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.
6 Organizations Approved As Initial QHINs Under TEFCA. CommonWell, eHealth Exchange, Epic, Health Gorilla, Kno2, and KONZA were named the inaugural QHINs. The announcement wasn’t much of a surprise, but John said it will be interesting to see which technology vendors ultimately get behind which QHINs. Read more…
Exploring LG’s Partnership With Amwell. LG and Amwell have partnered to develop the Carepoint TV Kit, which enables remote monitoring within the hospital. John spoke to Atul Singh at LG Electronics about the benefits of in-room TVs as information hubs and tools for virtual rounding and isolation room monitoring. Read more…
FTC Hits GoodRx With $1.5 Million Fine. GoodRX failed to tell consumers know about unauthorized disclosures of its data to a list of advertiser platforms, the FTC said in announcing its fine. Anne Zieger also detailed the changes the agency is requiring of the company, which include creating of a data retention schedule and a consumer data privacy program. Read more…
Understanding the Banner|Aetna Frictionless Billing Initiative. In the latest CIO Podcast, Banner|Aetna COO Joanne Mizell told John how being a provider and payer helps address inefficiencies in billing and can even relieve some of healthcare’s financial pressures. Read more…
Solving Some of Healthcare’s Inefficiency Riddles. Real-time location systems are common in logistics but remain rare in hospitals. Steven Manifold at Ubisense shared how RTLS can help hospitals monitor patients in rooms and even see how clinical staff go about their day, in an effort to help them work more efficiently. Read more…
Solving Healthcare’s People Matching Problem. Adopting a unique patient identifier would only be the first step for the industry, according to Rachel Podczervinski at Harris Data Integrity Solutions. Identity management, identity validation, dynamic patient lookup, and record cleansing technology can all help improve patient matching. Read more…
Omnichannel Messaging Can Solve Headaches for Healthcare Communications. Timely reminders, secure group communications, and feedback surveys can help providers reach out to patients, build better relationships, and make healthcare easier to navigate, Sandro Stupar at Mitto said. Read more…
Featured Health IT Job: Clinical Systems Analyst (Epic), a remote role with QuadMed, posted to Healthcare IT Central.
Funding and M&A Activity:
- DrFirst acquired select assets of Indianapolis-based Diagnotes, namely the company’s secure messaging and care coordination platform.
- Sexual healthcare provider TBD Health announced a $4.4 million seed round.
- Health and wellness service provider Tivity Health acquired Burnalong, a wellness and fitness platform.
- Provider-facing life sciences marketplace PrescriberPoint announced its seed investment round.
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