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McKesson Ventures Joins SHYFT Analytics Series B, Bets on Analytics for Pharma

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...

8 blockchain healthcare startups to know

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...

Healthcare Company Accolade’s Next Czech-up: A New Engineering Office in Prague

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...

Phone Checklist Could Help Home Care Recipients

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...

How to Use Big Data to Improve Patient Engagement

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...

ClearCare Introduces New Online Management System

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...