Sagility Acquires BirchAI, a GenAI Company in the Healthcare Space
Sagility to Transform Member, Patient, and Provider Interactions Using BirchAI’s SaaS Platform
Sagility LLC, one of the leading technology-enabled services providers in the healthcare services space, announced its acquisition of Seattle-based BirchAI. BirchAI is a healthcare technology company offering cloud-based, GenAI call technology built by experts in transformer-based natural language processing. BirchAI enables clients to reduce operational costs by providing various AI-powered real-time customer support solutions to manage complex healthcare transactions.
Ramesh Gopalan, Sagility’s Group CEO noted, “We’re t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 26, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT BirchAI Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Kevin Terrell Ramesh Gopalan Sagility Sagility LLC Sherman & Company Sumant Kawale Yinhan Liu Source Type: blogs
Trinity Hunt Partners Establishes Healthcare Advisory Platform with Investment in Coker
Trinity Hunt Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on services businesses, is pleased to announce a majority investment in Coker Group (Coker), a leading healthcare advisory firm serving hospitals, private and health system-affiliated physician groups, private equity-backed platforms, and ancillary healthcare entities.
Coker represents the foundational investment of Trinity Hunt’s healthcare advisory services platform. Trinity Hunt’s investment and strategic expertise will support the platform’s growth initiatives, including execution of acquisitions, expansion of strategic service capabilities, inv...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Coker Coker Group Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A John Oakes Kirkland & Ellis LLP KPMG Corporate Finance LLC Max Reiboldt Trinity Hunt Trinity Hunt Partners Source Type: blogs
Anatomy IT Expands Healthcare Specialties Expertise with Acquisition of Managed IT Services Leader
Anatomy IT, the leading platform for healthcare IT and cybersecurity solutions, and a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital (ASC) today announced the acquisition of Manta HealthTech, a healthcare-focused managed IT services firm, to expand its footprint in healthcare subverticals, including dental and optometry.
“We recognized Manta HealthTech’s depth and experience serving various healthcare subspecialties with intelligent digital transformation, cybersecurity, value-based care delivery, and payment models, as well as other evolving areas within healthcare,” said Frank Forte, CEO at Anatomy IT. &#...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 18, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Anatomy IT ASC Atlantic Street Capital Clint Delander Frank Forte Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Manta HealthTech Peter Shabecoff Source Type: blogs
Frazier Healthcare Partners Announces Acquisition of RevSpring
Investment in Leading Communications and Payment Solutions Provider
Frazier Healthcare Partners (Frazier), a Seattle-based, healthcare-focused investment firm, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of RevSpring (or the Company), a leading provider of end-to-end communication and payment solutions servicing healthcare and financial services companies, from leading private equity firm GTCR. Frazier is joined in the transaction by NEA, 22C Capital, and RevSpring’s senior leadership team.
The partnership with Frazier will leverage Frazier’s investment, experience, and deep industry expertise to accelera...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 22C Capital Christina Reszka Frazier Frazier Healthcare Partners Goodwin Proctor LLP GTCR Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Kirkland & Ellis LLP Morgan Stanley NEA RevSpring Roger Davis Sco Source Type: blogs
Access, a Leader in Information Management Services, to Significantly Accelerate its Digital Solutions Strategy with Acquisition of Triyam, an Innovative Data and Software Business
This Acquisition Marks a Major Milestone for Access as it Continues to Rapidly Expand its Platform to Address Critical Data and Records Management Needs
Triyam Complements Access’ Robust Records Archiving and Compliance Management Capabilities with Expertise in Managing Electronic Health Records
Access Information Management (Access), the world’s largest privately-held integrated information management services provider, today announced it has acquired Triyam, a rapidly growing software business that provides expert data management solutions for healthcare organizations. Through this acquisition, Access significantly a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 15, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Access Access Information Management Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Luka Salamunic Sudhakar Mohanraj Tony Skarupa Triyam Source Type: blogs
Innovaccer Announces Acquisition of Pharmacy Quality Solutions to Accelerate Value-Based Care in Pharmacy Settings
Today, Innovaccer, a leading healthcare company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Pharmacy Quality Solutions (PQS), a leader in Pharmacy-Payer performance technology. This strategic move reinforces Innovaccer’s commitment to accelerating value-based care across the healthcare ecosystem and to have the largest distribution of providers and pharmacy network combined.
PQS covers 95% of all community pharmacies and 10 of the Top 10 Pharmacy chains by store count including national chains and independent pharmacy groups. In addition, it covers up to 60 million lives, representing 9 out of every 10 Medicare l...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 11, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Abhinav Shashank Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Innovaccer Pharmacy Quality Solutions PQS Todd Sega Source Type: blogs
SENS Research Foundation and Lifespan.io to Merge
Merging the non-profits SENS Research Foundation and Lifespan.io is one of those ideas that makes a lot of sense in hindsight. SENS Research Foundation is research focused and very much interested in expanding into patient advocacy, as it depends on philanthropic funding. Lifespan.io is a patient advocacy organization that is very much interested into expanding into helping to advance the science of aging and clinical trials for therapies of aging. They complement one another, and may well produce greater gains as one organization than as two.
