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- Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider has signed a partnership agreement with virtual care provider Teladoc Health to deliver connected virtual care and expand care delivery to patients both inside and outside the four walls of the health system. The new enterprise strategy will leverage Teladoc Health’s collaboration with Microsoft, improving clinical teamwork and communication among Northwell clinicians.
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Northwell Health to Launch Enterprise Patient Engagement Platform at Clinical Sites
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Northwell Health and Playback Health sign multiyear deal to launch patient engagement platform at clinical sites across health system.
Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and Playback Health, a software technology company dedicated to helping care providers build deeper, more meaningful connections with their patients, today announced a multiyear agreement to launch Playback’s patient engagement platform at select locations
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Conversa Health Expands Series B to $20M with Additional $8M in Funding
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- Conversa Health raises an additional
$8M, expanding its Series B round to $20M for its automated virtual care
platform, totaling $34M in funding to date.
- The Series B round, first announced at $12 million in
June, was co-led by Builders VC and Northwell Ventures, the corporate venture
arm of Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider with 23
hospitals and 800 outpatient facilities.
- Founded in 2014, Conversa enables health systems
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Northwell Health Offers COVID-19 Screening Chat for NY Schools and Employers
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- Northwell Health announced that its Northwell Direct unit, which works with large employers, will be offering Conversa HealthCheck to screen employees, customers, students, and visitors.
- HealthCheck is a quick, chat-based electronic screening
for symptoms and signs of exposure to COVID-19. If cleared, users receive a
digital "badge" that allows entry to a facility. If not cleared, they
are given additional information on staying home and steps for testing
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Backed by Northwell, Conversa Health Raises $12M for AI-Powered Chatbots
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- Conversa Health raises $12 million in Series B funding
round to expand its AI-powered chatbots enabling health systems, payers and pharmaceutical
companies to engage patients and collect patient-generated health data and
patient-reported outcomes.
- Conversa plans to use the funding to scale its virtual
care and communication platform—97 percent of patients who have used its chatbots
say they can better manage their care with Conversa.
- Murray Brozinsky
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IBM Launches Blockchain Solution to Battle COVID-19 Medical Supply Chain Shortages
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- IBM has launched Rapid Supplier Connect, a blockchain-based solution to help battle medical supply chain shortages due to COVID-19. - The network will help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify new, non-traditional suppliers who have pivoted to address the shortage of equipment, devices, and supplies needed for COVID-19 relief efforts.
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Northwell Health Launches SMART on FHIR App to Monitor Premature Babies’ Development
- Northwell Health, New York’s largest private employer and healthcare provider, has released a new SMART on FHIR app to monitor premature babies’ development. - Powered by InterSystems and based on the Boston Children’s Hospital SMART on FHIR application, the app eliminates manual workflow so providers can more closely monitor Northwell Health patients.Northwell Health, one of the largest private health systems in the United States released a SMART on FHIR app that aggregates, normalizes and
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Northwell Health Extends Contract with Allscripts Sunrise Platform Through 2027
- Northwell Health extends its contract with Allscripts Sunrise inpatient platform through December 2027. - Running on one instance of the Allscripts Sunrise EHR platform enables Northwell to ensure thousands of clinicians can easily access consistent patient clinical information.Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York state has extended its engagement with Allscripts to stay on Allscripts Sunrise inpatient electronic health record (EHR) platform through December 2027. Northwell
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Northwell, Allscripts to Co-Create Voice-Enabled, AI-Driven EHR Platform
- Allscripts and Northwell inks agreement to jointly develop and pilot a new cloud-based, voice-enabled, AI-driven EHR platform. - The next-gen EHR platform will optimize the user experience and enhance the delivery of care to improve the experience for both clinicians and patients alike.Northwell, the largest health system in the New York state, today announced an agreement with Allscripts to create a cloud-based, voice-enabled, and artificial intelligence (AI) driven electronic health record
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Northwell Health Goes Live on Microsoft Teams for Secure Messaging
- Northwell Health goes live on Microsoft Teams solution for clinicians for secure texting and helps improve care coordination across the enterprise.
- A total of 8,300 Northwell staff currently use Microsoft Teams with future rollouts plan across the health system this year and into early 2020.
Glen Cove Hospital, part of the Northwell Health network has gone live on the Microsoft Teams solution for nurses, physicians, and other health care providers to securely text one other about
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