Health Catalyst Named 2016 Digital Healthcare Innovator of the Year
Congratulations to Health Catalyst (@HealthCatalyst), a mission-driven data warehousing, analytics and outcomes improvement company, for being named Digital Healthcare Innovator of the Year by Healthegy (@HealthegyInc), an organization focused on improving and innovating healthcare and the host of the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit in Boston. Health Catalyst launched in 2008 with the goal of transforming healthcare, and its team members’ devotion to that mission has been key to the company’s success. Today, Health Catalyst technology and services improve quality, add efficiency and lower costs for over 250 hospitals and more than 3,000 clinics that collectively care for over 70 million Americans each year. [tweetthis]Congrats to @HealthCatalyst for being named #DigitalHealthcare Innovator of the Year @HealthegyInc #DHIS16[/tweetthis]
3M and Verily Life Sciences Collaborate to Develop Population Health Measurement Technology for Healthcare Providers and Payers
3M Health Information Systems (@3MHISNews), a business of 3M, and Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences), an Alphabet company, announced that they have entered into a strategic agreement to develop new population health measurement technology for managing clinical and financial performance. The joint technology platform will be designed to analyze quality performance data across healthcare delivery systems and patient populations, and deliver meaningful information that can be used to promote real and sustainable improvements in healthcare quality and cost.
Wolters Kluwer to Acquire Emmi
Wolters Kluwer Health (@Wolters_Kluwer) announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Emmi Solutions (@EmmiSolutions), a U.S. provider of patient engagement solutions, for $170 million in cash. Founded in 2002, Emmi offers an enterprise-wide, integrated, and multi-media patient engagement platform with high quality, peer-reviewed content and personalized communications that span the spectrum of care from prevention, to treatment, to patient follow-up. Emmi’s offerings are a natural extension to Wolters Klewer’s existing Clinical Solutions portfolio, in particular to UpToDate in decision support and Lexicomp and Medi-Span in drug information.
MTBC Announces the Closing of Its Largest Acquisition to Date
Medical Transcription Billing, Corp. (@MTBC_UniqHIT), a provider of proprietary, web-based electronic health records, practice management and mHealth solutions, announced the acquisition of Gulf Coast Billing, Inc., a revenue cycle management company based in the Houston, Texas area. “By joining forces with MTBC, we can now provide our clients with an integrated technology and service solution that is unparalleled in the healthcare industry,” said Rhonda Turner, President and CEO of GCB.
Parallax Health Sciences, Inc. Acquires QOLPOM, Inc.
Parallax Health Sciences, Inc. recently announced that it has acquired QOLPOM, Inc. (@qolpom1), an Arizona based Remote Patient Monitoring and Telehealth Technology and Services company that has developed proprietary and patent pending Remote Patient Monitoring Telehealth technologies and systems along with medication dispensing technology.
US CareNet Announces HC360 Technologies, Healthcare Technology for Care Management
US CareNet (@USCareNet), a national senior care services provider based in Augusta, Ga., announced that they have purchased controlling interest in the technology used in their NavCare care management division, forming a new company doing business as HC360 Technologies. The newly enhanced platform provides for Chronic Care Management (CCM), Transitional Care Management (TCM) services, and Population Health Management (PHM) services, as well as other care coordination services.
Medfusion Named Inaugural Member of GE Healthcare Centricity Partner Program
Medfusion (@medfusion), a provider of patient experience solutions, announced that GE Healthcare (@GEHealthcare) has named the company as the inaugural member of its Centricity™ Partner Program. GE Healthcare’s Centricity™ Partner Program recognizes Centricity software and services partners and enables them to collaboratively test software and services with GE Healthcare solutions. Medfusion offers a full suite of integration-tested and verified solutions that cover all aspects of patient engagement—from self-scheduling, to patient portals, to payment solutions.
Core Solutions Becomes Qualified Vendor for the New York State Department of Health and the New York State Office of Mental Health
Core Solutions, Inc. (@CoreCx360), a provider of integrated behavioral health Electronic Health Records that transform the behavioral, medical and social services experience, has announced that they have been advised by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene that Cx360, its behavioral health EHR platform, has met all of the requirements of the Behavioral Health Information Technology Grant Program RFI. As a result, Core is now included in the qualified vendor list. In August, Core Solutions, Inc., welcomed Excelsior, its first EHR provider partner in Colorado. Excelsior (@ExcelsiorCares) is an organization that strengthens and educates at-risk youth and families to achieve lasting success through a continuum of innovative treatments and solutions.