Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The care coordination and healthcare navigation vendor Quantum Health announced this week that it had hired Zane Burke as chief executive officer and Board of Directors member. Most recently, Burke served as CEO at Livongo, after a 22-year stint at Cerner. "The team at Quantum Health has succeeded in building the industry’s best high-touch consumer engagement model, with a unique culture that puts consumers and clients first," said Burke in a statement.

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Electronic Health Reporter

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Joachim Roski, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton and Kevin Vigilante, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Booz Allen Hamilton. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform our world, the healthcare sector stands to substantially […].

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

symplr®, the leader in enterprise healthcare operations including governance, risk management and compliance (“GRC”) SaaS solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and Charlesbank Capital Partners (“Charlesbank”), announced today that it has agreed to acquire Halo Health, a provider of clinical communication and collaboration software that streamlines clinical processes and interactions, […].

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Urinary tract infections are the most common form of outpatient infections in the U.S., with more than half of adult women experiencing at least one in their lifetime.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Lead exposure continues to be a 'silent epidemic' for kids. These 3 states have the most affected areas. agliadkovskaya. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 18:28.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare, SCL Health unveil plans to form 33-hospital, $14B system. dmuoio. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:44.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

– Caresyntax , a digital surgery platform, today announced a $30M extension to its Series C funding round included participation from BlackRock, ProAssurance, and Harmonix. In addition to existing investors such as the Relyens Group and IPF Partners. This extension brings the total Series C funding to $130M. – Caresyntax’s digital surgery platform uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence to analyze large volumes of real-world data in and around the operating room to deli

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Northwell Health inks deal with Walgreens to provide telehealth, primary care in N.Y. retail stores. hlandi. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:18.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – Flywheel , a biomedical research data management platform, announced the acquisition of St. Louis-based Radiologics. The two organizations’ combined capabilities in imaging research data management and analytics provide the medical research community unrivaled end-to-end research workflow solutions—from open source to global enterprise. – In addition, the company announced a $22M Series C funding round led by 8VC with participation from investors iSelect , Arg

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Spring Health snags $190M to build out family mental health services, ramp up health plan partnerships. hlandi. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 17:17.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – Sorcero , a provider of medical and technical Language Intelligence (LI), today announced the close of a $10M Series A financing round led by CityRock Venture Partners and Harmonix Fund. The round also included participation from Rackhouse, Mighty Capital, and Leawood VC, and joining previous investors, Castor Ventures and Worldquant Ventures, to support the increasing demand from new and existing customers. – Sorcero’s Language Intelligence platform combines

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Clover Health, MedArrive partner to offer home COVID vaccinations to members. pminemyer. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:09.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Stephanie Jamison, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Greenway Health. While telehealth offerings have always held great promise, prior to 2020, their success was sometimes hindered by provider hesitation to adopt the technology, consumer reluctance to using virtual care, and a reimbursement methodology that did not value the investments required by providers or the positive impact on patients.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Study: 15M people could lose Medicaid coverage after COVID-19 emergency ends. rking. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 15:06.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Companies failing to tell users about a breach could face a $43,792 per day hit.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Mercer: 3 ways employers can continue to enhance benefits options. pminemyer. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 14:10.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Also: Fitbit may be able to tell you how much you snore, and psychedelic-focused startup Mind Cure Health joins the DTx Alliance.

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FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

FEMA agrees to cover nearly $1B of NYC Health + Hospitals' COVID costs after legislators' intervention. dmuoio. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 11:36.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

When many CIOs began their career or even when they became CIOs, their main job was to keep the “lights on.” A large chunk of their work was focused on things like the network, servers, desktops, printers, email, network shares, pagers, and the data center. There was a lot of IT “plumbing” that was happening […].

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cityblock, Tufts Health Plan expand collaboration in Massachusetts. pminemyer. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 15:54.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The study also found patients in the 24-week group had a 27% decrease in unique hospital encounters compared with the group who only received one prescription.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Idaho to start rationing care as hospitals face 'extraordinary influx' of COVID-19 cases. rking. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:28.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Also: Caresyntax adds $30 million to its Series C, and SafelyYou closed a $19.5 million Series A funding round.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The following is a guest article by Pranay Jain, CEO and Co-founder of Enterprise Bot. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was introduced in 1996 mainly to help migrate insurance coverage details of employees between organizations, prevent insurance fraud, reduce wastage of medical resources and eliminate improper payments.

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Mobi Health News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Its investment will help the online pharmacy expand its services and bring in additional technology.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Burke, former Livongo CEO, takes the helm at healthcare navigation firm Quantum Health. hlandi. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 13:49.

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Medical Gas Compliance

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As healthcare facility managers, you have to leverage real-time data to make informed decisions to ensure compliance and become more impactful leaders. But the problem lies in when you have to pull stacks of paper which is ( was ) the standard method when showing compliance for a medical gas systems program. One can see how this paper-based process is an invitation for inefficiency, lost time, and potential error.

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Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Chutes & Ladders—Banner Health adds new president, COO; Burke to lead Quantum Health. dmuoio. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 16:58.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What You Should Know: – Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health, two leading nonprofit healthcare organizations, have signed a Letter of Intent to merge and create a model health system that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare to more patients and communities in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Kansas. The intention is that a definitive agreement will be finalized and signed by the end of 2021. – The pending merger will employ more than 58,000 care

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