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Cloud Technologies in Healthcare: Improving Access to Care at Lower Costs

by Venky Ananth, SVP, Global Head of Healthcare at Infosys 03/22/2021 Leave a Comment

Cloud Technologies in Healthcare: Improving Access to Care at Lower Costs

The healthcare industry has been among those at the fore when it comes to cloud adoption. It’s no wonder then that between 2020 and 2024, the global market is projected to see a rise of nearly US$25.54 billion in cloud technologies in this industry1. What has spurred healthcare to be one of the leading adopters of cloud technologies? The industry is inundated with data from multiple sources like doctor’s and nurses’ notes, electronic health records (EHR), personal health records (PHR),
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CommonHealth App Connects to 230 Health Systems to Share Health Data – including COVID Test and Vaccine Status

by Fred Pennic 12/04/2020 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - CommonHealth has connected to 230 health systems in the United States, allowing patients to gather, manage and share their health and test data, including COVID test and vaccination status. By the end of this month, CommonHealth will connect to more than 340 health systems - CommonHealth extends the health data portability and interoperability model pioneered by Apple Health to the 55 percent of Americans with Android devices (85 percent globally) The Commons
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Oncologists Believe Social Determinants of Health Impacts Outcomes for Cancer Patients

by Jasmine Pennic 05/28/2020 Leave a Comment

Oncologists Believe Social Determinants of Health Impacts Outcomes for Cancer Patients

What You Should Know: - Oncologists state social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact outcomes for cancer patients, according to new research from Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions.  - The findings illustrate certain disconnects between physician perceptions and the increasing body of evidence on the significance of SDOH. - Appropriately, 91 percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that SDOH directly impact cancer treatment outcomes. More than 90% of
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CPSI to Acquire Patient Engagement Company Get Real Health for $11M

by Fred Pennic 04/24/2019 Leave a Comment

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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Embleema Launches Blockchain-Powered Personal Health Record Platform

by Fred Pennic 07/17/2018 Leave a Comment

Embleema comes out of stealth to connect patients, life sciences, and regulators through its healthcare blockchain-enabled personal health record (PHR) platform. Embleema, a NYC-based patient-focused healthcare blockchain network, today emerged from stealth after one year of R&D, to launch the public beta release of its patient-driven, HIPAA-compliant, blockchain-enabled personal health records (PHR) platform. The new blockchain-driven PHR platform give patients complete control over their
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Healthcare Blockchain Startup Mint Health Unveils White Paper for Vidamint Tokens

by HITC Staff 12/20/2017 Leave a Comment

MintHealth Blockchain

MintHealth, a global decentralized health platform with a portable, secure, and self-sovereign personal health record (PHR) built on blockchain technology and designed to drive healthy patient behavior through the Vidamint™ token. MintHealth announces the immediate availability of the associated white paper behind a planned Vidamint (VIDA) token sale in Q1 of 2018. The company also announces the addition of Wyche “Tee” Green, III, founder and director of Greenway Health™, to the MintHealth Board
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drchrono Launches FHIR-Enabled PHR API to Support 10 Million Patients

by HITC Staff 08/02/2017 Leave a Comment

drchrono Launches FHIR-Enabled PHR API to Support 10 Million Patients

Mobile EHR provider drchrono has announced that it is the first cloud-based EHR platform enabled for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). With FHIR, drchrono is enabling its 10 million patients access to their data via the FHIR API through the patient health record (PHR), onpatient. The new API is designed to support the Precision Medicine Sync for Science Initiative and fulfills one of the requirements of Meaningful Use Stage 3 to enable a PHR API.The goal of FHIR is to solve
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HealthTap Launches Smart Health Search Algorithms for Doctors

by Fred Pennic 10/19/2016 Leave a Comment

HealthTap

HealthTap, a Global Health Practice providing 24/7 immediate access to doctors via video, text or voice has announced the launch of a new Smart Health Search feature. The latest feature will provide more tailored health information to users from the world’s largest library of doctor knowledge, through new proprietary algorithms.HealthTap’s Smart Health Search algorithms take into account a variety of factors about the user including age, gender, comorbidities, pregnancy status, and other
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Will The Health IT IP Battle Heat Up as PHR Patents are Granted?

by Our Thought Leaders 09/25/2012 Leave a Comment

Waco Hoover, CEO of the Institute for Health Technology Transformation discusses the brewing health IT IP battle as more PHR patents are granted
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