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Optum Acquires Remote Patient Monitoring Company Vivify Health

by Fred Pennic 11/01/2019 Leave a Comment

UnitedHealth’s Optum Division Acquires Remote Patient Monitoring Company Vivify Health

- UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division has acquired remote patient monitoring company Vivify Health. - Vivify Health delivers a cloud-based, device-agnostic, and ecosystem-connected remote care management platform. - Terms of the deal were not disclosed and both companies decline to comment on the acquisition.UnitedHealthGroup’s Optum division has acquired Vivify Health, a Plano, TX-based remote patient monitoring platform, CNBC first reports. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) is an increasingly
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Twistle Raises $16M to Expand Patient Engagement Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 10/29/2019 Leave a Comment

Twistle Raises $16M to Expand Patient Engagement Platform

- Seattle-based health IT innovator Twistle raises $16M in Series A funding from two major healthcare investors: Health Enterprise Partners (HEP) and MemorialCare Innovation Fund (MCIF). - The funding investors are healthcare-centric: MCIF is a strategic healthcare investment fund wholly-owned by a healthcare system and HEP is a private equity firm that invests exclusively in healthcare services and IT companies.- The funding will accelerate the delivery of personalized care guidance through
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HP Rolls Out Expanded Healthcare Portfolio to Address Patient Safety, Care Coordination, Data Security

by Jasmine Pennic 10/07/2019 Leave a Comment

HP Rolls Out Expanded Healthcare Portfolio to Address Patient Safety, Care Coordination, Data Security

- HP expands its healthcare portfolio of end-to-end print and PC products to address patient safety, care coordination, clinical efficiency, and security. - HP’s new innovations assist with three critical areas of patient safety: Health-care associated infections, electromagnetic interference, and patient identification. - HP Healthcare Edition MFPs also include the Biscom for Healthcare app, which is completely integrated with the Epic and Cerner EHR platform. Today at the
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6 Health System Barriers to Digital Health Transformation

by Kayla Matthews 10/03/2019 Leave a Comment

6 Health System Barriers to Digital Health Transformation

 - When CIOs were asked about “significant” barriers to their Digital Health efforts, the top four responses pertained to issues with sponsorship and/or leadership.- Currently, the health delivery industry as a whole is still in the earliest stages of what will prove to be a digital transformation. - 40.4% of surveyed CIOs believe enterprise EHR vendors will play the biggest role in their facility's digital health journey in the next two years. The concept of digital health information was
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OSF HealthCare Integrates CancerIQ with Epic EHR to Expand Genetics to Primary Care

by Fred Pennic 09/18/2019 Leave a Comment

OSF Healthcare In Talks To Merge With Little Company of Mary Hospital, Expected to Close Early 2020

 - OSF HealthCare integrates CancerIQ’s genetic cancer risk assessment program with Epic’s EHR platform to reduce cancer disparities and deaths. - OSF has screened nearly 70k patients using CancerIQ’s platform and will be deployed to primary care practices throughout the system. OSF HealthCare, an integrated healthcare network with locations in Illinois and Michigan, has integrated CancerIQ’s genetic cancer risk assessment program with Epic’s EHR platform as part of a system-wide population
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Merck Manuals Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Power Provider Reference & Patient Education

by Jasmine Pennic 09/16/2019 Leave a Comment

Merck Manuals Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace

- Merck Manuals joins Epic App Orchard to directly embed clinical decision support and patient education content within the Epic EHR workflow- The patient education material can be electronically sent to patients through the EHR system or printed out at the point-of-care.Merck Manuals, a comprehensive digital medical reference announced it has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace, enabling Epic customers with access to provider reference and patient education content within the Epic EHR.Merck
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MyHealthTeams Lands $9.44M to Expand Social Networks for Chronic Condition Communities

by Jasmine Pennic 08/15/2019 Leave a Comment

MyHealthTeams Raises $9.44 Million

MyHealthTeams, a San Francisco, CA-based creator of the largest and fastest-growing social networks for people facing chronic health conditions raised $9.44 million in a Series B financing round led by strategic investor UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company. This financing brings total investment in MyHealthTeams to $26.84M, building on the company's Seed and Series A1, A2 and A3 rounds. Existing investors including Adams Street Partners, Qiming US Ventures, CVS Health, The Westly Group,
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75% of Americans Lack Access or Unaware of Telehealth Options, Survey Finds

by Jasmine Pennic 08/01/2019 Leave a Comment

75% of Americans Lack Access or Unaware of Telehealth Options, Survey Finds

Nearly 75% of Americans say they either don't have access or are unaware of telehealth options, according to a J.D. Power pulse survey tracing telehealth user experience hurdles to adoption and real-world patient concerns. The survey reveals that overall, 39.7% of consumers say their health system or insurance provider does not offer telehealth services, while another 34.6% said they are unaware if any service is offered.J.D. Power U.S. Telehealth Satisfaction Study BackgroundThe J.D. Power U.S.
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What Is The Upside of Establishing Extended Reality As A Medical Device?

by Eran Orr, Founder of XRHealth 07/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Extended Reality (XR) as a Medical Device

XR stands for extended reality. Basically, it's an umbrella term covering the VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed reality) technologies. All three are already involved or will be involved in healthcare. In the very near future, you will be able to “swipe” between all three within an application. Different combinations of the technologies will be used to provide specific health benefits, eventually all within a single platform. It is sometimes hard to explain to people
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Digital Prescribing Platform Xealth Raises Additional $3M to Close $14M Series A Round

by Jasmine Pennic 06/20/2019 Leave a Comment

Digital Prescribing Platform Xealth Raises $11M to Expand Digital Health Tools

Xealth, a Seattle-based digital prescribing platform has raised an additional $3 million in its Series A financing, bringing the amount raised in this round to $14 million total. New investors Atrium Health, Cleveland Clinic and MemorialCare Innovation Fund join McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, ResMed, Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ Venture), Providence Ventures, UPMC and Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. Investments from this round will be used to advance the
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