What You Should Know: - Novant Health, a three-state integrated network of physician clinics, outpatient centers, and hospitals headquartered in North Carolina, is the first enterprise customer to publicly announce the deployment of Extreme Networks’ enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E solution. - The investment in the Extreme AP4000 access point (AP) will allow Novant Health to deliver high-speed Wi-Fi throughout its facilities and enable secure, dedicated connectivity for mission-critical
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Cedar Nabs $102M to Modernize Patient Financial Experience
What You Should Know: - Cedar raises $102M to fuel the next phase of Cedar’s vision of evolving from a patient financial engagement solution to a comprehensive healthcare consumer engagement platform. - Cedar combines healthcare, tech, and design to create a seamless financial experience for every patient. From pre-visit registration to post-visit billing, Cedar personalizes the care journey to take each patient to payment with ease. - The company also announced it has partnered with
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Novant Health Launches Nation’s First Emergency Drone Operation for COVID-19 Pandemic Response
What You Should Know: - North Carolina-based health system Novant Health
launches the nation’s first emergency drone logistics operation by a hospital
for its COVID-19 pandemic response. - The operation provides contactless distribution of
personal protective equipment and critical medical supplies to Novant Health
frontline medical teams in the Charlotte metro area. - The FAA approved the pandemic response operation
through Part 107 waivers granted to Novant Health. Zipline, which
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FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Programs Surpasses $50M in Funding
What You Should Know: - To date, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 132 healthcare providers across 33 states plus Washington, DC for a total of just over $50M in funding. The Federal Communications
Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 43
funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth
Program. The seventh set of healthcare providers in both urban and
rural areas of the
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Tyto Care Launches On-Demand Medical Exam Nationwide at Best Buy Stores
- TytoHome, the first comprehensive, at-home telehealth solution, is now available nationwide in Best Buy stores and on BestBuy.com. - TytoHome is a handheld examination device with attachments that can examine the heart, lungs, skin, ears, throat, and abdomen, as well as measure body temperature.- Each TytoHome visit costs $59.99 or less depending on the nature of the visit and/or the user’s health insurance plan. Reimbursement is available for patients from leading insurers including Anthem,
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Novant Health Taps Tyto Care to Offer Patients On-Demand, Remote Medical Exams
- Novant Health and Tyto Care announced their partnership to enable clinic-quality exams from the comfort of home.- The integration allows patients to connect to a Novant Health provider anytime, anywhere using Tyto Care’s on-demand, remote medical exam device.Novant Health, an integrated healthcare system headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, today announced its strategic partnership with Tyto Care, the healthcare industry’s first all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for
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Novant Health Taps Jvion As Inaugural Partner for its Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence
- Novant Health names Jvion as the inaugural partner for their Institute of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence. - Together, Jvion will identify Novant patients with a preventable risk of CHF readmission and recommend patient-specific interventions to prevent readmission.Today, Novant announced the inaugural partner for their Institute of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence would be Jvion, a leader in prescriptive analytics for preventable harm. Together, they aim to use Jvion's AI-enabled
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Novant Health Launches Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence
Novant Health has launched the Novant Heath Institute of Innovation & Artificial Intelligence (AI), which will use AI to enhance personalized patient care. The institute will focus on the advanced technologies required to provide highly personalized care and accelerated solutions with actionable data and insights for preventive prediction, diagnosis, and treatment to Novant Health’s patients.Novant Heath Institute of Innovation & AI OverviewThe institute will partner with technology
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Novant Health Forms Digital Health and Engagement Business Division
Novant Health launches digital health & engagement division to lead the strategy and implementation of omnichannel digital solutions and develop a comprehensive digital healthcare delivery platform. The mission of the new division will focus on creating a digital healthcare delivery platform that connects a person’s entire healthcare journey and delivers a personalized experience through a comprehensive virtual venue of care.Digital Health and Engagement Division LeadershipThe digital health
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Novant Health Becomes First Provider to be Revalidated for HIMSS Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
Novant Health is the first health system worldwide to be revalidated for the prestigious HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Ambulatory Award for its adoption and use of an EHR. All Novant Health medical group clinics – approximately 440 locations – were revalidated as part of the award. In July 2013, the organization finalized the implementation of the EHR in all physician clinics across the Novant Health system. The implementation was completed three years early and under budget. Novant Health
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