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M&A: LifeNet Health Acquires Bioventus Wound Care Division

by Fred Pennic 05/10/2023 Leave a Comment

M&A: LifeNet Health Acquires Bioventus Wound Care Division

What You Should Know: LifeNet Health expands its portfolio of wound care solutions such as TheraSkin with the acquisition of the Bioventus Inc. wound care division.As part of the acquisition, LifeNet Health gains 90 Bioventus Inc. employees that will strengthen LifeNet Health's position as a global leader in regenerative medicine offering next-level wound care.Financia details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Digital Health Exec Hires: Transcarent Appoints CMO, Carium, Tegria, Swift Medical, GoCheckKids, Others

by Fred Pennic 03/17/2023 Leave a Comment

Transcarent appoints Dr. Randy Hawkins as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and will report to Transcarent Chief Executive Officer, Glen Tullman. As CMO, Dr. Hawkins will oversee the organization’s clinical quality initiatives and support the organization’s health analytics strategy. Swift Medical has appointed Brian Litten as its new Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Litten brings decades of healthcare leadership experience across health plans, provider organizations, regulatory
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Nursing Facilities  – A Medical Crisis in Need of a Prescription

by David Chess, MD, Founder & Chief Medical Officer of TapestryHealth & Seema Verma, former CMS Administrator 11/16/2022 Leave a Comment

Nursing Facilities  – A Medical Crisis in Need of a Prescription

Nursing facilities have evolved from rest homes to medical facilities over the last 20 years. Patients are sicker, older, have more medical comorbidities, and are frailer. They require more assistance with activities associated with daily living and have much greater rates of cognitive impairment. People over 85 are the most rapidly expanding demographic and the elderly segment of the American population is expected to double in 2030 from 2010. Even with a shift to providing higher-intensity
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RedDress Donates FDA-Cleared Wound Care Solution to Aid Injured Ukrainians

by Fred Pennic 03/24/2022 Leave a Comment

RedDress Donates FDA-Cleared Wound Care Solution to Aid Injured Ukrainians

What You Should Know: - RedDress, a Florida-based Israeli medical company is shipping revolutionary blood-clotting wound care systems to Ukraine to help with serious injuries and severe trauma wounds. - RedDress began shipments of 400 of their ActiGraft systems this week to multiple hospitals in Ukraine to help treat civilian casualties as a result of the indiscriminate Russian attacks. ActiGraft: Recreating the
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Senior Care More Human

by Bent Philipson, Founder of Philosophy Care 03/08/2021 Leave a Comment

How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Senior Care More Human

When it comes to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in particular and long-term care in general, a human-centered and empathetic approach is not only necessary, it's obligatory. Putting the needs, constraints, and perspectives of patients first enhances the level of care we're able to provide.  Perhaps ironically, it is the integration and adaptation of artificial intelligence (AI) that has demonstrated the biggest potential in improving empathy and compassion in the industry. It may
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Net Health Acquires Wound Care Platform Tissue Analytics

by Fred Pennic 05/14/2020 Leave a Comment

Net Health Acquires Tissue Analytics

What You Should Know: - Net Health acquires wound care platform Tissue Analytics to expand Net Health’s leadership position in the wound care market. - Tissue Analytics, Inc. deploys its wound management software via industry-leading SMART on FHIR integrations with Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, and others. - Net Health plans to integrate Tissue Analytics app will be integrated with their WoundExpert EHR solution to add key capabilities for use within hospital outpatient
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Sutter Health, Lyft Partner to Improve Access to Care for Patients & Staff

by Fred Pennic 01/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Sutter Health, Lyft Partner to Improve Access to Care for Patients & Staff

 - Sutter Health and Lyft announced a collaboration to provide patients and staff with improved access to care that will optimize the patient/provider experience. - Starting today, Sutter hospitals and care centers around Northern California will have the option to start implementing customized, individual transportation programs, and address social determinants of health. Not-for-profit network Sutter Health and transportation network company Lyft today announced a collaboration to power the
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7 Best Practices to Improve Professional Fee Revenue Cycle for Better ED Bottom Lines

by Weaver Hickerson, CEO, LightSpeed Technology Group 10/21/2019 Leave a Comment

7 Best Practices to Improve Professional Fee Revenue Cycle for Better ED Bottom Lines

Most healthcare organizations partner with physician services groups for niche coverage. While outsourced medical services are available across all specialties, common areas for external physician support include anesthesia, radiology, wound care, and emergency medicine. However, when outsourced physician services are used, challenges to ensure accurate reimbursement for both components of care—the hospital portion and the physician’s professional fee—increase.  Snafus are largely attributable
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Cedars-Sinai Research: Patients Using On-Demand VR Reduces Pain Scores

by Fred Pennic 08/15/2019 Leave a Comment

Research: Patients Using On-Demand VR Reveals Drop in Pain Scores

Cedars-Sinai researchers reveal hospitalized patients on-demand use of virtual reality (VR) resulted in statistically significant improvements in pain  Your browser does not support HTML5 video. A new study led by Cedars-Sinai's Health Service Research, published in PLOS|ONE, the Public Library of Science, demonstrates the effectiveness of using therapeutic virtual reality (VR) to
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Net Health Acquires Post-Acute Care EHR Provider Optima Healthcare Solutions

by Fred Pennic 07/02/2019 Leave a Comment

Net Health Acquires Post-Acute Care EHR Provider Optima Healthcare Solutions

Net Health, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for specialized outpatient care, today announced it has acquired cloud-based post-acute care EHR provider Optima Healthcare Solutions. Optima post-acute care EHR platform supports contract therapy companies, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, outpatient therapy clinics, home health therapy providers and hospice organizations.Acquisition Benefits for Net HealthOnce the acquisition closes, the combined company will serve
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