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Allscripts’ (MRDX) Veradigm Collaborates with Komodo Health
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions recently announced that its flagship Veradigm unit has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Komodo Health. The goal of the collaboration is to advance health care research by using an electronic health record system and Komodo’s Healthcare Map to find ways to reduce...
Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth Requires Careful Planning, Preparation
Direct-to-consumer telehealth may seem like an easy way for health systems and hospitals looking to join the wave of connected health options, but caution is needed. First, a DTC telehealth platform needs to appeal to consumers, some of whom might not be familiar with the concept. It also needs to be easy to use and...
Accolade Acquires MD Insider for Machine Learning Physician Performance
Seattle-based Accolade, a provider of personalized advocacy solutions for employers, has acquired MD Insider, a Santa Monica, California-based provider of machine learning-enabled physician performance transparency. With the acquisition of MD Insider, Accolade is launching Accolade Total Care, a product that combines...
Veradigm and Komodo Health Partner to Create the Largest Linked EHR and Claims Dataset for Life Science Research
Komodo Health has entered a long-term strategic partnership with Veradigm, an Allscripts business unit, to advance life sciences research. Initially, the partnership will focus on linking Allscripts’ ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) data with Komodo’s Healthcare Map, which contains encounter data from more...
New Amerigroup Texas Medicaid Benefit Allows Consumers to Access Health Care via Telehealth at No Cost
Amerigroup Texas is now offering the state’s Medicaid consumers the option to access medical and behavioral health care providers through telehealth visits at no cost. On August 1, the company launched a new Medicaid benefit that allows eligible consumers to log into LiveHealth Online, a service powered by American...
New Accolade Total Care Guides People to the Best Providers and Supports Them at Every Stage of Care to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Employer Health Care Costs
Accolade, a provider of personalized advocacy solutions for employers, today announced a new solution that guides employees and their dependents (“members”) to the highest-performing doctors and other health care providers. Enabled by the company’s acquisition of MD Insider, Accolade Total Care combines data-driven...
Infusion Express Announces $22.5 Million Capital Raise, Rebrands as IVX Health
Ambulatory infusion center operator Infusion Express today announced completion of a $22.5 million funding round, which will enable the company to accelerate its nationwide expansion. Infusion Express also announced that it will rebrand as IVX Health. McKesson Ventures and Health Velocity Capital co-led the funding...
Driving Patient Loyalty in a Consumerized, Value-Based Industry
Patient loyalty and outreach have been, and continue to be, key priorities for health care organizations. However, as the industry shifts from fee-for-service to value-based payment models, and patients become more like consumers, the path for achieving those goals has changed. John Ward, the senior vice president...
OHSU to Become First Health System in Oregon to Implement Kyruus ProviderMatch®
Kyruus, a leader in providing search and scheduling solutions for health systems, announced that OHSU in Portland, Oregon, a nationally distinguished research organization, will use the Kyruus ProviderMatch® platform to enhance patient access to providers and services across the OHSU health system. OHSU is building a...
Do you forget your passwords? Imagine what it’s like being me, says BONNIE ESTRIDGE in her latest despatch on life with Alzheimer’s
Health and lifestyle journalist Bonnie Estridge has been a reporter all of her adult life, and that hasn’t stopped since she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. In a recent article she wrote for London’s Daily Mail, she lamented that tasks like remembering passwords have gone from difficult to impossible since...
Press Releases
GRAIL Closes Over $900 Million Initial Investment in Series B Financing to Develop Blood Test to Detect Cancer Early
GRAIL, Inc., a life sciences company located in Menlo Park, California, has raised over $900 million in funding after the initial close of its Series B financing, led by ARCH Venture Partners. Goldman, Sachs & Co. has been selected as the placement agent for the...
Envera Health and Evariant Team Up to Create End-to-End Engagement Services Offering for Healthcare
Envera Health and Evariant are joining forces to create a leading-edge medical system that will improve patient experience, increase outcomes, and drive growth. The two companies will team up to build a 360-degree profile of the patient, which will revolutionize the...
INTEGRIS to Present at HIMSS 2017 on Engaging Patients, Promoting Virtual Clinics
Oklahoma-based not-for-profit health system INTEGRIS will present at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2017, a conference on healthcare and IT, on how it has leveraged virtual care to boost patient engagement in both rural and urban areas,...
SHYFT Analytics Appoints Joseph Tyers to Chief Revenue Officer
Leading cloud analytics company SHYFT announced today that Joseph Tyers will be its new Chief Revenue Officer. Tyers’ previous experience as Senior Vice President of Sales, Value Management and Commercial Operations at Medidata will provide SHYFT with a wealth of...
Piedmont Healthcare Selects Kyruus’ Suite of Patient-Provider Matching Solutions
Piedmont Healthcare, a nonprofit healthcare organization located in Georgia that serves nearly two million people, has selected Kyruus’ ProviderMatch™ Product Suite to make its system more user-friendly and accessible to patients. Piedmont Healthcare, which operates a...