Management
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- Rimidi, a clinical management platform today announced that Desert Oasis Healthcare (DOHC), a regional medical group has implemented Rimidi’s new Respiratory Module.
- Designed to give providers a more complete view of the patient in order to guide treatment decisions for those with respiratory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma, the Respiratory Module is enhanced by a collaboration with Teva Pharmaceuticals.
- Data from
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Centura Health Acquires Utah Care Sites from Steward Health Care
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Centura Health, one of its two joint operating sponsors, CommonSpirit Health, and Steward Health Care today announced an asset purchase agreement (APA) for CommonSpirit Health to acquire Steward’s Utah care sites, which include five hospitals, more than 35 medical group clinics, and a clinically integrated network of care providers.
As part of the acquisition, Centura Health will manage the five hospitals and their affiliated clinics which includes Davis Hospital and
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The Seemingly Limitless Potential of Blockchain in Healthcare
Interoperability remains the Holy Grail in healthcare, the goal to which all organizations aspire. The urgency to remove silos and improve communication between various systems and organizations is paramount, as it promises to lead to greater efficiency and improved outcomes while at the same time lowering costs – and not a moment too soon, given the fact that the world’s population is aging and there is a growing shortage of clinicians.
More and more, blockchain – a secure, decentralized
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Omada Health, Intermountain, Castell to Establish Integrated, Virtual Care Option for Diabetes Management and Prevention
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- Omada Health and Castell, an Intermountain value-based care subsidiary, announced a first-of-its kind partnership – creating a new, integrated virtual care model to reach and help more at-risk patients through proven prevention and Diabetes programs.
The new virtual care model expands the access of Omada’s Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Program to patients and caregivers receiving care from Intermountain Healthcare’s primary care providers
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84% of Patients Prefer Front Desk to Tech Options, 87% Face Staffing Challenges
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- A new study found 84% of providers say patients still schedule care with the front desk, and 73% rely on human calls -- despite all of the advances in communication. A full 87% say they’ve faced administrative staffing challenges over the last 12 months. Of those, one third (35%) found those staffing challenges have had a negative impact on staff morale, and about one in six (18%) noted it has led to longer wait times.
- The survey was commissioned
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