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Syllable Corporation Announces Purchase of Actium Health

Healthcare IT Today

By using HIPAA-compliant AI and natural language processing (NLP) to understand patient needs, Syllable’s Patient Assistant integrates with a health system’s EHR and automates more than 70% of hospital calls, ensures 35%+ more callers reach their destination, and frees up staff to handle 30% more new appointment calls.

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Hospitals are signing on to use Alexa-type devices to access patient data

Lloyd Price

Hospital systems across the country are in the initial stages of rolling out voice-activated digital assistants like Alexa to boost patient engagement and simplify the work of doctors and nurses. Another Alexa project coming from Northwell will allow doctors and nurses to ask Alexa for details on a patient’s electronic health record.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

AW9: American Well’s next generation product line, AW9 , was revealed at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas. EHRs: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) go one step beyond EMRs by tracking clinical data from multiple facilities and agencies. American Well allows physicians to seamlessly and safely access EHRs for better patient care.

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The Top Telehealth Terms to Know

American Well

AW9: American Well’s next generation product line, AW9 , was revealed at HIMSS 2016 in Las Vegas. EHRs: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) go one step beyond EMRs by tracking clinical data from multiple facilities and agencies. American Well allows physicians to seamlessly and safely access EHRs for better patient care.

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Weekender 6/22/18

HIStalk Weekender

million in penalties for HIPAA violations stemming from three data breaches and non-compliance in following up with device encryption. Can you imagine if you’d been on an EHR for 70+ years and have to now rattle off 100 different medications that you’re not taking since you were born? February 2016 – fills three new VP positions.

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Weekender 5/31/19

HIStalk Weekender

billion on its 2016 investment of $60 million. They claimed that they needed my knee MRI report faxed to them because of HIPAA. They again claimed HIPAA, but said there were several third party websites I could use to upload a PDF to and they would fax on my behalf, and better yet, some had free trial periods. ( Bob Smith ).

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The 2020 Amwell Client Awards

American Well

After a successful launch, MHF identified the opportunity to integrate telestroke into the Epic EHR via Context-Aware Linking (CAL), which streamlined the workflow and enabled providers to practice telemedicine from within their standard EHR workflow. M Health Fairview (MHF) went live with a telestrokepilot program in 2018.