- 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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Bon Secours Mercy Health Sells $1.2B Majority Stake in Ensemble Health
Bon Secours Mercy Health sold their 51% majority stake in revenue cycle management company Ensemble Health to Golden Gate Capital, a private equity investment firm. Bon Secours is expected to receive $1.2 billion cash which will be reinvested in Bon Secours Mercy. As part of the agreement, Bon Secours Mercy Health will continue as a commercial partner to Ensemble, as well as remain a minority owner in the Company and continue to serve on the Company's board.Founded in 2014, Ensemble partners
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North Mississippi Health Taps Mercy to Help Implement Epic Ambulatory EHR
North Mississippi Health Services (NMHS), a private, not for profit hospital which serves 730,000 patients in 24 counties in north Mississippi and northwest Alabama, has selected Mercy Technology Services to help implement Epic ambulatory EHR platform across enterprise. As the nation’s first Epic-accredited provider, Mercy Technology Services will provide project leadership and proven methodology from more than 50 previous installations, Epic module expertise, revenue cycle support, training and
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Commvault, Mercy Partner on Cloud backup/Disaster Recovery Solution
Enterprise data management provider Commvault has announced that its Commvault Data Platform was selected by Mercy Technology Services (MTS), the IT backbone of Mercy (a top 5 large U.S. health system), to power its new healthcare cloud disaster recovery (DR) and backup as a service (BaaS) solution.Fully managed by MTS, the new DR and BaaS solution helps small to medium-sized hospitals and other health care organizations apply holistic data management strategies for quick, easy and secure
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Mercy Health Named “Analytics Wizard” by SAP, Saves Provider $9M in Surgery-Related Costs
What began a decade ago as a vision for a unified electronic patient record has propelled Mercy into a model of care driven by information. Today, Mercy’s physicians, care team and leaders have intelligence – not just data – at their fingertips boosting productivity and driving improvements that minimize unnecessary care and cost, and keep patients healthier.Mercy’s move from collecting data to delivering information has earned its IT division, Mercy Technology Services, international
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Penn State Health, Mercy Virtual Partner to Deliver Virtual Medicine
Penn State Health has signed a partnership agreement with Mercy Virtual to virtually monitor intensive care unit (ICU) patients at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, a leading university health center. Over time, the partnership will expand cross Penn State Health facilities and programs, drawing on both partners’ expertise to create new care models across the region. The partnership marks Mercy’s second virtual medicine agreement in recent months. Mercy and University of North
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