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Nov 4, 2024 · Healthcare Innovation provides news and information on the policy, payment, operational, and strategic information technology issues facing senior leaders of hospitals, medical groups, and health systems.
After Purchase From IBM, Watson Health Becomes Merative
Jul 7, 2022 · David Raths. Investment firm Francisco Partners has completed the acquisition of IBM’s Watson Health business announced in January and rebranded it as a new standalone company called Merative. IBM had built the business in part through acquisitions such as Truven Health Analytics, Phytel, Explorys, and medical imaging company Merge Healthcare ...
How Envision Healthcare Is Incorporating AI into Radiology …
Aug 16, 2024 · He recently spoke with Healthcare Innovation about how Envision is incorporating AI tools into practice, including the co-development of a new emergency department communications tool. Besides radiology, Nashville-based Envision also provides services in emergency and hospitalist medicine, anesthesiology and neonatology.
The Top EHR Vendors by Hospital Market Share: KLAS
Jun 9, 2021 · Here are some key statistics and findings compiled from the individualized KLAS reports: Epic continues to set the pace, maintaining 31 percent of the hospital EHR market share and 42 percent of hospital beds. Epic’s strengths, according to the KLAS report, include having a fully integrated suite, interoperability, and consistent customer experience.
AllScripts Acquisition Extends Reach - Healthcare Innovation
Jun 23, 2011 · Chicago-based Allscripts has acquired Extended Care Information Network (ECIN), a provider of hospital care management and discharge planning software, for approximately $90 million in cash. According to AllScripts, the acquisition enables it to facilitate the exchange of patient information between hospital case managers, physicians outside ...
How Patient Empowerment Can Improve Health Outcomes
May 19, 2020 · For most providers, improving patient health and satisfaction is at the center of their practice. Providing patients with access to their data leads to better communication, superior chronic disease management, and improved health outcomes. Health data can be complex and the tools we use to access and share that data can be difficult to navigate.
Maryland Law Solidifies CRISP’s Role as Health Data Utility
Sep 23, 2022 · The State of Maryland has signed into law requirements that make the concept of a health data utility a reality for CRISP, the state’s designated health information exchange. Effective Oct. 1, 2022, state law will require the state-designated HIE to provide data in real-time to individuals and organizations involved in the treatment and care ...
PointClickCare Buys CPSI’s Post-Acute Care EHR Subsidiary
Jan. 17, 2024. Canadian company connects more than 27,000 long‐term and post‐acute care providers. David Raths. Ontario-based PointClickCare Technologies has acquired American HealthTech Inc., an EHR solutions provider for the post-acute care market, from Computer Programs and Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI).
LeanTaaS’ iQueue for Operating Rooms | Healthcare Innovation
Jan 23, 2020 · iQueue for Operating Rooms (ORs) represents a significant opportunity to improve prime time utilization (PTU) of operating rooms. ORs are one of the most valuable assets within a health system by virtue of their contribution to the revenue and operating margins of the entire health system. Yet, there are significant structural problems in the ...
Navicure and ZirMed announce naming of merged company to …
Feb 2, 2018 · HMT Mag. Navicure and ZirMed, two providers of revenue cycle technology, who merged in November 2017, announced the combined organization will operate under the new name Waystar. Waystar simplifies and unifies the healthcare revenue cycle with technology that empowers clients to collect more with less cost and less stress, so they can focus on ...