- Virtual care company for managing obstetrics Babyscripts announced a partnership with Amerigroup, a Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) to deliver pregnancy care solutions to George Washington University Hospital, Community of Hope and other local hospitals in the D.C. region.
- The partnership will increase access to care for pregnant mothers, delivering the benefits of remote monitoring and virtual care through Babyscripts’ mobile and web-based solution.
Babyscripts, the
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Scientists Develop Machine Learning Algorithms Using EMR Data to Predict Dementia
- Researchers develop and tested machine learning algorithms using EMR data to identify patients who may be at risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
- Researchers gathered data on patients from the Indiana Network for Patient Care using the information on prescriptions and diagnoses, which are structured fields, as well as medical notes, which are free text, to predict the onset of dementia.
Information gathered from routine visits to the doctor is enough to
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HealthLynked Acquires Cura Health & ACO Health Partners
- HealthLynked acquires Cura Health Management and its wholly-owned subsidiary ACO Health Partners LLC for $1.75M. - The acquisition is expected to contribute approximately $2.25M of revenue and $500k in EBITDA in year one, increasing HealthLynked's consolidated revenues by 47% and reducing the company's current annual cash burn by over 50%.HealthLynked Corp, a nationwide healthcare network focused on care management of its members and a provider of healthcare technologies that connect doctors,
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Wellin5 Acquires Mental Health Journaling and Tracking App Therachat
- Wellin5 acquires Therachat, a HIPAA-compliant smart journaling tool that keeps clients engaged in-between therapy sessions for an undisclosed term.
- The acquisition supports Wellin5’s long-term strategy of expansion into the United States telehatlh market.
Wellin5, an innovative online telehealth
counseling platform, today announced its acquisition
of Therachat, a San Francisco, CA-based mental health platform
designed to help therapists, psychologists, and mental
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Capital Rx Wins Top Award at Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge
(Pictured left to right: Brian Kalis, managing director of digital health and innovation at Accenture; AJ Loiacono, CEO of Capital Rx; Ryan Kelly, CTO of Capital Rx; Mike Hartwell, director of business development of Carrot Health; Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO and founder of Carrot Health; Kristin Ficery, managing director of Accenture’s North America provider practice.)
- Capital Rx has been named first-place Innovation Champion and Carrot Health as second-place Top Innovator of the Accenture
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HIMSS Names The 6 Most Influential Women in Health IT
HIMSS names
Iris P. Frye, Kim Garriott, Dr. Lucienne Ide, Eva Karp, RN-BC, Dr. Geeta Nayyar,
and Tressa Springmann as the most influential women in health IT.
This week, HIMSS announced its Most Influential Women in Health IT, an annual recognition celebrating women striving to harness the power of information technology to drive healthcare transformation. The award winners will be honored at HIMSS20 in Orlando next month and will join other innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs at the
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NYC Health + Hospitals Launches $4.3M SDoH Programs to Address Food & Housing Insecurities
- OneCity Health is the NYC Health + Hospitals-sponsored Performing Provider System (PPS) launches two new programs worth $4.3M in total to address food and housing insecurities among patients of the City’s public health system.
- As part of the initiative, OneCity Health will partner with NowPow to utilize their personalized community referral platform to enable community-based organizations to connect patients to available services that are traditionally fragmented and difficult to
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3 Ways Healthcare IT Depts Can Start Prepping for “Medicare For All”
Mark Ferlatte is CTO of Truss
Once a long-shot, the idea of universal healthcare in the U.S. is inching closer to reality, particularly as many 2020 candidates promise an expedient implementation of a national federally-run program (or some version of it). Nearly half of doctors support a “Medicare for all” model, and while this won’t change the practice of medicine, it will greatly affect how those providers use technology to run their businesses.
This is particularly true for small- and
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PatientPing’s Network of Next Generation ACO Partners Generates Over $150M in Savings
PatientPing’s national network of Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) partners generated over $150 million in savings under the CMS Next Generation ACO for the year 2018. PatientPing's national network includes thousands of providers across hospitals, health systems, health plans, post-acute, and other entities, all of which are working together to collaborate with one another on their shared patients.PatientPing, a Boston, MA-based care collaboration platform announced that its
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Molina Healthcare Launches of Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center in Columbus, OH
- Molina Healthcare launches Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center in Columbus, OH to address healthcare access barriers created by social factors. - The Innovation Center will act under a shared services model and be accountable for driving the Company’s SDOH strategy. Molina Healthcare, Inc., today announced the launch of its National Molina Healthcare Social Determinants of Health Innovation Center in Columbus, OH. The Innovation Center will expand member engagement and support by
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