What You Should Know: - HealthQuest Capital, a sector specialist capital firm focused on companies optimizing value in healthcare, today announced the close of HealthQuest Partners IV, L.P., at its hard cap of $675M . - The oversubscribed fund will enable HealthQuest to continue to invest in growth-stage companies that are revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Providing Growth Capital to Companies Transforming Healthcare Founded in 2013 by Garheng Kong, a physician, scientist, and
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Bon Secours Mercy Health Launches Digital Holding Company Accrete Health Partners
What You Should Know: - Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) today announced the launch of Accrete Health Partners, a digital holding company, that will function to further expand the organization's digital health services as well as new and ongoing programs and partnerships. - New digital holding company will coalesce a continuum of leading solutions and services to connect the technology, data and people needed to streamline healthcare and ultimately help improve
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Cerner Leadership Changes, Other Key Executives Hires
Cerner announced some leadership changes promoting long-time associates Travis Dalton to Chief Client & Services Officer and Dan Devers to Chief Legal Counsel. After long, respected, meaningful careers at Cerner, John Peterzalek and Randy Sims will be departing. Cognoa, the leading pediatric behavioral health company developing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children living with autism and other behavioral health conditions appoints Eric B. Mosbrooker as
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2020 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals List
What You Should
Know: - Fortune and
IBM Watson Health named the 100 Top Hospitals that are setting new standards
for using technology to improve operational efficiency, quality care and
safety. - The rapid shift to virtual care amid COVID-19 put a bigger spotlight on the barriers impeding digital transformation, but this year’s top hospitals are leading the way for practical approaches to using telehealth and predictive modeling as well as data as a foundational measure to align
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Built on Google Cloud Platform, The National Response Portal Launches for COVID-19 Insights
What You Should Know: National Response Portal launches to ensure healthcare providers and policymakers have access to the most up-to-date COVID-19 analytics. The open data platform built on Google Cloud enables decision-makers in healthcare and the government to make data-driven decisions toward ending the COVID-19 crisis and restarting the economy. SADA, a leading global business and technology
consultancy, announces the official launch of the National Response Portal
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Trinity Health ACO Delivers $22.4M in Share Shavings, 98% Quality Performance Score
- Trinity Health ACO achieved a nearly 98 percent quality performance score and $22.4 million in shared savings in the performance year 2018. The Next Generation ACO Model was created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is in its fourth year.- Trinity Health ACO provides coordinated care to patients in Illinois (Loyola Medicine), Michigan (Mercy Health – Michigan), New Jersey (Summit Medical Group) and Ohio (Mount Carmel Health System).Trinity Health ACO, a Next
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Mercy Integrates with Bright.md’s Virtual Care Platform to Modernize Care Delivery
- Mercy, a four-state health system serving Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas will integrate Bright.md services into their care delivery platform to expand their ability to care for patients.- Growing adoption of solutions like Bright.md’s SmartExam underscores increasing demand for non-video telehealth platforms as a more cost-effective and convenient means for treating patients with low-acuity illnesses and conditions that might be considered embarrassing for some individuals such as
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Valley Children’s Healthcare Launches Healthcare Innovation Lab
- Valley Children’s launches healthcare innovation lab named George’s Idea Lab to accelerate new digital health solutions that will transform pediatric healthcare. - Innovation program builds off Valley Children’s recent partnership with The Innovation Institute and will operate as part of The Innovation Lab.Valley Children’s Healthcare, one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation has announced today the launch of a new healthcare innovation program. The innovation program
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Mercy Virtual Integrates With AI Health Monitoring Platform Myia Health
- Mercy Virtual integrates with intelligent health monitoring platform Myia Health to accelerate the adoption of new patient care and at-risk reimbursement models. - Myia is a digital health platform that collects biometric data from curated sensors, including best in the market and over the counter, Apple and Fitbit. - Mercy Ventures, Mercy’s corporate venture capital group leads $10M Series A funding investment in Myia to further strengthen the partnership. Myia Health,
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Mercy Launches a Nationwide Real-World Evidence (RWE) Network to Pool De-Identified Patient Data
Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the information technology arm of St. Louis-based Mercy health system, has launched a nationwide real-world evidence network to pool clinical data for advanced analysis. The new initiative aims to create a new model of curated data sharing among providers, drug and device makers, regulators and more to power better patient care.MTS Real-World Evidence (RWE) Network BackgroundDeveloped in partnership with global tech giant SAP, MTS’ new network aims to tap into
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