More than three years have passed since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced its separately billable non-face-to-face Chronic Care Management (CCM) service. This was intended to help more than two-thirds of individuals on Medicare who suffer from multiple conditions receive more coordinated, regular primary care. The hope was that a focus on managing chronic conditions would contribute to better outcomes for overall population health, improve individual access to
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Blue Cross Blue Shield, BHI Launches Data Innovation Challenge
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI) has announced the launch of the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge to develop solutions that increase access to care, enhance patient engagement, and improve care delivery and outcomes. BCBSA and BHI are collaborating with HIMSS and Healthbox, a HIMSS Innovation company, to implement the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge.BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge OverviewTo advance
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CPSI to Acquire Patient Engagement Company Get Real Health for $11M
CPSI, a community healthcare solutions company has reached an agreement to acquire Get Real Health, a Rockville, MD-based comprehensive patient engagement platform for $11 million in cash. CPSI is the parent of three companies – Evident, LLC, American HealthTech, Inc. and TruBridge, LLC. The acquisition will allow CPSI to advance their ability to care for patients outside the walls of a community healthcare facility.Value-Based Care Creating New Demands for Patient EngagementValue-based care
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Wolters Kluwer Harnesses AI to Bridge Data in EHRs to Speed Accuracy of HAIs
With healthcare M&A at an all-time high, many hospitals and health systems are feeling interoperability pains following mergers. Wolters Kluwer is now harnessing AI to bridge data in electronic health records (EHRs) and disparate systems, such as lab results, to improve how organizations identify and report hospital-acquired infections.Real World Data Integration Challenges for ProvidersIntegrating data from disparate EHRs across health systems continues to be a largely manual process. But
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Innovaccer Launches AI-Powered Pediatric Care Management Solution
Innovaccer Inc., a San Francisco-based data activation company, today announced the launch of its Pediatrics Care Management solution specifically designed to bring the entire care network together to fulfill every child’s needs. The solution will assist pediatric care organizations in bringing together information that spans across multiple venues, clinicians, and stages of life.Pediatric-Specific Measures Are Not Widely AvailableValue-based payment reforms have made quite an impact on US
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What The Failure of Microsoft’s HealthVault Means for the Future of EHRs
Microsoft recently announced that it is officially shutting down HealthVault at the end of this year. HealthVault was Microsoft’s attempt at a web-based personal health record system. You probably never used it -- it suffered low adoption. But while HealthVault will shut down, mobile apps that collect and store your personal health information and share it with your healthcare team are poised to revolutionize medicine and wellness practice.
The downfalls of HealthVault included its focus on
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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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CHLA Announces 10 Semi-Finalists from Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon
The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), today announced10 semi-finalists from the first ever Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon, which took place April 12-14, 2019 at BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV) in Manhattan Beach (CA), the global corporate venture and incubation arm of the Boston Consulting Group. This hackathon brought together 185 enthusiastic participants, including physicians and nurses on the front lines of pediatric medicine, engineers, developers, and experts in
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Medsphere Launches Wellsoft Urgent Care EHR, PM/RCM Solution
Medsphere Systems Corporation, a provider of affordable and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) solutions and services, today announced the launch of their new urgent care EHR solution, Wellsoft Urgent Care. The launch of Wellsoft Urgent Care comes just two months after Medsphere acquired Wellsoft, a Somerset, NJ-based Emergency Department (ED) EHR platform.Wellsoft Urgent Care EHR/PM/RCM Platform OverviewWellsoft Urgent Care’s cloud-based platform features advanced Electronic
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Where’s the Evidence? Barriers to Analyzing Digital Health’s Impact
The digital health industry continues to grow at an unprecedented rate. In 2018, venture funding for digital health companies approached a record $8.1B in funding, according to Rock Health. These companies are striving to address important healthcare issues by developing products and service offerings in various categories like genome sequencing, analytics, telemedicine, mobile apps, and population health management tools—all with the promise of increased insights and patient engagement, and
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