The fourth annual Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Summit will commence on September 21, 2016. The three-day summit, held in Chicago, is centered on “The Consumer Imperative: Transforming Healthcare From the Outside In.” This year’s summit will feature a carefully selected panel of industry leaders who...
McKesson Ventures is the latest company to invest in Series B financing for SHYFT Analytics Inc. McKesson Ventures joins Medidata Solutions Inc., Health Enterprise Partners, and Milestone Venture Partners in a funding campaign for SHYFT that has secured $12.5 million. SHYFT, a cloud-based analytics company that provides...
The blockchain framework first got its roots with Bitcoin, but is now being used for entirely different purposes. Many small healthcare startups around the globe are using this data structure framework to help maintain and preserve data integrity and security as information moves from one...
Kyruus, an industry leader in patient access and referral management solutions, is focusing on increasing its market reach and growing its product portfolio with the hiring of its newest employee: Travis Moore. Moore will join Kyruus as the Senior Vice President of Marketing Solutions and...
SHYFT Analytics, a provider of cloud data and analytics for the global life sciences industry, announced that the company has secured $12.5 million in Series B funding from McKesson Ventures, Medidata Solutions, and other healthcare and technology investors. SHYFT will use the investment to continue its...
Geekwire recently published its list of the top 200 privately held technology companies in the Pacific Northwest. While acknowledging that IPOs are down in 2016 as compared to the past few years, Geekwire did point out some key movers, including RFID chip-based business solutions company...
After raising $70 million in Series E funding, rising healthcare firm Accolade announced the opening of its new office in Prague. After only nine years, the start-up company has already reached international heights. This will be Accolade’s fourth office, following its Philadelphia, Scottsdale, and Seattle...
A phone checklist could help detect changes in health that could lead to hospitalization for non-medical home care patients. ClearCare, a company that provides a software platform for home care agencies, recently worked with the in-home care company Right at Home to conduct research on a...
Patient engagement remains an elusive goal in the healthcare industry, wrote Dr. William Disch, director of analytics at Evariant, in an article on DataInformed.com. But big data analytics can help, particularly with chronically ill patients. Because this population also has a problem with compliance regarding medications...
Home care industry leader ClearCare has developed a new software system for managing day-to-day healthcare operations. The system was built to save both time and money by automating simple office processes. Highlights of the new system include advanced scheduling tools, billing attributes, and HR capabilities. ClearCare’s...