COVID-19 News
MobileSmith Health Unveils PeriOp Patient Adherence App to Support Hospitals During the Post COVID-19 Surge
MobileSmith Health (@TheMobileSmith), a company in the digital health and mobile development sector, announced the launch of the PeriOp Patient Adherence mobile app to support hospitals and health systems as they face the current surge in critical and elective surgeries.
Coverys Announces Investment in Clinical Decision Support System VisualDx
Coverys (@coverys), a provider of medical professional liability insurance, announced a strategic investment made by ProMutual Group, Inc. in Logical Images, Inc., d/b/a VisualDx (@visualdx). VisualDx is a healthcare informatics company with point-of-care products proven to enhance diagnosis, testing and therapy.
Google and HCA announce the National Response Portal for Tracking Disease Hot Spots (Updated)
MEDITECH’s (@MEDITECH) cloud partner, Google, along with SADA Systems, Inc. has created the National Response Portal – an open data platform to track disease hot spots at a county and state level. MEDITECH’s long term partner HCA Healthcare is a sponsor of this effort to safely share and display daily aggregated COVID-19 metrics from data submitted by providers and other healthcare systems.
Collaboration News
Kyruus to Power Boston Children’s Hospital’s Next Phase of Digital Transformation
Kyruus (@kyruus), a company in provider search and scheduling solutions for health systems, announced that Boston Children’s Hospital, the top pediatric hospital in the United States, has engaged the company to enhance access to its world-renowned providers and facilities. Boston Children’s will utilize Kyruus’ leading provider data management platform and consumer-facing digital solutions to bolster the online access experience on its website and enable more granular patient-provider matching – pillars of the hospital’s next phase of digital transformation.
Life365™ Extends their Connected Care Platform to Home Utilizing Smart Garments through Partnership
Life365 (@Life365inc), a provider of intelligent digital health infrastructure development and transition of care delivery, announced a partnership with Hexoskin, a leader cutting-edge smart clothing that includes body sensors into comfortable garments for precise health tracking, being utilized in a variety of applications, including currently on the International Space Station with astronauts.
Product News
Life Image Launches Patient Connect Portal™ to Give Patients Control of Longitudinal Imaging Records and Medical Data to Share with Care Teams
Life Image (@lifeimageinc), a global medical evidence network specializing in curating diagnostic images for care delivery and research, announced the launch of its Patient Connect Portal™. The platform gives patients control over their own images and medical data to help manage their health over the long term.
Loyale and RevSpring Unveil Digital Engagement Solutions for Loyale Customers
Loyale Healthcare and RevSpring (@RevSpringInc) announced the availability of two leading RevSpring solutions—Talksoft® patient messaging and IVR Advantage™–for Loyale customers. Talksoft pre-service messaging solutions complement the Loyale Patient Payment platform by engaging patients through automated and precise texts, IVR reminders and email messages tailored to each stage of their encounter. IVR Advantage, which is integrated with Loyale’s Patient Financial Manager™ and Affordability Workbench™, provides a secure, PCI-compliant environment for patients who wish to make self-service payments over the telephone.
Financial News
TAGNOS Receives Investment from Leading Technology Companies to Drive Healthcare Initiatives
TAGNOS (@TagnosTweet), a developer of workflow orchestration software for hospital operations, announced investments from leading technology companies to expand and optimize its analytics platform. This latest investment round includes support from Benhamou Global Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, and Zebra Ventures.
Net Health Acquires Tissue Analytics
Net Health (@NetHealthFits), a provider of cloud-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) software for specialized care settings, announced that it has acquired Tissue Analytics, a pioneering developer of automated mobile wound and skin imaging and predictive analytics solutions. The acquisition of Tissue Analytics expands Net Health’s leadership position within the wound care market, and for all customers, will accelerate the delivery of next generation wound care technology solutions, including predictive analytics. Net Health is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, Level Equity, and Silversmith Capital Partners. Silversmith invested additional equity to support the acquisition of Tissue Analytics.
Babylon invests in Higi to extend access to affordable, quality healthcare in every neighborhood across North America
With the importance of accessible health information and affordable healthcare becoming more palpable by the day, Babylon (@babylonhealth), a technology company aimed at putting digital-first care into the hands of every person on Earth, announces its investment in consumer health engagement company Higi. This investment will deepen the effectiveness and expand the reach of care offered through Higi’s Smart Health Stations and digital programming.
Oncology Analytics Raises $28 Million Series C Financing Led by Baird Capital
Oncology Analytics, a data analytics and technology-enabled services company dedicated to helping health plans, providers, and patients with solutions that are purpose-built for oncology, has announced the completion of a Series C funding round of $28M. Baird Capital led the round and joins existing investors Oak HC/FT, McKesson Ventures, and The Blue Venture Fund.
Making the Cut:
SPH Analytics’ Receives Client Satisfaction Award, Expands Leadership Team
SPH Analytics (@SPHAnalytics), a healthcare quality and experience analytics company, recently received the 2020 Highest Client Satisfaction award for its population health business unit from industry analyst Black Book Research. This is the fourth consecutive year that SPH Analytics received the top Population Health client satisfaction award for End-to-End Population Health Analytics Vendors, as determined by a random sample of U.S.-based healthcare organizations.
Kyruus Wins 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Best Patient Scheduling Solution
Kyruus announced that MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global health and medical technology market, has named Kyruus ProviderMatch® for Consumers the winner of its 2020 “Best Patient Registration & Scheduling Solution” award. In use on dozens of leading health systems’ websites across the United States, ProviderMatch for Consumers helps people more easily find the care they need and book appointments online.
NCQA Taps IMAT Solutions as Beta Partner for eCQM Certification Program
IMAT Solutions (@IMATSolutions), a company delivering innovative, real-time, healthcare data management and population health reporting solutions, announced that it has been named a beta testing partner for the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) eCQM Certification Program™.
Vocera Vina Smartphone App Wins 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Award
Vocera Communications, Inc. (@voceracomm), a provider of clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced that the recently introduced Vocera Vina smartphone application won the MedTech Breakthrough Award for “Best Overall mHealth Solution.”
2bPrecise Honored As Recipient Of The 2020 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards
2bPrecise (@2bPrecise) Precision Health platform has been named a recipient of Microsoft Corp.’s 2020 Health Innovation Awards, in the category of “Reimagine Healthcare.” Additionally, 2bPrecise has been recognized as the “Best Overall Genomics Solution” in the fourth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program. MedTech Breakthrough is an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes top companies, technologies and products in the global health and technology market.