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BurstIQ, Elsewhere Partners Close $5.5M Round for HIPAA-compliant Blockchain Solution

Healthcare IT Today

million in financing for the Denver-based healthcare software company. This is the first major institutional funding round for BurstIQ, which was founded in 2015 and has been financially sustainable since 2016, generating millions in annual revenue through commercial partnerships with marquee […].

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Why HHS’ Cybersecurity Concept Paper Falls Short for Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, in the healthcare industry, we have to abide by HIPAA — a law that helps protect the privacy and security of people’s health information. We can’t serve our patients if we don’t ensure that protected health information (PHI) is kept private.

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Reducing Waste in Tests by Applying Data

Healthcare IT Today

See the first article in this series on lab testing and health IT. Illumicare rolled out this service in 2016 as an experiment. They provide a HIPAA-compliant portal for data transfer. Where doctors are reimbursed for each test, it’s well known that they order more tests than necessary.

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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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Profitable Digital Health Platform Healthie Closes on $16M to Enable the Next Generation of Healthcare Delivery

Healthcare IT Today

Healthie’s scalable platform supports digital health companies’ rapid growth while also improving the patient experience and overall health outcomes. Founded in 2016 by Erica Jain and Cavan Klinsky, who dropped out of the University of Pennsylvania to launch the company, Healthie had previously raised $1.9 About Healthie.

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Ransomware Preparedness in Healthcare – Are you Doing the Basics?

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability.

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3 Big Healthcare Trends To Watch in 2015

BHM Healthcare Solutions

If you read our post “ Healthcare Top 5 Trends ,” you know know that healthcare trends from specialty pharmacy to accreditation have been gaining traction this year. From ICD-10 to telehealth, let’s explore these important trends and what they mean for healthcare!