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M&A: Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $20B to Accelerate Healthcare Cloud Strategy

by Fred Pennic 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

M&A: Microsoft Acquires Nuance for $16B to Accelerate Healthcare Cloud Strategy

What You Should Know: - Today, Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $16B.  Financial terms of the all-cash deal details Microsoft paying $56 per Nuance share, a 23% premium over Friday’s closing price with a total value including debt at $19.7 billion. - Microsoft’s acquisition
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Why the Digital-First, Patient-Centered Care is Critical to Healthcare

by Michael D. Robinson Vice President, Healthcare North America at VMware 04/12/2021 Leave a Comment

Why the Digital-First, Patient-Centered Care is Critical to Healthcare

In the turmoil of one of the hardest years the healthcare industry has experienced, many healthcare organizations innovated nearly overnight, transforming bedside tablets into virtual care providers and parking garages into field hospitals. Through the help of agile, flexible technology, healthcare has empowered providers to support patient care anywhere.  The pandemic created a tipping point: The healthcare industry must accelerate its drive toward a digital-first mentality.
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Biospecimen Procurement for R&D Needs to Look More Like an Online Marketplace

by Jill Mullan, Chief Operating Officer, iSpecimen 04/05/2021 Leave a Comment

As healthcare digitizes everything from insurance claims to clinical decisions, some functions remain frustratingly analog, old school, and inefficient. One such function is the distribution of human biospecimens necessary for medical research. Specimens are essential in providing much of the data that researchers examine, EHRs capture, and scientific databases aggregate. Unfortunately, the distribution of specimens and their data to researchers is woefully outdated and inefficient. Frankly,
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Oneview Healthcare Launches Cloud-Based Virtual Care Experience Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 04/01/2021 Leave a Comment

Oneview Healthcare Launches Cloud-Based Virtual Care Experience Platform

What You Should Know:  - Oneview Healthcare collaborated with long-time client, NYU Langone Health, to roll out a virtual patient engagement platform in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.  - CXP Cloud Enterprise powered by Microsoft Azure technology with the use of Samsung tablets, helps engage patients, reduce non-clinical demands on care teams and optimize clinical and operational effectiveness.  - CXP Cloud Enterprise gives patients and their families the
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Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

by Russ Kennedy, Chief Product Officer, Nasuni 03/29/2021 Leave a Comment

Next-Generation Cloud Storage: Enabling Collaboration & Analytics for Pharma Research

Pharmaceutical companies today are distributed, global organizations, with research centers, manufacturing facilities, and regulatory management hubs spread all over the globe. To develop new treatments and bring them to market, all of these different functions need to collaborate more closely than ever. Using traditional, on-premises storage technologies, however, makes it difficult to share data quickly and securely, especially given that the research and manufacturing process can generate
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Innovaccer Reaches $1.3B Valuation, Launches Health Cloud Platform

by Fred Pennic 02/24/2021 Leave a Comment

Innovaccer Raises Series D at $1.3 Billion Valuation, Launches Innovaccer Health Cloud to Power the Future of Health

What You Should Know: - Innovaccer closes Series D round of growth capital bringing Innovaccer at a total valuation of $1.3 billion. - In addition, the company has launched the Innovaccer Health Cloud, a platform as a service that combines the company’s Data Activation Platform and application suite with an extensive set of platform services and tools that allow customers and partners to easily develop interoperable applications that improve patient outcomes and lower
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Best Practices to Ensure Telehealth Security and Protect Patient Data

by Paul Banco, CEO and co-founder of etherFAX 02/18/2021 Leave a Comment

How Fax Protects Patient Health Information

To support the sudden increase in test results and medical records being transmitted during the pandemic, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies implemented additional devices and remote connections into their networks. After the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) lifted penalties around telehealth to expand care options amid the crisis, new platforms were adopted that were not previously allowed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  This exercise of discretion
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Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

by Michelle Drolet, CEO of Towerwall 02/15/2021 Leave a Comment

Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare providers. Protecting patient data from unauthorized access has long been a regulatory prerequisite for healthcare organizations. But increasingly, cybercriminals see profit potential in attacking and crippling their networks,
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Kaiser Inks Multi-Year Agreement with Accenture, Microsoft for Cloud Transition

by Fred Pennic 02/03/2021 Leave a Comment

Kaiser Inks Multi-Year Agreement with Accenture, Microsoft for Cloud Transition

What You Should Know: - Kaiser Permanente signs a multi-year strategic agreement with Accenture and Microsoft to support the healthcare provider’s transition to the cloud environment. - The partnership enables stronger cloud computational power and data insights readily available to care teams, so Kaiser’s members—and patients—will benefit from more timely and personalized healthcare. Kaiser Permanente today announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft and Accenture to leverage
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Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards

by Fred Pennic 02/02/2021 Leave a Comment

Epic, Galen Healthcare, Chartis Group Named 2020 Overall Best in KLAS Awards

What You Should Know: - Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the eleventh consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2021 Software & Services report, released today, which reports on the top vendors for 2020. Epic was also named the top Overall Physician Practice Vendor. Galen Healthcare Solutions was named the top Overall IT Services Firm. The Chartis Group earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm, edging out last year’s winner,
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