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NextGen Healthcare and CHE Behavioral Health Services Partner to Increase Access to Mental Health Care
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. (@nextgen), a provider of innovative, cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, announced that CHE Behavioral Health Services has chosen NextGen® Behavioral Health Suite to support its growing network.
Carium Wins “Patient Experience Innovation Award” in 7th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program
Carium (@cariumcares), a Care Experience Platform (CXP), announced that it is has been selected as winner of the “Patient Experience Innovation Award” in the 7th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market.
Nurses Week 2023 News
Sacred Heart University and Hartford HealthCare Announce Comprehensive HealthCare Training and Development Agreement
Sacred Heart University and Hartford HealthCare (@HartfordHealthC) have announced a comprehensive agreement to collaborate on and expand upon a wide variety of clinical training and development activities—launching a new scholarship, a medical certificate program while augmenting instructional and placement opportunities.
UL Lafayette, Ochsner Lafayette General create accelerated nursing program
A partnership between the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (@ULLafayette) and Ochsner Lafayette General will address the critical need for registered nurses in the Acadiana region through the creation of an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program. Ochsner Lafayette General is Acadiana’s largest non-profit regional health system.
Hydreight Achieves Record Revenue, Files Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2022
Hydreight Technologies Inc. (@hydreightiv) an on-demand home healthcare and wellness platform, is pleased to announce that it has filed its audited financial statements for the 2022 fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
Conduit Health Partners Assists Federally Qualified Health Centers
Conduit Health Partners, a health care solutions company focused on improving care and access to care, has recently begun providing nurse triage services to four Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC): Unity Care NW in northwest Washington; Tuolumne Me-Wuk Indian Health Center in Sonora, California; Kenosha Community Health Center in Wisconsin and Clackamas Health Centers in Oregon.
Infor and HARMAN Announce Strategic Partnership on Healthcare Delivery
Infor (@infor), the industry cloud company, and HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., announced a global strategic partnership that will allow healthcare and life sciences organizations to modernize their data platforms, strategies, and roadmaps through customer-centric services and solutions. intelligence, and governance functions in a secure, cost-effective, and privacy preserving manner.
Infor Launches New Application to Combat Nurse Shortage for Healthcare Industry
Infor® announced the availability of Infor Clinical Science, part of the Infor Workforce Management suite. This application uses an evidence-based methodology to measure the workload of each patient, accounting for both direct and indirect workloads, to provide leaders with a complete picture of labor requirements for each shift, unit or department, all based on documentation already occurring in the electronic medical record (EMR).
Ochsner Opens Nursing Center at Delgado Community College
Since 1921, Delgado Community College has served the greater New Orleans region by providing higher education and career opportunities aligned with the regional economy. Now, in partnership with Ochsner Health (@OchsnerHealth), Delgado students will get more opportunities to pursue meaningful careers in healthcare in the state-of-the-art Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health, opening on Delgado’s historic City Park campus.
AvaSure Chief Clinical Officer Lisbeth Votruba Honored Among Becker’s 2023 “Patient Safety Experts to Know”
AvaSure (@avasure), the inventor of the TeleSitter® solution and the market leader in acute virtual care and remote safety monitoring, announced that Chief Clinical Officer Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN has been named among Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2023 “Patient Safety Experts to Know.”
Mergers and Acquisitions
Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger come together to launch Risant Health and expand access to value-based care
In an innovative move designed to improve the health of communities, achieve better health care outcomes, and improve health care affordability, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health (@geisingerhealth) are announcing the launch of Risant Health and a definitive agreement to make Geisinger the first health system to join Risant Health to expand access to value-based care in more communities across the country. Upon regulatory approval, Geisinger becomes part of the new organization through acquisition.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Human API
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions (@LexisNexisRisk), part of RELX, announced it has acquired Human API, a provider of a proprietary consumer-driven data platform. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Human API will deliver a next-generation consumer consent management solution that enables more seamless delivery of data.
Sagility LLC Acquires Devlin Consulting, Inc.
Sagility LLC (@sagilityhealth), a provider of technology-enabled business process management (BPM) services, announced their acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based Devlin Consulting, Inc. (DCI).
Contract Announcements
Lirio and Ayin Health Solutions Announce Value-Based Care Partnership
Lirio, LLC (@lirio_llc) announced a new strategic partnership with Ayin Health Solutions, Inc. a provider of population health management services and technology solutions for community-based healthcare delivery.
Conduit Health Partners Assists Federally Qualified Health Centers
Conduit Health Partners, a health care solutions company focused on improving care and access to care, has recently begun providing nurse triage services to four Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC): Unity Care NW in northwest Washington; Tuolumne Me-Wuk Indian Health Center in Sonora, California; Kenosha Community Health Center in Wisconsin and Clackamas Health Centers in Oregon.
OncoHost Collaborates with BGN Technologies to Predict Cancer Patient Response to Anti-PD-1 Treatment with IcAR Biosensing Tech
OncoHost (@OncoHost), a technology company transforming the approach to precision medicine for improved patient outcomes, announced that it has signed an option agreement with BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), to receive a license for a novel biosensing technology called IcAR (Immuno-checkpoint Artificial Reporter). IcAR was developed by a team of researchers from BGU.
Funding
Lucem Health™ Announces Series A Funding Round
Lucem Health (@lucemhealth), a provider of transformational clinical AI technology and solutions, announced that it has closed a Series A funding round of $7.7 million. Led by Mayo Clinic, Granger Management and Mercy (St Louis), this round builds on Lucem Health’s seed funding and includes financing from existing investor Rally Ventures.
Amino Health Secures $80 Million in Financing to Accelerate Growth and Product Innovation
Amino Health (@aminohealth), a digital healthcare guidance company, announced $80 million in both equity and debt financing led by Transformation Capital and Oxford Finance LLC, respectively. In the face of declining digital health investment, this funding underscores the success of Amino Health’s proven model and enables the company to scale its technology and continue its strong growth trajectory.
Making the Cut, Milestones, Accolades, Awards and More
HHAeXchange Achieves New Milestone, Processes Over 1 Billion Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) Confirmations
HHAeXchange (@HHAeXchange), the provider of homecare management solutions for state Medicaid programs, managed care organizations, and providers, has announced that the company has processed over one billion Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) confirmations.
symplr’s Provider Data Management SaaS Offering Wins 7th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Award and Stevie Award
symplr (@symplr), an enterprise healthcare operations software company, announced that it was selected as the winner of the “Best Provider Data Management Platform” award in the 7th annual awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global health and medical technology market.
DrFirst Announces 2023 Healthiverse Heroes Award Winners
Health technology pioneer DrFirst (@DrFirst) announced the winners of its 2023 Healthiverse Heroes Award program. Now in its third year, the award honors healthcare providers and organizations for their innovative use of technology to improve healthcare.
Vytalize Health Recognized as a Top-Ranking Company on Inc. Magazine’s 2023 Best Workplaces List
Vytalize Health, a risk-bearing provider enablement platform, has been selected as one of Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2023. The list, which will be featured in the May/June issue and on Inc.com, is the result of a thorough evaluation of American companies that excel in establishing outstanding workplaces and company culture.
DexCare Reports Banner Year: Expands Access to Care to Millions of Patients and Maintains Rapid Company Growth
DexCare, Inc., a patient demand and care access platform, announced its industry impact and business growth results, commemorating its two-year anniversary following its spinout from Providence.