Surescripts announced that several national, regional and local PBMs and health plans representing virtually all U.S. patients are replacing their manual prior authorization process with Surescripts Electronic Prior Authorization solution. Over the past 18 months, several national, regional and local PBMs and health plans representing virtually all U.S. patients have signed on, increasing the number of insured lives covered by Surescripts Electronic Prior Authorization by nearly 20%.Impact of
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VisualDx Joins Epic App Orchard Marketplace to Support Diagnostic Accuracy
VisualDx, a Rochester, NY-based diagnostic clinical decisions support tool for physicians announced that it has joined the Epic App Orchard marketplace to support diagnostic accuracy, save clinicians’ time and enhance patient care.
Improve Clinical Decisions & Enhance Clinical Workflow
The VisualDx SMART app employs the HL7® standard SMART® on FHIR® technology and the integration extracts the sex, age, medications, and problem lists from the patient's record. This information is used to
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Cleveland Clinic Study: Propeller Health’s Smart Inhalers Reduces Hospitalizations, ER Visits for COPD Patients
Cleveland Clinic today released research that uses Propeller Health’s smart inhaler platform to show that digital medicines significantly reduced hospital visits for COPD patients. COPD is a term applied to a family of diseases that includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. The research findings published in The Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare marks the first-ever research to assess the impact of a digital medicine on healthcare utilization
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American College of Cardiology to Launch Ambulatory Chronic Disease Network
The American College of Cardiology and Veradigm have announced a strategic partnership create the largest ambulatory chronic disease network in the United States with more than 250,000 clinicians and 100 million patients. The partnership will integrate Veradigm's technology and analytic capabilities with ACC's NCDR PINNACLE Registry and Diabetes Collaborative Registry.In addition, the integration will leverage Veradigm's large specialist and primary care provider network on Allscripts and
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Humana Integrates Real-Time Benefits Tool with Epic’s E-prescribing Workflow
Humana and Epic today announced an agreement to integrate Humana’s IntelligentRX real-time benefits tool directly into Epic’s e-prescribing workflow. Humana is the first national insurer to collaborate with Epic to bring together patients, providers and payers to power value-based care. The resulting integration will deliver real-time pharmacy data and access to patient’s medical history, which, in turn, will enable cost reduction, improved quality, and increased patient
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Woman’s Hospital Goes Live on MEDITECH Expanse Point of Care EHR
Woman’s Hospital is a 168-bed hospital located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and the largest specialty hospital for women in the U.S., today announced it is now live on MEDITECH Expanse Point of Care (POC). Expanse POC, a fully integrated component of the EHR, harnesses the full power of the nursing solution into an intuitive, handheld workflow with the full capability to view charts, document, and provide safe medication administration at the patient’s bedside on a small, handheld device, giving
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Healthcare M&A Survey: Health IT Represents the Richest Opportunity in Sector
Most healthcare mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professionals see a positive outlook for healthcare and life sciences deals next year, even as political uncertainty will be the biggest factor to upend transactions, according to a recent Merrill Insight poll of global M&A professionals.According to the poll, which included more than 200 respondents from the Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 52% of respondents believe that the M&A market is headed in a positive
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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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Georgia Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs with EHRs Statewide
Appriss Health announced that Georgia is integrating its prescription drug monitoring programs into EHR systems of all prescribers across the state with Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway solution. This is being made possible by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant – so all prescribers can instantly access prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) information directly in the clinical workflow.Substance use disorder (SUD) is estimated to affect 21 million people, according to a report
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AzHHA Taps PatientPing to Improve Care Coordination Across State of Arizona
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association (AzHHA) announced a new partnership with PatientPing, a comprehensive care coordination platform, to improve patient care outcomes across the state of Arizona. The statewide partnership, coordinated through AzHHA's Affiliated Partners Program, will connect all of AzHHA's member hospitals and participating providers. Participants will have access to real-time patient information and insights from care events across the entire continuum, enabling
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