Nebraska
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How Nebraska’s HIE Is Leveraging Real-Time Data to Improve Maternal, Postpartum Health
The next generation of HIEs must think beyond the transfer of information and explore how they can use real-time health data to improve population health outcomes, according to the CEO of Nebraska’s HIE. A key way that her HIE is seeking to improve population health outcomes is through a program it launched six months ago to improve equity in maternal and postpartum care through identifying high-risk patients and sharing real-time information with providers.
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Nebraska gets approval to add work requirements to Medicaid expansion
After Nebraskans cast their vote for Medicaid expansion in 2018, the state is finally expanding coverage to more residents. As part of the state’s rollout, it split its expanded Medicaid plans into two tiers, with work and other requirements to access dental and vision coverage.
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NIH opens Phase II coronavirus trial with Gilead drug at University of Nebraska
The randomized, placebo-controlled study of Gilead’s remdesivir has been posted online and has enrolled the first patient, one of the passengers on a quarantined cruise ship docked off of Yokohama, Japan, who was repatriated to the U.S.
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Shareholders overwhelmingly approve Centene-WellCare merger
While the shareholder vote is a major milestone, the deal still needs to get the approval of an additional 22 state regulators.
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Nebraska legislator urges Pfizer to sue state in bid to stop execution
Ernie Chambers cites case of Alvogen suing Nevada as grounds for lawsuit to stop use of its products in lethal injection.
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Nebraska CIN selects Innovaccer to integrate data
UniNet Healthcare Network, an Omaha, Nebraska-based clinically integrated network, will utilize Innovaccer’s InData platform to bring data from various sources together.
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Philips, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center launch 10-year partnership
Philips will help Omaha, Nebraska-based Children’s Hospital & Medical Center with its technology innovation. The collaboration will focus on various areas, including diagnostic imaging, patient monitoring, clinical informatics and respiratory solutions.
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Trayt Health Seeks to Increase Access to Diagnoses and Treatments
CEO Malekeh Amini explains how Trayt Health can bridge the gap for patients seeking neurological care.
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Nebraska Medicaid program gets revamped with the help of Edifecs
With the help of Edifecs, a Bellevue, Washington-based company, the state of Nebraska’s Medicaid program implemented and went live on a new electronic data interchange platform.
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A telepsychiatry startup geared for people with severe mental illness raises $1M round
Prairie Ventures is one of the investors for the company, which works with long-term care facilities.
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Watch pediatric cancer patients control hospital telepresence robot (video)
Life can be isolating and challenging for pediatric cancer patients, so Nebraska Medicine in Omaha brought in a telepresence robot to help improve the quality of life for some young warriors.