What You Should Know:
- Charles Barkley Foundation forms a partnership with health IT company SynsoMed to combat health disparities for Black Americans impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Launches Save Our Selves (S.O.S) Council, comprised of Black influencers, technologists, healthcare professionals, and policymakers concerned about the health of Black Americans.
SynsorMed, a Birmingham, AL-based provider of remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM)
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Epic MyChart Helps Deliver COVID-19 Drive-Thru Tests at 1,000+ CVS Pharmacies
Source: CVS Health
As states cautiously re-open, convenient access to COVID-19 testing
is critical so that those who are infected can self-isolate quickly to minimize
its spread. EHR leader Epic is helping
deliver COVID-19 test results via MyChart as part of an effort to increase
nationwide testing capacity being led by CVS
Health.
Epic's software allows patients to access test results online in a timely and efficient manner. Patients registering for an appointment at the 1,000+ COVID-19
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FCC Surpasses $100M in Approved COVID-19 Telehealth Program Applications
What You Should Know:
- FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program, which was authorized by the CARES Act, has approved funding for 305 healthcare providers in 42 states plus Washington, D.C. for a total of $105M in funding.
The Federal Communications
Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau today approved an additional 67 funding applications
for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Healthcare
providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $16.87M in
funding
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Built on Google Cloud Platform, The National Response Portal Launches for COVID-19 Insights
What You Should Know:
National Response Portal launches to ensure healthcare providers and policymakers have access to the most up-to-date COVID-19 analytics.
The open data platform built on Google Cloud enables decision-makers in healthcare and the government to make data-driven decisions toward ending the COVID-19 crisis and restarting the economy.
SADA, a leading global business and technology
consultancy, announces the official launch of the National Response Portal
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RADLogics Brings AI-Powered COVID-19 Apps for CT & X-rays to U.S. Market
What You Should Know:
RADLogics has signed an agreement with Nuance to
officially bring its novel COVID-19 solutions for CT and X-ray to the U.S.
market.
The new agreement that will expand access to RADLogics’
medical imaging applications designed to assist in the detection and
quantification of findings associated of COVID-19 patients in the U.S. through
Nuance’s AI Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging – a cloud-based platform that
has broad reach to U.S. radiologists across more than
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Inovalon Launches FHIR-Based Solution for Health Plan Compliance
What You Should Know:
- Inovalon announced the availability of its Cloud-Based “Consumer Health Gateway” Module, alleviating the need for health plans to build their own Patient Access API to comply with the new requirement of the 21st Century Cures Act.
- The Consumer Health Gateway is a consumer portal allowing the FHIR®-based exchange of a patient’s claims and clinical data securely with authorized third-party applications. It consists of a robust patient consent and authentication
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2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners Announced
What You Should Know:
- MedTech Breakthrough announces 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award Winners that recognizes the top companies, people, platforms, and products in the health, fitness, and medical technology industries today.
- The 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is open to all individuals, companies, and organizations involved in producing digital health and medical technology products and services.
MedTech
Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that
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Digital Strategies Health IT Must Prioritize During COVID-19
Gregg Ostrowski, Regional CTO, AppDynamics
COVID-19 is introducing new weaknesses to an already strained healthcare system. As healthcare providers battle an increasing influx of patients and dwindling inventory – including critical personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies like masks, ventilators, and hospital beds – they are relying more heavily on their digital tools and applications than ever before.
This is an unprecedented opportunity for health IT professionals to contribute
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Ontario System’s Acquires SwervePay to Create End-to-End SaaS Solution
What You Should Know:
- Ontario Systems, a provider of enterprise software that automates complex workflows and accelerates revenue recovery for clients in the healthcare, government, and accounts receivable management (ARM) markets, announced the acquisition of SwervePay®, a payment facilitator in the ARM and healthcare industries.
- With this transaction, Ontario Systems offers customers a simplified consumer payment engagement platform that helps drive revenue, reduces operational
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Microsoft Unveils New Cloud Offering for Healthcare Organizations
What You Should Know
Today, Microsoft announced its first industry-specific
cloud offering, Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, which builds upon
Microsoft’s core cloud capabilities to meet the most important needs for
healthcare organizations.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare brings together trusted and integrated capabilities for healthcare organizations to improve collaboration, decision-making, and operational efficiencies to enhance patient engagement, connect health teams, and support
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