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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CHLA Announces 10 Semi-Finalists from Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon
The Innovation Studio at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), today announced10 semi-finalists from the first ever Gamifying Pediatrics Hackathon, which took place April 12-14, 2019 at BCG Digital Ventures (BCGDV) in Manhattan Beach (CA), the global corporate venture and incubation arm of the Boston Consulting Group. This hackathon brought together 185 enthusiastic participants, including physicians and nurses on the front lines of pediatric medicine, engineers, developers, and experts in
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Ontellus Acquires Secure Medical Records Exchange Portal ChartSwap
Ontellus, a nationwide full-service procurer of medical, billing, employment records, and other claims related data services has acquired Chartswap, a cloud-based HIPAA compliant medical record exchange portal.ChartSwap BackgroundFounded in 2012 by Randy Haynes, Chartswap’s (B2B) health information exchange portal connects provides hospitals and other medical care facilities with the ability to securely delivery patient records. From a single cloud-based platform, requestors can safely order,
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HIMSS19 Day 2 Announcements & Summary
Accenture: Millenials & Gen Z Are Shifting to Virtual, Retail, Clinic, Digital CareMillennial and Gen Z consumers in the U.S. are rapidly adopting non-traditional care models, such as retail clinics, virtual and digital services, according to results of an Accenture survey of 2,000 consumers.Key findings of the survey study include:- When considering traditional in-person care, millennials (ages 22 to 38 in 2019) were two to three times more likely than baby boomers (ages 55 to 73) to be
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VRHealth Launches First Telehealth VR Medical Platform
VRHealth, a Boston and Israel-based digital health company providing specialized virtual reality (VR) technology solutions and data analysis, today announced the launch of the first telehealth-VR medical platform that includes apps specifically designed for consumers to use at home. VR Health is participating in AARP Innovation Labs. As part of the company’s collaboration with AARP, VRhealth has a residency in AARP Innovation Lab and is integrating core features of its product into the “Health
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What’s Next for Healthcare Communications in 2019?
Healthcare workers are the embodiment of mobile. Tending to patients across hospitals, clinics, and shifts, they are always on the move. Coupled with the sheer size and diversity of the healthcare system, keeping employees informed is a constant challenge.When communications break down or employees are not engaged, the consequences can be disastrous — from administrative and operational missteps to poor decisions treating patients and lack of quality care. In fact, according to a study from HR
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Why Are Hospitals Still Using CDs to Exchange Medical Images with Patients?
For nearly two decades, CDs have been the primary medium for medical image exchanges between providers and patients. In the mid-1990’s, CDs provided a solution to the point-of-care and transportation issues of bulky, static film and reports. Recent years have brought a widespread adoption of electronic methods for storing and sharing information in the healthcare sector---namely EMR and now interoperability. Despite the rapid (and necessary) adoption of HIT, CDs remain the primary means of
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Remote Physical Therapy Solutions – Mobility is Essential for Delivering Value
Editor's Note: Robert Haywood is the Senior Marketing Manager at Breg, a provider of premium, high-value sports medicine products and business solutions that advance orthopedic patient care.Game console therapy solutions were originally designed for use in skilled nursing and facility settings. Recently, their use has expanded to include pre-and post-operative therapy at home. Game console therapy involves performing exercises in front of a TV using an Xbox® or camera enabled laptop/tablet
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Survey: Providers & Patients Disagree on How Long It Takes Patients to Pay
Providers and patients disagree on how long it takes patients to pay, according to key findings from Navicure's first Patient Payment Check-Up. The recent survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics and fielded in January 2017 assesses differences in attitudes and behavior between those billing for healthcare and those paying for it. The survey reveals over half of providers (51%) say it takes their average patient more than three months to pay their full balance. Only 18 percent of patients claim it
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Black Book: 94% of Physicians Find Digital Health Data Overwhelming, Redundant
94 percent of physicians find all that digital health data overwhelming, redundant and unlikely to make a clinical difference, according to Black Book’s recent consumer survey. Conducted from September through December 2016, the survey asked 12,090 adult consumers to evaluate the technology they were exposed to, know of or interacted with as an active patient in the last twelve months.The report revealed that 94 percent of consumers with health or activity trackers said their physician informed
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