- Brainlab acquires VisionTree Software Inc., a San Diego, CA-based provider of modular, cloud-based, patient-centered outcomes platform for specialty patient care, engagement and research. - The established ePRO solution will complement the Brainlab cloud-based infrastructure and registry solution aiming to deliver patient engagement and even more comprehensive quality reporting.- Brainlab will continue to invest in the VTOC platform aiming to facilitate data collection across all available
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Medsphere Raises $40M to Expand Suite of SaaS EHR & RCM Solutions
- Medsphere raises $40M in preferred equity investment to fund the expansion of efficient, flexible, subscription-based software solutions. - Medsphere has grown subscription revenue by over 400% using a combination of organic growth and accretive acquisitions, achieving a compounded annual growth rate of over 50%. Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading provider of efficient and interoperable healthcare information technology (IT) software solutions, and services, today announced new $40
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Ride Health Lands $6.2M to Deliver Real-Time Ride Coordination Platform
- Ride Health, an NYC-based real-time ride coordination platform that improves access to care and patient’s ride experience has raised $6.2M in seed funding. - Penn Medicine is already using Ride Health’s ride coordination platform to reduce costs, no-shows, and length-of-stay. - Ride Health now supports transportation benefit management for health plans in 10 states, optimizing utilization across all transportation modes including mileage reimbursement, public transit, ride-hailing,
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NextGen Acquires OTTO Health to Expand Telemedicine Capabilities
- NextGen Healthcare acquires telehealth platform OTTO Health to expand its patient engagement capabilities with integrated virtual visits. - NextGen plans to integrate OTTO Health’s telehealth platform with their recently acquired Medfusion patient experience platform.NextGen Healthcare, Inc., a provider of ambulatory-focused technology solutions, announced an agreement to acquire OTTO Health (“OTTO”). The proposed acquisition is expected to close this month, subject to the satisfaction of
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Xealth Named Finalist in Accenture’s HealthTech Innovation Challenge
- Xealth announces that it is a finalist in Accenture’s HealthTech Innovation Challenge, a recognition that supports innovative approaches and solutions for improving the way people access, manage and finance healthcare in North America.- Selected finalists presented to an exclusive panel of judges comprised of senior executives from globally recognized health companies at one of two regional events. One was held in Boston on Nov. 7 and the second in San Francisco on Dec. 5. For those selected
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CVS Health Launches Transform Oncology Care Program, Partners with Tempus
- CVS Health launches Transform Oncology Care, which includes a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind precision medicine approach to oncology management for payors in collaboration with Tempus.- Transform Oncology Care includes an innovative precision medicine strategy that increases access to broad-panel gene sequencing tests for patients diagnosed with certain advanced-stage cancers. - The program also uses CVS’ local footprint and unique assets to improve patient outcomes and lower costs every
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The Evolution of EHR Workflows: From Counterintuitive to Intuitive Tools for Care
Dr. Betty Rabinowitz, Chief Medical Officer at NextGen Healthcare
I recall a patient who was drinking heavily, who I was unable to meaningfully convince to reduce his alcohol consumption. He felt that his drinking was no different than his work colleagues and that he did not need to make any changes. When his labs returned, not surprisingly, his GGT and AST were elevated. I turned the screen and showed him the results as well as the upward trending of the result’s graph. He didn’t
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DrChrono Launches Certified Developers Program Leveraging DrChrono’s API
- DrChrono launches its Certified Developers Program, a healthcare partner platform marketplace with new resources for physicians. - The new Certified Developers Program is creating an ecosystem where a customer can work directly with one of the qualified developers that can layer custom features on top of the DrChrono EHR platform at their request.DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future, announced today a new Certified Developers Program comprised of partners that
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Philips Unveils Next-Gen Enterprise Imaging Solution to Embed Intelligence Across Patient Journey
- Philips launches next-generation enterprise imaging solution designed to connect clinical capabilities and optimize workflows around every step in the patient’s journey.- The new enterprise imaging solution supports hospitals and imaging centers as they seek to connect and optimize performance, improving the patient experience, health outcomes, and staff experience, while lowering the cost of care.Royal Philips, today introduced its next-generation enterprise imaging solution that delivers a
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3 Underfunded Areas Essential To The Success of Value-Based Care
- Third annual Top of Mind for Top Health Systems survey from the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) reveals value-based care depends on three underfunded technologies. - KLAS Research shows patient engagement, data analytics, and precision medicine drives better treatments, but barriers remain.As healthcare continues to shift toward value-based care, technology that boosts patient engagement, harnesses all available data for informed decision-making and enables more effective treatments will
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