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Xealth Named to Newsweek’s World’s Best Digital Health Companies 2024 List

Xealth

By leveraging Xealth’s digital health platform to centralize digital health assets and tools within the EHR, care teams can digitally order, monitor and measure the use of these materials, providing transparency in the adoption and effectiveness of programs. Xealth spun out of Providence St.

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Modernizing Medicine To Pay $45 Million To Settle False Claims, Kickback Allegations

Healthcare IT Today

EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by law firms Phillips and Cohen LLP and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

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Feds Demand Additional Compliance Efforts from eClinicalWorks (eCW)

Healthcare IT Today

Back in mid-2017, EHR maker eClinicalWorks agreed to pay $155 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit accusing it of a broad list of violations. In addition to paying the fine, eCW was required to sign a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) essentially requiring the vendor to keep its nose clean on several levels.

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The Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network Leverages Digital Health to Engage High Risk Employees in Maintaining a Healthy Weight

Xealth

The health network has been using the Xealth digital health platform, integrated into its EHR system, since early 2018. Xealth facilitates communication outreach, which comes from The Froedtert & MCW health network, and offers deeper insight into program enrollment and engagement. Xealth spun out of Providence St.

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Direct Primary Care Well Represented at #HLTH2022

Healthcare IT Today

According to a study published by Hint Health earlier this year, the number of active DPC clinicians per 100,000 people increased 159% from 2017 to 2021 vs a 6% increase in the number of non-DPC primary care providers per 100,000 people over that same time period. They also acquired a DPC EHR aimed at the solo practitioner market.

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5 Digital Health Predictions for 2018 by Lloyd Price

Lloyd Price

In Q1 2017 Epic launched a new program App Orchard – serving physician practices and hospitals to help them build customized apps. www.healthcare.digital is a thought leadership forum covering Digital Health, HealthTech, mHealth, Wearable Tech, Health IT, Pharma, Life Sciences, Medical Devices and BioTech in the UK, Europe and USA.

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Why On Earth Are Physicians Still Collecting Patient Data Using Paper Forms?

Healthcare IT Today

According to CMS, reforms identified by Patients over Paperwork since it launched in late 2017 should save roughly 40 million hours and […]. As part of its “Patients over Paperwork” effort, CMS recently issued a Request for Information seeking new ideas on reducing levels of administrative burden.

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