Patientco, a next-generation patient payment tech company has joined the Epic App Orchard Marketplace with two payments solutions:1. Patientco Patient Payments is a solution that supports self-service payments via MyChart.2. Patientco Encrypted Device Integration, which allows staff to collect payments without leaving the Epic workflow. Epic App Orchard IntegrationPatientco Patient Payments is directly embedded in Epic’s MyChart, enabling patients to pay their healthcare bills how they prefer,
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Survey: How Healthcare Deploys Software as a Service (SaaS) Apps
The global healthcare cloud computing market was recently valued at approximately $18 billion and is expected to generate around $61 billion USD by 2025, at a CAGR of around 18.7% between 2019 and 2025. Key factors driving this growth are the adoption of IoT, wearable devices, and big data analytics.Software as a Service (SaaS) is a service model in cloud computing whereby the vendor provides a complete package of software applications over the Internet to their customers, who subscribe for this
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American Heart Association Launches Registry to Share Data with 911 & First Responders
American Heart Association is teaming up with emergency technology company, RapidSOS, to promote a voluntary registry for citizens to share data with 911 and first responders. People can provide opt-in profile information and individual health data, personalizing care and positively transforming emergency outcomes. Outdated 911 SystemPublic safety professionals are trained to respond as quickly as possible to medical emergencies, but our nation’s 9-1-1 system was built over 50 years ago for
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Washington University Alzheimer’s Study Adopts BYOD Technology for Clinical Trials & Observational Study
The Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis has selected Datacubed Health’s mobile platform has been selected to support worldwide studies for those at risk of Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease, a rare form of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. The Linkt platform enables the collection of real-time data on sleep, diet and other biomarkers using a “bring your own device” (BYOD) study model.Datacubed Health’s app, platform and web-based portal will be used by scientists at the
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Digital Prescribing Platform Xealth Raises Additional $3M to Close $14M Series A Round
Xealth, a Seattle-based digital prescribing platform has raised an additional $3 million in its Series A financing, bringing the amount raised in this round to $14 million total. New investors Atrium Health, Cleveland Clinic and MemorialCare Innovation Fund join McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, ResMed, Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ Venture), Providence Ventures, UPMC and Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. Investments from this round will be used to advance the
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Care Management Platform VirtualHealth Closes Series B Round to Fuel Growth
VirtualHealth, a NYC-based care management platform, today announced it has closed a Series B financing round bringing the total amount raised by the company to more than $25 million. Led by Edison Partners and existing investors, the latest funding provides strategic capital to fuel the company’s rapid growth and product innovations.One Platform for the Entire Care TeamFounded in 2012, the VirtualHealth HELIOS solution is the first comprehensive care management platform purpose-built to provide
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LabCorp Confirms 7.7M Customers Exposed by Data Breach from AMCA Payment Portal
Just a day after Quest Diagnostics confirmed a data breach, LabCorp has confirmed that nearly 7.7 million customers’ personal information may have been exposed due to a data breach from third-party collections firm American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionOpens a New Window. (SEC) filing, unauthorized activity on AMCA’s web payment page occurred between August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019.The exposed data could include first and last name,
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Why An Integrated Healthcare CRM Is Critical to Patient Engagement
Sawad Thotathil, MD MCE MHM and AVP, Persistent Systems
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is the well-known backbone of commercial sales forces across the globe. But what many don’t realize is that CRM has a utility that extends far beyond relationship-building in a traditional business setting. CRM systems are now engaging more than customers. They’re engaging patients in a healthcare setting far more complex than any retail or B2B enterprise.
CRM applications are used to engage patients
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Quest Diagnostics Confirms 12M Patients Information Exposed in Data Breach
Quest Diagnostics, one of largest providers of diagnostic testing in the US, today confirmed that nearly 12 million customers may have had information compromised due to a data breach. American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a billing collections service provider notified Quest Diagnostics that an unauthorized user had access to AMCA’s system containing personal information AMCA received from various entities, including from Quest. AMCA provides billing collections services to Optum360, a
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Welltok Report: Why It Is Time to Rethink The Patient Journey
It is time to rethink the patient journey. It’s no longer just about how you interact with patients from their first appointment to discharge, but rather the broader ongoing journey to optimal health that occurs largely outside of the provider setting, according to a new survey conducted by Welltok. The "Rethink the Patient Journey" report of more than 1,600 adults found that 84% of respondents would be more loyal to their provider if their overall health and wellbeing were supported outside of
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