For most providers across the country, the need to communicate easily, seamlessly and digitally with patients is growing exponentially. To be most effective and ensure the widest reach, as providers, there are a few best practices you should be following: Educate, identify and treat broadly.
Educate
With the novel coronavirus spreading quickly across the U.S., the need for accurate information is growing just as rapidly. Providers have to communicate to all patients in a given
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TeraRecon Acquired by SymphonyAI: What is the Impact for Medical Imaging Market?
On the 4th March 2020, TeraRecon announced it had signed an agreement to be acquired by the SymphonyAI Group. Here are the facts of the deal, followed by our take on the potential impact on the medical imaging market:
- The terms of the deal were not disclosed and TeraRecon will continue to operate business as usual. However, it will benefit from greater financial backing and the synergistic technologies from other companies in the Group’s portfolio.
- TeraRecon is an Advanced
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The Many Faces of AI in Clinical Trials
AI is being applied in several aspects for the clinical trial process today. From analyzing real-world data and scientific information to providing improved patient stratification and predictive outcomes, and assisting with different aspects of clinical trial operations. Here are some of the technologies using AI and machine learning in the clinical trial space today, outlining how they fit within the clinical trial ecosystem and discuss the impact on future clinical trial designs.
The
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MDPortals Taps Health Gorilla APIs to Power Clinical Data Insights
- MDPortals adopts Health Gorilla APIs to bring proprietary care insights to providers from a vast network of clinical systems.
- MDPortals will leverage Health Gorilla’s Patient360 API to retrieve clinical records from thousands of care sites across the country, augmenting MDPortals existing connections to health information exchanges and patient portals.
Health Gorilla, a leader in clinical data
APIs, and MDPortals, a leading
clinical insights company, announced today a partnership to
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Benefits of Store and Forward, or Asynchronous Telehealth Solutions
An introduction to asynchronous, or store-and-forward, as a modality of telehealth
As our healthcare system continues to innovate in order to meet demands and improve the delivery of value, various telehealth solutions have emerged and been implemented to increase efficiency, access to, and quality of care. Telehealth is a broad term encompassing “a collection of technology-based means or methods to enhance healthcare delivery and education.” As defined by the National Telehealth
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Hg Takes Majority Holding in Intelerad: 3 Major Implications to Know
- On 23rd Jan 2020, Hg Capital announced it had agreed to acquire a majority stake in imaging IT software vendor Intelerad Medical Systems from previous majority stake owners Novacap.
- The founders, management and employee shareholders at Intelerad will be reinvested, with Novacap remaining as a minority shareholder.
- The company has undergone significant growth in the last four years, announcing a USD75m R&D program in 2019 and acquiring imaging IT workflow specialist Clario Medical
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UChicago Medicine Selects Life Image’s Breast Health Data Tool
- UChicago Medicine working with Mammosphere by Life Image to allow patients easy, secure access to their breast imaging and to support the WISDOM Study to establish screening guidelines. - Mammosphere was developed to support women throughout their entire breast health journey, including contributing to scientific research. By offering patients this digital tool, patients in the WISDOM Study will have additional tools to support their long-term commitment to the research.Life Image, the world’s
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Lifepoint Informatics Launches App for DrChrono EHR Users to Manage Lab Reports
- Lifepoint leveraged DrChrono’s API to create an app that works seamlessly with its EHR platform to easily order and process lab reports and results. - Medical professionals can place their orders directly within DrChrono EHR via Lifepoint’s app and it will transmit orders electronically.DrChrono Inc., the company enabling the medical practice of the future announced today a new partnership with Lifepoint Informatics, a leader in healthcare IT focusing on laboratory outreach connectivity,
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3 AI Trends for 2020: Moving Beyond Dazzle to High-Impact Collaboration
From the first artificial skin to driverless cars that navigate busy streets with ease, 2019 brought a dazzling array of artificial intelligence (AI) discovery. In 2020, the progress made toward AI-fueled collaboration will be as critical as AI innovation—especially in healthcare.
We’ve reached a point where AI has proven its utility. In radiology, for example, AI is well-oriented to interpret diagnostic imaging studies, with FDA approval given to AI algorithms that diagnose a collapsed lung or
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Top 60 Health IT/Digital Health Mergers & Acquisitions in 2019
- From Google's acquisition of Fitbit to Philips acquisition of Carestream Health's health IT business, here is a look at some of the biggest health IT/digital health mergers & acquisitions in 2019 by each quarter.
Q1 M&A Activity
Johnson & Johnson Acquires Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery Portfolio
Johnson & Johnson acquiresAuris Health, a developer of robotic technologies for $3.4 billion in cash. Auris Health is a privately-held developer of
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