Xealth, a company whose platform makes it easy to prescribe digital health tools and integrate them with patients’ health records, struck a partnership with Cerner. Both Cerner and LRVHealth invested $6 million into the startup.
Executives with Kaiser Permanente, Houston Methodist, Providence St. Joseph Health and Highmark Health shared their thoughts on the future of digital health and how they used technology to care for their patients at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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.
Four experts with the VA, Providence St. Joseph Health, Microsoft and One Medical shared what is needed for continued adoption of telehealth. Most pointed to better integration with clinical workflows and new payment models as future drivers for growth.
Companies are rolling out suites of tools to monitor their workforce for Covid-19 cases. But even in the midst of a pandemic, there are still limitations on what information they can collect and how they can use it.
Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips, chief clinical officer for Providence St. Joseph Health, which has headquarters in Renton, Washington blames the lack of broad testing for community spread.
As part of the partnership, Providence will use Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud system and offer the health system's 119,000 caregivers the use of communication and productivity tools on the Microsoft 365 platform.
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.
Bluetree, which was founded in 2012 and has more than 140 health system clients around the country, will operate as a separate subsidiary of the not-for-profit health system.
Less than two months after MedCity speculated whether Amazon would release a HIPAA-compliant Echo device, the tech giant revealed Thursday that select skills for Alexa — the voice-activated personal assistant service powering those devices — are indeed HIPAA-compliant.
The Series A funding came from a slew of investors, including Novartis, Philips, McKesson Ventures, ResMed, Providence Ventures and UPMC.
Developed by the PSJH's digital innovation group, Optimal Aging links together non-clinical services like home care, transportation and meal support to help keep seniors healthy in their homes.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
As part of the acquisition, the health system is bringing on Lumedic's employees and IP assets to form a new company that will work to sign up partnerships with other healthcare stakeholders like payer organizations.
The company, Ayin Health Solutions, aims to equip payers, providers, employers and government entities with the expertise they need to cut costs, improve care and stay on top of population health efforts.
In a Q&A, B.J. Moore discussed how his tech experience at Microsoft will inform his work at Providence St. Joseph Health, where he will start as CIO on January 28.
The Seattle-based company's new feature will initially go live at two health systems: Providence St. Joseph Health and UPMC.
Civica Rx, announced earlier this year, formally established with $30 million in philanthropy money, a former Amgen exec as CEO and a focus on 14 drugs facing shortages.