In the modern health care environment, health care executives must be careful custodians of precious resources. Yet in December 2018, 26 percent of hospitals still lacked an effective healthcare revenue cycle solution. Other research has found that over 60 percent of hospitals and health systems are not realizing optimal value from their electronic health record (EHR ) system, causing the organizations to collaborate with other vendors and outsourcing companies to improve revenue cycle
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Mayo Clinic Appoints Rita Khan as First-Ever Chief Digital Officer
- Mayo Clinic appoints Rita Khan as the health system’s first-ever chief digital officer to lead Mayo Clinic’s digital health transformation strategy.
- Khan most recently was senior vice president of consumer digital at UnitedHealthcare, where she directed enterprise-level digital strategy.
Mayo Clinic has named Rita Khan chief digital officer, Mayo Clinic where she will help guide Mayo Clinic's strategy as it prepares for transformative changes in the digital space. As Mayo Clinic's
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Kaiser To Name School of Medicine in Honor of Late Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson
- The Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine will be named in honor of late Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J. Tyson.
- Name change honors Tyson's support for creating a new, nimble and diverse generation of tech-enabled physicians poised to be advocates for their patients and communities.
The Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
will be named in honor of late Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard J.
Tyson, reflecting Tyson's commitment to the future of healthcare, equality
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Nuance Expands AI-Powered Clinical Guidance for Dragon Medical Advisor
- Nuance Communications has expanded Clinical Guidance for Dragon Medical Advisor (DMA), an AI-powered documentation service accessible through Dragon Medical One, a voice assistant tool trusted by more than 500,000 clinicians worldwide and 90 percent of U.S. hospitals.- This expansion addresses the causes of burnout head-on by saving time and alleviating the administrative burden placed on physicians. - DMA enables doctors to focus on what they do best – care for patients – rather than fill out
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Redox, FDB Partner to Enable Interoperability of Critical Patient Medication Information
Redox today announced it has partnered with FDB (First Databank, Inc.) to enable scalability and accessibility of critical patient medication information from FDB’s industry-leading SMART on FHIR® app, Meducation®, now listed in the Epic App Orchard.The Bigger PictureClinicians using Meducation to document a patient’s medication regimen access, generate and review Meducation content at various points within the workflow—including for bedside counseling and at discharge. Using Redox, clinicians
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Innovaccer Unveils Referral Management Solution to Reduce Network Leakage
Innovaccer Inc., a San Francisco-based healthcare data activation company, today announced the launch of their Referral Management solution. The solution is aimed at assisting healthcare organizations to manage all referrals in one place to minimize network leakage and improve health outcomes.Hospitals Still Lack Defined Communication ChannelsEven after years of investing in value-based care, healthcare still lacks defined communication channels to connect providers and patients. Organizations
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Tele-ICU: Advancing from Triple Aim to Quad Aim with Improved Critical Care Team Satisfaction
Tele-ICU is increasingly being recognized for its ability to improve the satisfaction of high-acuity care teams, which can ultimately impact the ability to enhance patient outcomes.
Since 2007, hospitals and healthcare systems in the U.S. have been driving toward a common set of goals: The Triple Aim. This model broadly calls for enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare. This capstone objective for the healthcare system was
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EMV Capital Acquires Predictive Adverse Events Platform Wanda
EMV Capital, a London-based early-stage venture investor announced the acquisition and investment in Wanda Inc., a San Francisco-based digital health startup commercializing advanced clinical decision support software powered by machine learning and real-time patient data analysis. EMV Capital’s investment will enable Wanda to accelerate its growth in the North American market, as well as to enter the UK and European markets.Wanda Inc. BackgroundWanda Founded in 2011 from the results of eight
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AllyAlign Health Raises $10M to Power Value-Based Care for Seniors
AllyAlign Health, a Richmond-based developer and administrator of Medicare Advantage special need plans that benefit long-term care providers has raised $10M in strategic funding led by McKesson Ventures. Existing investors Heritage Healthcare Innovation Fund, Health Enterprise Partners and the LinkAge Fund also participated in the financing. This brings the total capital raised to over $41 million.AllyAlign Health BackgroundAllyAlign Health (AAH) began reforming the health system in 2014 by
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Carisk Integrates with Valera Health to Optimize Care Coordination
Carisk Partners (Carisk), a specialty risk transfer and care coordination company, and Valera Health, a digital health startup have announced a strategic partnership to deliver an intuitive behavioral healthcare experience for patients. Valera Health leverages analytics and mobile tools that monitor, engage, and connect patients with care coordination teams. As part of the partnership, Carisk plans to utilize Valera technology to provide its care coordination teams with tools to optimize care
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