Modernizing Care: From Automated Workflows to Smarter Medication Management [Video]
Executives from Artera and DrFirst join MedCity News from Vive in LA.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
January has seen a slew of executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Aidoc, Suki and Particle Health named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Takeda, Trinity Health and Horizon BCBS New Jersey.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs
July has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare sector. For example, Aledade and Teladoc Health welcomed new executives, and DexCom and Community Health Systems announced that their CEOs are departing. There were also layoffs at organizations including Best Buy Health, the VA and Sarepta Therapeutics.
Health tech company DrFirst nabs $50M to grow product suite
DrFirst, which provides an array of services including telehealth and e-prescribing, received a $50 million equity investment from Sixth Street Growth. The company plans to use the funds to expand its offerings and further connect healthcare stakeholders.
Survey: When communicating with a physician, patients prefer secure texting to patient portals
In a survey of 199 consumers, 19.6 percent said they prefer to get secure text messages from their physician when in-person discussions and phone calls aren't an option, while 10 percent said they prefer to receive physician communications via patient portals.
Meditech teams up with DrFirst to integrate PDMP within Expanse EHR
The aim of the collaboration is to help prescribers more easily view patients' prescription histories, thereby preventing errors related to prescribing inappropriate medications.
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The Healthcare Payments Industry Has a Perception Problem
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
What do CMIOs think of medication management initiatives?
A new survey found chief medical information officers believe medication management improvement initiatives have positively impacted patient safety, but factors like workflow variation and a lack of price transparency still compromise patients' well-being.
DrFirst helps St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Oswego Health improve provider collaboration
Through DrFirst's new Connected Care Communities initiative, providers can exchange patient medication information and facilitate referrals without having to use the same EHR software.
UnitedHealthcare and DrFirst set out to change the drug prescribing experience
Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare has launched PreCheck MyScript, an online solution that simplifies the prescribing process and promotes better outcomes for physicians and patients.
N.Y. state mandate for e-Rx of controlled substances takes effect; What’s the climate like?
The New York law is meant to cut down on prescription drug abuse and drug diversion by doctors and patients alike.
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New Webinar: The Payer AI Readiness Gap: Why Better Data Will Define the Next Era of Health Plan Performance
We'll explore why the next era of payer performance will depend on building a trusted data foundation that connects people, providers, and relationships across the enterprise.
When will the pager die in healthcare?
To ZDogg or not to ZDogg? Two healthcare communications companies take vastly different approaches to marketing their pager-replacement technology.