Clearwater Adds 24/7 Managed Detection and Response Services and HITRUST, CMMC and PCI Certification Services Through Acquisition of TECH LOCK
Strategic Move Strengthens Clearwater’s Position as Healthcare’s Leading Cybersecurity and Compliance Solutions Provider with Additional Managed Security Services and Compliance Services
Clearwater, the healthcare industry’s top-ranked Security Advisors and Consultants and Compliance and Risk Management Solution provider, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of TECH LOCK, a leading provider of security management, threat detection, incident response, and compliance services. TECH LOCK operated as a subsidiary of RevSpring, a market leader in patient engagement and payment solutions. Terms of the tra...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 5, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Security and Privacy ArentFox Schiff LLP Brian McManamon Clearwater Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Managed Detection and Response MDR RevSpring Steve Akers Steve Cagle Steve Meyer TECH LOC Source Type: blogs
Verustat Acquires One Healthcare Solution
Remote patient monitoring company to expand its physician and patient services
Verustat, a full-service remote patient monitoring (RPM) system, has acquired Texas-based One Healthcare SolutionTM (OneHS).
OneHS’s chronic care software will help strengthen Verustat’s commitment to providing physicians with top-tier medical technology to improve patient care while also opening up new revenue streams. The software expansion will allow Verustat to integrate with a practice’s existing electronic medical record system and enable physicians to create automated, customized care plans for a host of chronic illnesses and c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Chronic Illness Emmet Seibels Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A One Healthcare So Source Type: blogs
RLDatix Acquires Galen Healthcare Solutions
Best in KLAS solutions provider broadens RLDatix’s capabilities across governance, risk and compliance while helping organizations meet complex data regulatory requirements
RLDatix, the international leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions for healthcare, announced today the acquisition of Galen Healthcare Solutions (Galen), the market leader in implementation, optimization, data migration and archival solutions for HIT systems. This acquisition will help organizations meet regulatory requirements for data retention while also ensuring continuity of care for patients throughout their healthcare journey....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Analytics/Big Data Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Data Retention Galen Healthcare Solutions Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jeff Surges KLAS RLDatix Steve Brewer Source Type: blogs
The FTC ’s Bizarre Move Against Meta’s Purchase of Within
Ryan Bourne, Brad Subramaniam, and Rachel ChiuThe FTC this week reaffirmed its vendetta against Big Tech with a move to block Meta (Facebook) fromacquiring Within Unlimited. Within produces the leading virtual reality (VR) fitness app “Supernatural” — a subscription service designed for Meta ’s Oculus Quest headset that offers trainer‐led workout sessions. Lina Khan’s agency claims the purchase would “tend to create a monopoly ” in the market for “virtual reality dedicated fitness apps.” This, it contends, would harm consumers, innovation, and competition.As withprevious attempts to du...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 29, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Ryan Bourne, Brad Subramaniam, Rachel Chiu Source Type: blogs
Oncoustics Closes New Funding to Advance its AI Innovations in Ultrasound and Address Huge Unmet Clinical Needs in Liver Disease
Oncoustics’ SaMD Works on Any Ultrasound System Making AI-Driven Diagnostics, Surveillance and Treatment Monitoring Available and Accessible at Point of Care
Oncoustics (http://www.oncoustics.com), the leader in ultrasound-based tissue characterization solutions announces the initial close of a $5 million+ seed round of funding to advance its SaMD (software as a medical device) technology for the low-cost assessment of structural diseases at point of care. Oncoustics’ first products will focus on liver disease, one of the fastest-growing causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. The round is co-led by Cre...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Beth Rogozinski Creative Ventures Dr. Chen Fong Fraser Kearney Capital Corp. Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment James Wa Source Type: blogs
HPG, a Leader in EHR Technology Integration, Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS
Healthcare Performance Group, Inc. (HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS). With expertise in Epic, Siemens and Cerner platforms, HDS has provided healthcare information technology consulting services to more than 300 hospitals and health systems – making it an excellent match for the services HPG offers.
With deep experience in Oracle Cerner and Epic systems, HPG consultants provide comprehensive strategic and support services to optimize clients’ healthcare IT, maximize EHR platform capabilities,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 28, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Andy Flynn Bob Hayden Brent Budke Cerner Consulting EHR Consulting Epic Consulting HDS Health Data Specialists Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Healthcare Performance Group HPG Ora Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – July 23, 2022
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.
One Hospital’s Approach to Better Revenue Cycle Efficiency. The unofficial theme of this year’s HFMA conference was how hospitals are dealing with staffing challenges in RCM and collections. Dawn Johnson of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare spoke to John Lynn about the health system’s partnership with Knowtion Health to outsource so...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 23, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Novartis' Sandoz Is Back In The Insulin Biosims Market. Can It Succeed?
