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2020 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals List

by Jasmine Pennic 07/01/2020 Leave a Comment

2020 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals List

What You Should Know: - Fortune and IBM Watson Health named the 100 Top Hospitals that are setting new standards for using technology to improve operational efficiency, quality care and safety. - The rapid shift to virtual care amid COVID-19 put a bigger spotlight on the barriers impeding digital transformation, but this year’s top hospitals are leading the way for practical approaches to using telehealth and predictive modeling as well as data as a foundational measure to align
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NexHealth Raises $15M to Expand Patient Experience Management Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 06/30/2020 Leave a Comment

NexHealth Raises $15M to Expand Patient Experience Management Platform

NexHealth, a San Francisco, CA-based patient experience management platform, announced it has raised $15M in Series A funding from some of Silicon Valley’s best investors, including product-driven founders such as Scott Belsky, founder of Behance and Chief Product Officer at Adobe, and mission-driven founders such as Josh Buckley and Naval Ravikant. Empowering Doctors to Run Thriving Businesses Patients today spend more out-of-pocket, shop for care, and have high expectations from their
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Why COVID-19 Highlights Urgent Need to Humanize and Modernize The Patient Financial Experience

by Florian Otto, MD, DDS, Co-founder, and CEO of Cedar 06/30/2020 Leave a Comment

Why COVID-19 Highlights Urgent Need to Humanize and Modernize The Patient Financial Experience

It’s no secret that COVID-19 and the corresponding near-immediate economic catastrophe will be felt for significantly longer than the few short months it took to wreak its initial havoc. While losses hit businesses from “a to z” (...except maybe Amazon, ironically), hospitals and health systems tasked with treating the victims of this pandemic bear a particularly harsh dose of the financial fallout -- $72 billion in CARES Act hospital grants barely serving as a band-aid to the financial
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72% of Consumers Had First-Ever Virtual Visit During COVID-19 Pandemic

by Jasmine Pennic 06/29/2020 Leave a Comment

72% of Consumers Had First-Ever Virtual Visit During COVID-19 Pandemic

What You Should Know: - Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care, a new study published today by Kyruus, reveals 72% of consumers had their first-ever virtual visit during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a vast majority would like to continue using it in the future. - The survey of 1,000 consumers ages 18-65+ takes an in-depth look at their use and perceptions of virtual care during COVID-19. A majority of healthcare consumers had their first-ever virtual visit during the COVID-19 pandemic,
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Zimmer & Apple Watch Transform Joint Replacement Virtual Care w/ App New Features

by Jasmine Pennic 06/23/2020 Leave a Comment

Zimmer & Apple Watch Transform Joint Replacement Virtual Care w/ App New Features

What You Should Know: - Zimmer Biomet announced new features of mymobility with Apple Watch® - bringing remote patient care to life for patients who receive hip and knee joint replacement at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). - Available later this year, mymobility with Apple Watch will now use gait metrics (the stride of a person as s/he moves limbs) to passively collect walking speed and double support time when walking on flat level surfaces without GPS. These measurements
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The Digital Front Door: The Gateway to Empathetic Patient Navigation

by Stefan Behrens, CEO, GYANT 06/15/2020 Leave a Comment

The Digital Front Door: The Gateway to Empathetic Patient Navigation

The healthcare experience can often feel lonely. Lengthy surveys, unnecessary appointments, long waiting times and tedious, paperwork all contribute to this potentially confusing and isolating patient experience. Now, amidst a global health crisis, any barriers or obstacles to care could be detrimental beyond loneliness and could be fatal. These impeding components should not define a patient’s journey. Fair access to quality care, accurate record-keeping, and empathy should be at the core of
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Kyruus Raises $30M to Expand Provider Search and Scheduling Solutions

by Fred Pennic 06/10/2020 Leave a Comment

Kyruus

What You Should Know: - Kyruus, a provider search and scheduling solutions company raises $30 million in new funding from Francisco Partners, a technology-focused private equity firm.  - Kyruus will use the investment to expand its patient access platform to help health systems enhance the patient experience, both during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Kyruus, a Boston, MA-based suite of provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, today announced
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Siemens Healthineers and Geisinger Ink 10-Year to Drive Digital Health Innovation

by Fred Pennic 06/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Bayer and Geisinger to Create EHR-Integrated Contraception Counseling Pathway

What You Should Know: -Siemens Healthineers and Geisinger announced a 10-year agreement to drive digital health collaborations, including artificial intelligence-enabled applications. - The partnership will make better health easier throughout Pennsylvania and in all communities that Geisinger serves. Siemens Healthineers and Geisinger have established a 10-year Value Partnership to advance and support elements of Geisinger’s strategic priorities related to continually improving
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Telehealth After COVID-19: What’s Next for the Healthcare Industry?

by Michael Morgan, CEO of Updox 06/03/2020 Leave a Comment

Telehealth After COVID-19: What's Next for the Healthcare Industry?

Like the rest of the economy, healthcare has been upended by the coronavirus. Not just emergency rooms, but primary care physicians, specialists, and long-term care facilities, too.  Struggling to continue providing care in a time of social distancing, many have turned to telehealth in record numbers. Even providers who may have previously viewed telehealth skeptically – perhaps because of the technology’s perceived complexity or reimbursement challenges before COVID-19 – have now become
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Adobe, Change Healthcare and Microsoft Launch Consumer Healthcare Platform

by Jasmine Pennic 06/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Change Healthcare Acquires Credentialing Tech Docufill to Improve Administrative Efficiency

What You Should Know: - Collaboration with Adobe and Microsoft creates a unique, scalable, and more secure consumer solution to address rising demand for more transparent and streamlined healthcare experience. - The Connected Consumer Health™ suite is delivered in a software-as-a-service model, with speedy deployment, no hardware to procure, and minimal IT resources required for customers to access and use the platform. Today Change Healthcare unveiled the Connected Consumer Health
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