Financial News
ZOLL Rebrands Payor Logic Solutions as ZOLL AR Boost
ZOLL® Medical Corporation (@zoll_rescuenet), an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced the rebranding of its accounts receivable (AR) software solutions for the healthcare industry to ZOLL AR Boost™. Payor Logic’s solutions became part of ZOLL’s software portfolio when ZOLL acquired the company at the end of 2018.
Water Street Acquires THREAD
Water Street and JLL Partners announced that they have acquired THREAD, an innovative provider of technology that enables virtual research approaches to modernize clinical studies and registries. Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., THREAD will leverage the investment to accelerate the expansion of its global offering.
Health tech startup PeerWell secures $6.5 million in Series A funding to help patients prepare for orthopedic surgery and recover faster
TechStartups reports that PeerWell (@peerwell), an end-to-end platform that helps patients with musculoskeletal conditions avoid or optimize for surgery, announced it has raised $6.5 million Series A round of funding to accelerate expansion as compensation programs and health plans utilize PeerWell to tackle the $25 billion+ orthopedic surgery market. The round was led by OMERS Ventures and joined by existing investors, XSeed Capital.
Visiting Nurse Association Health Group to Join BAYADA Home Health Care
BAYADA Home Health Care (@BayadaHHC), a provider of in-home health care and support services, and Visiting Nurse Association Health Group (VNAHG), a New Jersey-headquartered nonprofit provider for more than 107 years of home-based health services, announced that VNAHG intends to join BAYADA to help serve more people and to grow their collective impact to support those in need of high-quality, home-based health care.
Health Catalyst Reports Second Quarter 2019 Results
Health Catalyst, Inc. (@HealthCatalyst), a provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.
Product News
Apple Health Records Available for Allscripts Clients
Allscripts (@Allscripts) announced that Apple Health Records is now available for Allscripts Sunrise™, TouchWorks® and Professional EHR™ clients and their patients. Health Records brings together hospitals, clinics and the existing Apple Health app to make it easy for individuals to see their available health data from multiple providers whenever they choose. Health Records is available for iPhone users running iOS 11.3 or higher. This latest offering is an addition to Allscripts robust patient engagement offering, which includes Allscripts FollowMyHealth®, the EHR-neutral cornerstone of the Allscripts patient engagement solution.
Collaboration News
Veradigm and Komodo Health Partner to Create the Largest Linked EHR and Claims Dataset for Life Science Research
Veradigm™ (@Veradigm ) an Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) business unit, announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership with Komodo Health to advance life sciences research. Initially the partnership will focus on linking Allscripts’ industry-leading ambulatory EHR data with Komodo’s Healthcare Map, which contains encounter data from more than 150 private and public payers. Using Komodo Health’s platform, the collaboration will enable Veradigm to provide a linked dataset containing a complete longitudinal view of nearly 50 million deidentified patients to support life sciences companies as they investigate new ways to reduce disease burden.
Imprivata and Vocera Partner to Advance Mobility in Healthcare
Imprivata® (@Imprivata), the healthcare IT security company, and Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a clinical communication and workflow solutions company, announced a partnership to help healthcare organizations unlock the full potential of mobility in healthcare. Combining Imprivata Mobile Device Access with Vocera Collaboration Suite, the partnership enables fast, familiar authentication into shared clinical mobile devices and the Vocera smartphone application, eliminating the burden of manual logins for healthcare providers.
Contract News
Kyruus ProviderMatch® Patient Access Platform Now Powering Patient-Provider Matching at Norton Healthcare
Kyruus (@kyruus), a provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems company, announced that Norton Healthcare, a leading not-for-profit health system based in Louisville, Kentucky, has deployed the company’s patient-provider matching solutions to enhance patient access for both adult and pediatric care. The health system recently launched Kyruus ProviderMatch® for Consumers on its website to help consumers and their caregivers research and select care options across its five hospitals, 14 urgent care clinics, and 190 medical practices.
Baptist Health South Florida Launches New Online Patient Access Experience for Consumers With Technology from Kyruus
Kyruus announced that Baptist Health South Florida, the most-awarded health system in South Florida by U.S. News & World Report, has launched a new online consumer access experience with the implementation of both Kyruus ProviderMatch® for Consumers and Kyruus ProviderMatch® for Consumers in Spanish on its website. Built on an award-winning provider data management platform, the solutions enable a user-friendly provider search and scheduling experience for consumers based on robust provider data.