DaVita Medical Group’s high-quality practices in California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Washington are now part of OptumCare Combination will improve care quality and patient experiences and lower costs for 16 million people; and serve more than 80 health plans EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. and DENVER (June 19, 2019) — Optum, a leading health services company, completed […]
New Medicare Telehealth Reimbursement Rules Present Opportunity to Engage Seniors with Telehealth Programs to Address Health Wants and Needs BOSTON – June 19, 2019 – Today, from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute and Expo, in Nashville, Tennessee, national telehealth leader American Well® released findings from its Telehealth Index: 2019 Senior Consumer Survey, a dataset from the company’s […]
Industry-Leading Organizations Recognized for Unique Achievements in Clinical Care Delivery, Patient Experience and Transformation BOSTON – JUNE 17, 2019 – American Well®, a leading U.S. telehealth company, today announced the recipients of its annual Client Awards. The awards are given to organizations that have made exceptional contributions to advancing digital care delivery on behalf of […]
Companies to Focus on Television-based Care for Elders, Supported by 2020 Medicare Advantage Reimbursement Rule BOSTON – JUNE 14, 2019 – American Well®, a leading U.S. telehealth company, today announced it is working with Cisco Systems to extend care delivery from hospitals and health systems into the home. For this initiative, the companies will leverage […]
WASHINGTON – June 12, 2019 – Hospital and health system executives are shifting their top strategic focus from cost control to revenue growth, according to Advisory Board’s Annual Health Care CEO Survey. For the second time in three years, the No. 1 concern for hospital executives is improving ambulatory access, meaning adjusting facilities, staffing, hours of […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 5, 2019—Change Healthcare today unveiled a dynamic solution to address some of the most critical challenges faced by providers: reducing bad debt in a growing self-pay environment while markedly improving the patient experience. The Change Healthcare Patient Liability Management solutions suite was developed in partnership with health systems, and combines best-of-breed revenue cycle management […]
KANSAS CITY – June 4, 2019 – Cerner challenges innovators and application developers to advance consumers’ access to electronic health records (EHRs) with the 2019 code App Challenge. Participants will join Cerner’s pursuit of the next groundbreaking advancement, with a focus on helping consumers easily access and understand health records. Cerner’s 40-year history of innovation and technological […]
Watson for Oncology trained by Memorial Sloan Kettering shown to inform clinical decision changes in 13.6% of cases at a hospital in India Watson for Genomics found to identify clinically actionable genomic variants that had not been identified in manual interpretation in 33% of patients at a hospital in South Korea 22 new studies featuring […]
Imprivata will showcase Imprivata Confirm ID for EPCS at the 2019 MUSE Inspire Conference Lexington, Mass.– May 28, 2019—Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, today announced that Imprivata Confirm ID™, the industry’s most comprehensive solution for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), now supports EPCS within the Google Chrome Web browser. This makes Imprivata Confirm ID more accessible to MEDITECH customers as the best option […]
SUNRISE, Fla. (May 23, 2019) – MDLIVE Inc. today announced the appointment of Kristen Lalowski as Chief Product Officer. With more than 25 years of experience in nursing, healthcare technology, product management and sales, Lalowski will lead MDLIVE’s product team with a focus on expanding MDLIVE’s online healthcare service offerings, enhancing MDLIVE’s consumer and provider experience […]