Telehealth provider American Well announced today that its telehealth app has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace, enabling providers to embed video visits into their existing clinical workflows and launch an American Well-powered video consultation from the patient chart with one click. The announcement is a critical milestone for American Well as it expands acute care telehealth opportunity for Epic EHR clients that offers a streamlined and collaborative platform for virtual careGrowing
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WELL Health Acquires Ontario Open Source EMR OSCARprn for $876k
WELL Health Technologies Corp. ("WELL"), a Vancouver, Canada-based company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the primary healthcare sector has acquired Ontario-based EMR provider OSCARprn – Treatments Solutions Ltd. OSCARprn is a trusted provider of EMR software, support and other services that work with OSCAR, an open source EMR platform developed by McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.OSCARprn Background/OverviewOSCARprn is one of only three
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Welltok Report: Why It Is Time to Rethink The Patient Journey
It is time to rethink the patient journey. It’s no longer just about how you interact with patients from their first appointment to discharge, but rather the broader ongoing journey to optimal health that occurs largely outside of the provider setting, according to a new survey conducted by Welltok. The "Rethink the Patient Journey" report of more than 1,600 adults found that 84% of respondents would be more loyal to their provider if their overall health and wellbeing were supported outside of
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BHE Raises $78M To Expand Real-World Evidence Analytics Platform
BHE, a Boston, MA-based innovative healthcare analytics company, today announced a $78 million minority growth investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners (“Silversmith”) and Leerink Transformation Partners (“LTP”). Instant Health DataThe use of real-world evidence (RWE) has grown rapidly within life sciences companies over the last several years, supported by the proliferation of large datasets, new computing technologies, and interest by both payers and regulatory agencies in understanding
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StartUp Health Adds 11 New Startups to Army of Healthcare Transformers
StartUp Health, a platform where health transformers, partners, customers, investors, patients, and caregivers connect and accelerate the progress of the health moonshots.Here is a look at the 11 new members of Startup Health’s global army of healthcare transformers:1. Cityblock Health: Iyah Romm (Co-Founder & CEO)Cityblock is a Brooklyn, NY-based company building sustainable, scalable systems that provide high-quality, cost-effective care for underserved populations with complex health
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How Consumer Technology is Influencing Healthcare Innovation
When it comes to healthcare, we look to physicians, nurses, and specialists and trust them to be the experts when it comes to our health, but we don’t typically look to them to be technology experts. In fact, the healthcare industry, especially the back office, has been historically slow to adopt new technology, relying on paper records and pagers, fax machines and even hand delivery of files and records. Many clinics are not equipped to digitally connect to another office’s patient records.
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Med Student Develops Mobile Device Cover to Bring Health Apps into Sterile Settings
A medical student in the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine has announced the public launch and availability of the CleanCase sterile mobile devices cover, the first device-specific, fully FDA-complaint product on the market that allows surgeons to safely bring mobile devices into the sterile surgical field. The CleanCase cover, which was developed with investment from Red Cedar Ventures and Quantum Medical Concepts, uses patented technology to allow surgeons full mobile
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CareDx Acquires OTTR for $16M to Enable EMR Integrations at Transplant Centers
CareDx, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value diagnostic solutions for transplant patients has agreed to acquire OTTR Complete Transplant Management (“OTTR”), a provider of organ transplant patient tracking software.Financial DetailsCareDx will pay approximately $16M to acquire OTTR and intends to fund the transaction with cash on hand. For the full year 2019, OTTR’s revenue is projected to be
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What The Failure of Microsoft’s HealthVault Means for the Future of EHRs
Microsoft recently announced that it is officially shutting down HealthVault at the end of this year. HealthVault was Microsoft’s attempt at a web-based personal health record system. You probably never used it -- it suffered low adoption. But while HealthVault will shut down, mobile apps that collect and store your personal health information and share it with your healthcare team are poised to revolutionize medicine and wellness practice.
The downfalls of HealthVault included its focus on
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Canadian Virtual Care Startup OnCall Health Raises $1.5M to Expand Operations in North America
OnCall Health, a Toronto, CA-based platform that provides simple, secure virtual care technology and services for healthcare providers, today announced it has raised $2 million CAD ($1.5M USD) in seed funding led by Ripple Ventures with participation from Panache Ventures, Stout Street Capital, and Maple Leaf Angels.OnCall Health BackgroundFounded in 2016, OnCall’s secure virtual care (telemedicine) technology facilitates video or text-based consultations for healthcare practices and streamlines
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