Back in December 2018, the Sandoz division of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced (see the full announcementHERE) " Sandoz enters into commercialization and supply agreement for insulin biosimilars " . It also revealed that Sandoz had entered a " commercialization and supply agreement with Gan& Lee " which it added was " a leading insulin supplier headquartered in China with more than 20 years ' experience in insulins and production capacity with attractive cost of goods sold (COGS) structures " .Few Americans have ever heard of Gan& Lee, although this year, at the American Diabetes Association ' s 82nd S...
Source: Scott's Web Log - July 22, 2022 Category: Endocrinology Tags: insulin analogs 2022 Biosimilar biosimilars generics insulin analogues Novartis Sandoz Source Type: blogs
Amazon and One Medical Sign an Agreement for Amazon to Acquire One Medical
One Medical is a human-centered, technology-powered U.S. primary care organization on a mission to make quality healthcare more affordable, accessible, and enjoyable through a seamless combination of in-person, digital, and virtual care services
One Medical combines in-person care in inviting offices across the country with digital health and virtual care services, making it easier for patients to schedule appointments, renew prescriptions, access up-to-date health records, and advance health outcomes
Today Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and One Medical (NASDAQ:ONEM) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amazon Amazon Healthcare Amir Dan Rubin Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A NASDAQ:AMZN NASDAQ:ONEM Neil Lindsay One Medical Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Access to Care and Digital Health/Health IT – #HITsm Chat Topic
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 7/22 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Derek Streat from @dexcare on the topic “Access to Care and Digital Health/Health IT.”
The hard truth is – our healthcare system is hardly a system at all. Rather, it is a convoluted assemblage of disconnected and decentralized sectors that struggle to provide a streamlined, coordinated, and connected care experience for all stakeholders.
For health systems operating in today’s landscape, it is imperative that these entities create a care experienc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Administration Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT #HITsm Chat #HITsm Topics Access Optimization Derek Streat Digital Health Health IT Health Systems Hybrid Care Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – July 16, 2022
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.
Epic’s Take on TEFCA and Interoperability. Epic has plans to join TEFCA as an inaugural Qualified Health Information Network. This is obviously big news, so John Lynn sat down with Matt Doyle, the company’s software development lead for interoperability, to learn more about why Epic is getting behind TEFCA and how this relates to the company&...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 16, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Tebra Secures More Than $72 Million at Over $1 Billion Valuation to Expand Digital Healthcare Technology Platform
Investment Solidifies Tebra’s Position as the Digital Backbone for Independent Practices; Accelerates R&D to Power a New Era of Healthcare
Tebra, the digital backbone for independent healthcare practices, today announced that it has closed more than $72 million in funding at a valuation greater than $1 billion. Golub Capital led the investment which includes both growth equity and debt financing. Late last year, Kareo and PatientPop, cloud-based leaders in clinical, financial, and practice growth technology, joined forces to form Tebra to support the connected independent practice of the future and modernize patien...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 11, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT CommonFund Dan Rodrigues EHR Funding EHR Investment Golub Capital Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment HLM Venture Partners Kareo Montreux Equity Partners Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – July 10, 2022 – Sequoia Project releases TECFA identity verification documentation, IBM Watson Health is now Merative, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
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The Sequoia Project has released additional documentation support the implementation of TEFCA, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement for health IT interoperability. The documentation is a draft version of stan...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AAMI eXchange ACAP AGS Health Association of Community Health Plans Bayer Calantic CenTrack Chicago ARC eCW Enara health Force Therapeutics Francisco Partners Gerry McCarthy Greenway Greenway Medical Coding He Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – July 9, 2022
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.
Telehealth Lessons and Perspectives from Boston’s Beth Israel. In the latest edition of the CIO Podcast, John talked to Leanne Harvey, CIO of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC, about the telehealth experience for patients and physicians more than two years after COVID hit the Northeast. She also offered some perspective on the future of t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 9, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Digital Transformation Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Physician Burnout Source Type: blogs
HealthMark Group Announces a Series of Strategic Acquisitions to Elevate Their Release of Information Portfolio
Recent acquisitions will help advance HealthMark’s mission to transform the patient information journey through an efficient, compliant and patient-centric approach to digital health information management
HealthMark Group, a leader in digital health information management, today announced the acquisition of Acton Corporation in Chelsea, Alabama. The deal closed earlier this quarter. This is HealthMark Group’s third strategic acquisition in the release of information space over the past 15 months. The other two acquisitions were RRS Medical in Wayne, Pennsylvania and Med Request Solutions in East Brunswick, New Je...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 7, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Acton Corporation Bart Howe Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Healthmark Group Med Request Solutions patient engagement Release of Information RRS Medical Source Type: blogs
