Providence St. Joseph Health, a national, not-for-profit Catholic health system, announced today that it will acquire Bluetree, an Epic consulting and strategy company that helps health care providers maximize their use of technology. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, and with offices in Denver and New York, Bluetree’s integrated team approach helps health care providers realize higher returns from their Epic EHR platform investment.Acquisition Benefits for Providence St. JosephBy acquiring Bluetree,
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Geisinger Appoints Dr. Jaewon Ryu as New CEO
Geisinger today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., as president and chief executive officer. Dr.
Ryu, who has served as interim president and CEO since November 2018 and
executive vice president and chief medical officer since September 2016,
becomes the seventh chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 104-year history. He
succeeds David T. Feinberg, M.D., MBA, who left Geisinger earlier this year to
assume a leadership role at Google.
“On
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It’s All Public Health, and It’s Driven by Data
Americans are used to seeing California as a bellwether. Whether or not that’s a good or bad thing often depends on individual perspective.
But there’s less room for differences of opinion when it comes to housing and homelessness. With a booming economy that is now the fifth largest on planet Earth, California has also experienced a dramatic rise in homelessness in recent years. In Los Angeles County alone, homelessness has risen in three of the last four years, with a 12 percent
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Optima Health Taps Cardinal Analytx for AI-Enabled Health Insights
Optima Health, the health plan arm of integrated health system Sentara Healthcare has signed an agreement with Cardinal Analytx Solutions, an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled health insights company to deliver more proactive care to Optima Health members throughout Virginia. The deal marks Cardinal’s first relationship with an integrated health system.AI-enabled Health Insights to Identify Potential High-Risk Members for Early Intervention and Proactive CareThe implementation of Cardinal’s
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3 Ways Health Plans Can Leverage Lab Data Analytics
Payers have long realized the value of leveraging disparate data sets to gain greater insight on patients, with popular data sources including claims, electronic health records, and surveys on social determinants and behavioral health.
More recently, health plans have begun to appreciate another source of data that can help them avoid missed revenues, predict emerging conditions and improve risk management: laboratory data. This category includes data on critical health factors such as
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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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Applied Analytics: Making the Dream of Cost-Controlled Population Health a Reality
Ninety percent of a solution is accurately defining the problem, however, in healthcare, much like nearly every other industry, more time and energy is spent on fixing perceived symptoms rather than identifying root caU.S.es.
Today we will explore the contribution that applied analytics has made and continues to make on bending the dramatic U.S. healthcare cost curve. To do this well we will first explore the primary cost drivers (i.e. root caU.S.es), as to why the U.S. spends more on care than
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Telegenomics Company Genome Medical Nabs $23M to Bring Genomic Medicine to Everyday Care
Genome Medical, a leading nationwide telegenomics company providing genomic-based medicine, today announced that it has raised $23 million in Series B financing to accelerate the development of its technology and medical services which support patients, physicians and healthcare systems in all 50 states. The Series B round was led by Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions with additional new investors LRVHealth, Casdin
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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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Companion Medical Integrates Smart Insulin Pen with Rimidi Diabetes Management App
Rimidi and Companion Medical announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to enhance data visualization for clinicians treating high-risk patients with diabetes who are on insulin therapy. The collaboration integrates Companion Medical’s connected device, InPen™, the first and only FDA-cleared, smart insulin pen paired with an integrated diabetes management app, into Rimidi’s platform by pushing insulin dosing data from the InPen through the cloud.Integration BenefitsThis partnership reduces the
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