- VA St. Louis Healthcare System announces a partnership with XRHealth to provide virtual reality (VR) therapy for veterans. XRHealth’s VR therapy platform will assist veterans in gaining relief from spinal cord injuries, amputations, poly-trauma, multiple sclerosis, or other neurological conditions.XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth, a Boston, MA-based provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications, today announced that they partnered with the VA St. Louis Healthcare System to
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Telehealth | Virtual Care | News, Analysis, Insights
Trinity Health ACO Delivers $22.4M in Share Shavings, 98% Quality Performance Score
- Trinity Health ACO achieved a nearly 98 percent quality performance score and $22.4 million in shared savings in the performance year 2018. The Next Generation ACO Model was created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is in its fourth year.- Trinity Health ACO provides coordinated care to patients in Illinois (Loyola Medicine), Michigan (Mercy Health – Michigan), New Jersey (Summit Medical Group) and Ohio (Mount Carmel Health System).Trinity Health ACO, a Next
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Teladoc Health Acquires Virtual Care Platform InTouch Health for $600M
- Teladoc Health announced this morning it will acquire InTouch Health, the leading provider of enterprise telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems for $600M.
- The acquisition establishes Teladoc Health as the only virtual care provider covering the full range of acuity – from critical to chronic to everyday care – through a single solution across all sites of care including home, pharmacy, retail, the physician office, ambulance, and more.
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Health, Inc., a
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Executive Insights: Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2020
As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare industry executives to share their predictions and trends for 2020.
Robbie Hughes, Founder, and CEO, Lumeon
“Following the announcement of the Trump administration's price transparency requirement – and the ensuing backlash from hospital groups – the issue of price transparency will dominate the healthcare industry next year. Regardless of the outcome of the lawsuit, I expect we'll see more attention around the importance of the
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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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Time’s Running Out: Why Providers Must Adopt Telehealth in 2020
Michael Morgan, CEO of Updox
Sometimes life just gets in the way. Work schedules, family obligations, and unforeseen circumstances can make going to the doctor an inconvenience rather than a helpful necessity. It’s not uncommon for patients to forget or intentionally skip appointments, cancel unexpectedly, or even put off scheduling necessary follow-up visits.
But patients don’t have to neglect their healthcare just because of a hectic work schedule or a last-minute meeting. Telehealth is
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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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VirTrial Acquires Virtual Care Management Platform SnapMD
- VirTrial acquires SnapMD, a Los Angeles, CA-based full-service enterprise telehealth technology innovator, and solutions provider.- The acquisition supports VirTrial’s goal of making hybrid decentralized clinical trials seamless for sponsors, sites, and patients. - Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.VirTrial, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, announced today the acquisition of SnapMD, an LA-based provider of telemedicine tools and services that improve
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InSight Telepsychiatry. Regroup Telehealth Merge to Become Largest Telepsychiatry Provider in Nation
- InSight Telepsychiatry and Regroup Telehealth announces a merger to become the largest and most comprehensive telepsychiatry service provider in the United States. - The merger will leverage both companies' collective partnerships, expertise, leadership, network of providers and resources to better deliver access to care for those who need it most. Telepsychiatry companies InSight Telepsychiatry and Regroup Telehealth, today announced a merger agreement to become the largest and most
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XRHealth Launches Telehealth VR/AR Platform to Connect Doctors and Patients Remotely
- XRHealth just announced at the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Tech Summit, their telehealth VR/AR medical platform that connects doctors and patients from remote locations.- The XRHealth telehealth platform allows patients to grant access to their healthcare data to key participants – doctors, caregivers, or family members.XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth a provider of extended reality and therapeutic AR and VR applications for the medical industry has announced the launch of their new telehealth
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