Wolters Kluwer paying $170M for patient engagement firm Emmi Solutions
The all-cash deal will give Wolters Kluwer a more complete suite of health information products and allow Emmi to gain a foothold in international markets.
The all-cash deal will give Wolters Kluwer a more complete suite of health information products and allow Emmi to gain a foothold in international markets.
A recent audit of the electronic health records of deceased patients at the University of Florida's Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., found that 47 percent had filed advance directives with UF Health. That represents huge progress from 2013, when the number was more like 6-8 percent, according to Anthony Clarizio, executive director of UF Health Shands HomeCare, but still not good enough.
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.
Emmi Solutions, a Chicago-based healthcare communications company that was founded in 2002, is looking to tap into what much of the healthcare industry as a whole has overlooked in improving outcomes and costs: the patients themselves. While new forms of patient engagement continue to emerge, much of it through new forms of technology and a […]
Health IT company RightCare, which developed a way to identify and track patients at risk for readmission, will start offering a content tool for patients as part of a collaboration with Emmi Solutions, according to a company statement. The deal is designed to help patients better understand their care plan and condition. The goal is […]