Lifespan.io, renowned for its unwavering advocacy for longevity and res...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Altera Digital Health: Leveraging the Cloud to Address the Needs of Rural and Community Hospitals
Rural and community hospitals face the same challenges as larger health systems. However, with smaller pools of talent and fewer resources, they need more help from their digital partners to address those challenges. Altera Digital Health (Altera) is leveraging the cloud to help this important customer segment.
Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Pratt, MD – Chief Medical Officer for Paragon at Altera Digital Health to learn more about the company’s efforts for rural and community hospitals.
Outsized Impact
Right from the start of the interview it was clear that Dr. Pratt is deeply passionate ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Altera Digital Health Ambient Clinical Voice Cloud EHR Community Hospitals Dr. Mark Pratt Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured HIMSS HIMSS 2024 Source Type: blogs
Linus Health Acquires Aural Analytics
Purchase Expands Linus Health’s Cognitive Assessment Capabilities
Linus Health, a digital health company enabling early detection of Alzheimer’s and other dementias, today announced it has acquired Aural Analytics, a leader in clinical-grade speech analytics. The deal includes Aural Analytics’ assets, including its technology and intellectual property.
With the acquisition of Aural Analytics, Linus Health, the leader in multimodal cognitive assessments, has added clinical-grade speech analytics to its platform. This allows Linus Health to further enable researchers and clinicians to identify cognitive impairment and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Alvaro Pascual-Leone Aural Analytics David Bates Digital Cognition Technologies Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Kinesis Health Technologies Linus Health Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2024
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week – and, with this week’s roundup in particular, anything you may have missed from the hustle and bustle of HIMSS 2024 in Orlando.
Celebrating 500 Episodes: Reliving the Best Moments From the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast. Before getting into our HIMSS coverage, check out John Lynn, Colin Hung, and Brittany Quemby discussing the milesto...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 6, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Healthy Together Acquires Kinsa Health to Build AI Illness Forecasting & Expand into New Markets
Healthy Together, a leading health technology company specializing in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for State-level Health & Human Services programs, is excited to announce the successful acquisition of Kinsa Health, a powerful and robust AI platform that provides predictive insights for pharmaceutical companies, retailers, illness product companies, public health agencies, hospital systems, and communities.
The acquisition advances Healthy Together’s mission to improve collective health and make government and enterprises more efficient. By integrating Kinsa’s AI illness forecasting engine into He...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Healthy Together Inder Singh Jared Allgood Kinsa Health Source Type: blogs
Carenet Health Acquiring Health Dialog, Enhancing Clinical Team and Advancing Insights-Driven Platform Dedicated to the Business of Healthcare
Expanded Personalized Population Health Capabilities Support Better Health Journeys for Patients
Carenet Health, a trusted partner in helping organizations simplify and power the business of healthcare, is excited to announce it is acquiring Health Dialog, a worldwide leader in delivering clinical decision support offerings.
This acquisition enables Carenet to leverage its combined platform, analytics, and clinicians to deliver greater efficiency and outcomes-based financial performance for clients.
Health Dialog provides personalized population health services to health plans, providers, employers, and pharmaceutical man...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Carenet Carenet Health Health Dialog Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A HITRUST John Erwin Mick Mazour National Committee for Quality Assurance NCQA Rite Aid URAC Source Type: blogs
Optum: Testing Time for an Invisible Empire
By Jeff Goldsmith
Years ago, the largest living thing in the world was thought to be the blue whale. Then someone discovered that the largest living thing in the world was actually the 106 acre, 47 thousand tree Pando aspen grove in central Utah, which genetic testing revealed to be a single organism. With its enormous network of underground roots and symbiotic relationship with a vast ecosystem of fungi, that aspen grove is a great metaphor for UnitedHealth Group. United, whose revenues amount to more than 8% of the US health system, is the largest healthcare enterprise in the world. The root system of UHG is...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Tech Jeff Goldsmith Optum PBMs United HealthGroup Source Type: blogs
Direct Recruiters, Inc. and INNOVA People Merge to Launch Healthcare and Tech Staffing Divisions
Direct Recruiters, Inc. (DRI) and INNOVA People, Starfish Partners companies, are proud to announce the launch of INNOVA Healthcare and INNOVA Tech staffing practice areas. INNOVA People was acquired by Starfish Partners in 2023, merging with Direct Recruiters’ staffing arm to form a leading staffing conglomeration within Starfish Partners.
Leveraging decades of expertise in healthcare and technology staffing and merging the staffing divisions of INNOVA People and DRI, these staffing specialty areas broaden the spectrum of talent acquisition and consulting services. This newly formed staffing powerhouse offers compre...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 1, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Dan Charney Direct Recruiters Inc. DRI Frank Myeroff Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A INNOVA People Joel Slenning Starfish Partners Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – March 30, 2024
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Leveraging an Outside Provider for the EHR Service Desk. UI Health CIO Audrius Polikaitis talked to John about how the Illinois health system consolidated its help desk onto a “single front door” powered by HCTec. The move proved helpful following a transition to Epic and powered virtual onboarding during the pandemic. Read more…
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 30, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
