The University of Vermont (UVM) Health Network, a leading provider of quality care has signed a 10-year strategic partnership agreement with Philips. The partnership, which extends an existing relationship between the two organizations will help support staff in providing high-quality care and advance efforts to improve the health of the population in Vermont and Northern New York.Why UVM Health Network Selected PhilipsThe UVM Health Network provides high-quality care for patients on both sides
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Welkin Health Lands $17.5M for Patient Relationship Management Platform
Welkin Health, a digital health company based in San Francisco has raised $17.5M in Series B funding led by Altos Ventures. Existing investors, Thrive Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and Asset Management Ventures also contributed to the round, which brings Welkin’s total funding to $30 million to date. The company plans to use that latest round of funding to expand operations and its business reach.
Helping Care Teams Have Meaningful Relationships With Their Patients
Founded in 2013, Welkin’s
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Medically Home Group Nabs $10M for Scalable, Virtual Hospital Platform
Medically Home Group, Inc., a Boston, MA-based technology-enabled services company has raised $10 million in Series B funding led by Cardinal Health and other investors. This strategic investment for Medically Home from Cardinal Health and other investors illustrates the rapid movement in the market for innovative value-based models. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support scaling efforts and to realize a common vision of enabling cost-effective, patient-centric
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Nuvi Acquires Patient Experience Platform Banyan
Nuvi, an enterprise social management software, today announced its acquisition of Banyan, Orem, Utah-based patient experience software company that provides best-in-class digital marketing, reputation management, and patient communications solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.Why Banyan?Founded in 2013, Banyan’s platform grants healthcare providers the ability to connect with their patients through their HIPAA-compliant social media application, enhancing the
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UnityPoint Health Launches $100M Venture Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Growth Startups
UnityPoint Health, a West Des Moines, IA-based network of hospitals, clinics, and home care services in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin has announced the launch of its $100M venture fund at the inaugural MedCity INVEST Pop Health conference in New Orleans this week. The UnityPoint Health Ventures Innovation Fund will manage and direct the health system’s financial and strategic investment opportunities in early-stage growth companies in four key sectors: digital health, medical devices,
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Top 5 Roadblocks to Population Health Management Adoption for Providers
The healthcare system is undergoing a transformation to restore the patient to the center of their care and to provide all patients with the highest quality care at the lowest possible price and with the best possible experience. Frequently the patient’s health journey is fragmented between multiple providers, an issue which must be addressed as a key part of any successful value-based care model.
Population health management (PHM) is an umbrella term that incorporates the multitude of payment
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Telehealth Platform Tyto Care Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace
Tyto Care, a NYC-based all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced that it has joined the Epic App Orchard marketplace, enabling health organizations to offer the integrated telehealth service to their care providers and patients for comprehensive telehealth visits and access to patient data.
Epic App Orchard Integration
The Epic marketplace integration allows patients to use the TytoCare examination device and consumer
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Jellyfish Health Integrates with MEDITECH EHR to Optimize the Patient Journey
Patient experience platform Jellyfish Health announced it has formed a collaborative relationship with EHR vendor MEDITECH to optimize the patient journey. The collaboration was formed as part of the recent deployment of the Jellyfish Health platform at Meadows Health in Vidalia, GA.Meadows Health chose Jellyfish as its digital patient experience technology to simplify various processes for inpatient and outpatient services. With new technology touchpoints and direct patient communications,
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Philips Launches New IntraSight Interventional App Platform for Image-Guided Therapies
Philips launches new IntraSight interventional applications platform to seamlessly integrate intravascular imaging and physiology applications for image-guided proceduresToday, Philips announced the launch of the new IntraSight interventional applications platform, a comprehensive suite of clinically proven iFR, FFR, IVUS and co-registration modalities that help support physicians in improving care for their cardiac and peripheral vascular patients.Growing Need for Image Guided TherapiesIn
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StartUp Health Adds 11 New Startups to Army of Healthcare Transformers
StartUp Health, a platform where health transformers, partners, customers, investors, patients, and caregivers connect and accelerate the progress of the health moonshots.Here is a look at the 11 new members of Startup Health’s global army of healthcare transformers:1. Cityblock Health: Iyah Romm (Co-Founder & CEO)Cityblock is a Brooklyn, NY-based company building sustainable, scalable systems that provide high-quality, cost-effective care for underserved populations with complex health
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