Digital health startup Dorsata filed a lawsuit against EHR provider athenahealth and women’s health company Unified Women's Healthcare. The startup alleged that athenahealth stole trade secrets, used deceptive business practices and breached its contract — and that Unified aided and abetted these purported practices.
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Here's a selection of recent executive hires across healthcare and life sciences.
Affiliates of Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman struck a deal to buy the health IT company from its current private equity owners, Veritas Capital and an affiliate of activist investor Elliott Management. The two took the company private through a takeover bid in 2019.
Though the total number of unique apps that integrate with major EHRs, like Epic and Cerner, increased from 600 at the end of 2019 to 734 in December 2020, growth in the number of apps that support the FHIR data exchange standard was stagnant.
His newest venture, Zus, was created with the idea of making it easier for fledgling healthcare startups to piece together their own technology systems. The company emerged from stealth with $34 million in funding.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The vendor has agreed to pay nearly $18.3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by offering illegal kickbacks to boost EHR sales. The company denies any wrongdoing and said it agreed to settle to "put the matter behind us."
Covid-19 made an already challenging healthcare system even harder to navigate. If we want the industry to come back stronger than before, then we must ask ourselves, “What is healthcare’s next act?”
After seeing a surge in telehealth visits through its software, health IT company athenahealth is building a telehealth solution for its users. The company said its system would integrate with provider workflows, making scheduling and documentation easier.
San Francisco-based software startup Innovaccer closed a $70 million funding round. The company, which is focused on building longitudinal patient records, also named former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush to its board of directors.
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Dr. Kevin Ban joined Walgreens as its CMO after holding the same role at athenahealth. He joins as the company is re-configuring its clinical services, adding partnerships with Jenny Craig and LabCorp.
A source familiar with the situation told MedCity that less than 4 percent of the company's total corporate workforce across all offices was let go.
"My experience is running a company with a gun to your head is no way to run a company. Better to just say, 'Pull the trigger,'" Bush said when asked about having an activist investor like Elliott take a stake in his company.
Following the close of the transaction, athenahealth will be combined with Virence Health, the former GE Healthcare unit Veritas bought earlier this year.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Dave Wichmann laid out the company's plan to launch "fully integrated and fully portable individual health record" on an earnings call last week.