What You Should Know:
- Baptist Health deploys first-of-its-kind conversational
digital assistant powered by LifeLink for patients who are discharged from the
Emergency Department (ED) with referrals.
- Since launch, the conversational chatbot solution, which
engages patients with mobile messaging to recommend follow-up care, the number
of PCP appointment requests have increased by 15%. The technology is integrated
into Cerner and Salesforce, personalizing the patient experience by
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Stryker Launches First Completely Wireless Hospital Bed for Patient Safety
What You Should Know:
- Stryker launches the industry’s first and only completely wireless hospital bed, ProCuity that can connect seamlessly to any nurse call system for every acuity level.
- ProCuity Bed Series designed to enhance patient and
caregiver safety for all acuity levels, reduce in-hospital falls
Stryker, one of the
world's leading medical technology companies, today announced the global launch
of the industry’s first and only completely wireless hospital bed,
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The Future of Patient Access: From Appointment Reminders to Automated Patient Journeys
The concept of 'Patient Access' has evolved significantly. We all remember the good old days when patient access was an inbound responsive model – patients dialed into a call center phone number and were connected "round-robin" to the next available staff member with their call script. Then outbound voice and email messages and patient appointment reminders became common, and now access centers have begun to deploy more advanced communication channels such as natural language voice response,
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COVID-19’s Amplification of Digital Technology in the Patient Experience
In the last decade, the healthcare industry has experienced a rapid rise in digital health solutions that have promised to transform care delivery and improve outcomes. Yet, with change comes skepticism – especially in an industry that is notoriously slow to adopt new technologies and innovations. Despite the industry’s conservative reputation, we have seen an influx of global venture capital funding for digital health services, which hit a record $3.1 billion in funding this
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Imprivata Launches Touchless Palm Vein Scanner to Address Patient Safety Concerns from COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- Imprivata launches a new palm vein scanner solution: Imprivata PatientSecure to power touchless biometric patient identification for healthcare.
- The next generation palm scanner, developed in
collaboration with Keyo, will help healthcare organizations solve the challenge
of patient ID amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by eliminating the need to touch any
surfaces. (It's also a core component of the Imprivata digital identity
framework for healthcare, which provides a
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Corrona Acquires Virtual Patient Community HealthUnlocked
What You Should Know:
- Nationwide disease registry Corrona has acquired
virtual patient community HealthUnlocked, creating a first-in-class patient
experience ecosystem.
- The acquisition will enable Corrona to expand its broad
set of capabilities--ranging from highly granular and longitudinal structured
data across eight registries.
Corrona, LLC
("Corrona"), a nationwide disease registry and is now the largest
registry in the world collecting data on Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Press Ganey Acquires Doctor.com, Acquires Majority Stake in Binary Fountain
What You Should Know:
- Press Ganey advances the healthcare consumerism movement with acquisitions of Doctor.com and a majority stake in Binary Fountain.
- Expanded technology platform enables industry-leading
management of providers’ online brand and seamless Web-wide patient acquisition
and loyalty strategies.
Press Ganey today
announced the expansion of its market-leading health care consumerism platform
with the acquisitions
of Doctor.com and a majority equity stake
in Binary
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Clearwave Acquires Digital Patient Access Solutions Odoro
What You Should Know:
- Clearwave acquires Odoro, a provider of digital
patient-access solutions that makes the scheduling process easier and more
efficient for both healthcare providers and patients.
- Clearwave, a pioneer in digital check-in is poised to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive patient-engagement platform with the addition of Odoro’s rich, multi-channel scheduling capabilities.
Clearwave, a
healthcare industry leader in digital check-in and eligibility
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Providence Combines 9 Investments & Acquisitions to Form Tegria
What You Should Know:
- Providence combines nine operating companies to form
Tegria into a comprehensive suite of offerings for organizations across the
health care sector
-Tegria will focus on three key initiatives—healthcare
consulting and technology services, revenue cycle management solutions and
software technology and platforms.
Providence, one of the nation's largest health systems announce the formation of Tegria, a new company designed to provide next-generation
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Getting Beyond the Telehealth ‘Stop-Gap’ Mentality
Since COVID-19 emerged as a major health threat, virtual care has taken off. As many as 46% of patients reported in late April that they had used telehealth to replace a canceled healthcare visit in 2020, while 48% of physicians said they had started using telehealth to treat patients.
While a shift in care models was necessary to address business continuity amid the pandemic, these trends also represent positive movements as a growing body of evidence supports the real-life benefits of
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