by HIStalk | Jun 22, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Tech company once lauded for growth shutters Tampa office suddenly, leaves over 100 without jobs Chronic care management company CareSync closes amidst bankruptcy rumors. Wildflower Health Acquires Circle, an Innovative Mobile Health Business Incubated by Providence...
by HIStalk | Jun 22, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Chronic care management company CareSync shuts down. Reader Holy Mackerel alerted me to the development: ”Shipt founder Bill Smith offered on Monday to buy 100 percent of company stock for $7 million. Keeping in mind that investors poured in $79 million, he’d...
by HIStalk | Jun 21, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
I was excited to learn that the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health care venture has selected Atul Gawande MD as its CEO. My first reaction was to wonder how he was going to fit this into his schedule, given his responsibilities as a surgeon, educator, author, and more....
by HIStalk | Jun 21, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
GoodRx, a service for finding the best price on prescription drugs, is in sale talks for up to $3 billion Prescription drug comparison pricing company GoodRx is reportedly in talks with several companies, including McKesson, to sell its assets for between $1.5 billion...
by HIStalk | Jun 20, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Quest Analytics Acquires BetterDoctor to Create First Health Plan Platform to Ensure Network Adequacy, Provider Data Accuracy and Improved Member Experience Healthcare provider management and network access technology company Quest Analytics acquires provider...
by HIStalk | Jun 19, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Walmart patents a system for storing a patient’s vital medical information in blockchain database housed in a wearable device. Reader Comments From Uncle Carbuncle: “Re: IT department names. I’ve seen it go from DP to MIS to IT and now sometimes to technology...
by HIStalk | Jun 19, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
John Talaga is co-founder and EVP/GM of OnPlan Health of Bannockburn, IL. Tell me about yourself and the company. I’m a co-founder of OnPlan Holdings. I founded HealthCom Partners, which was acquired by McKesson in 2006. We developed introduced PatientCompass, which...
by HIStalk | Jun 19, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Walmart Patents System for Accessing Medical Records Stored on a Blockchain Walmart’s latest patent suggests it will develop a wearable that will give emergency responders access to an unresponsive patient’s medical record using blockchain technology. Google is...
by HIStalk | Jun 18, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
One of the hot topics in the physician lounge lately has been telemedicine. Several of the larger physician organizations are pursuing strategies to incorporate telemedicine into their practices. It’s interesting to see the different strategies they’re taking, and...
by HIStalk | Jun 18, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Elizabeth Holmes indicted on wire fraud charges, steps down from Theranos The US Attorney indicts Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former President and COO Sunny Balwani for fraud, charging that as Theranos executives, they knew that the company’s blood...
by HIStalk | Jun 16, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News The US Attorney indicts Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former President and COO Sunny Balwani for fraud, charging that as Theranos executives, they knew that the company’s blood testing technology was unreliable and was not competitive with...
by HIStalk | Jun 15, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
I wish I would have known that I would be “judged” on my level of grief after the loss. One of my classmates in medical school committed suicide during the last half of our last year. Even though I wasn’t in his most inner circle of friends (really just his fiancée...
by HIStalk | Jun 15, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Weekly News Recap GPB Capital acquires Maryland-based RCM/EHR vendor Health Prime International. Inspirata acquires Caradigm from GE Healthcare Former IBM employees say Watson Health’s troubles stem from the company’s inability to successfully merge the assets of its...
by HIStalk | Jun 15, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Hackensack Meridian Health Funds Key Innovation to Improve Health Care in New Jersey Hackensack Meridian Health uses its $25 million innovation investment fund to finance Pillo Health’s digital home health companion. Outcome Health names advertising executive as new...
by HIStalk | Jun 15, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Cancer informatics technology vendor Inspirata acquires Caradigm from GE Healthcare. Imprivata bought Caradigm’s identity management business in October 2017. Microsoft, originally a 50-50 Caradigm joint venture investor with GE Healthcare to which it...
by HIStalk | Jun 14, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Mr. H has mentioned the rise of private equity in healthcare, most recently in this week’s news and morning headlines. I’ve seen it both from the consulting side and from the trenches as I’ve watched several of my friends sell their independent practices. It’s amusing...
by HIStalk | Jun 14, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Medici Raises $22M+ in Private Capital Text-based telemedicine app company Medici raises $22 million in a Series A funding round. CD&R and Cardinal Health to invest in naviHealth Cardinal Health sells a majority stake in post-acute care services and analytics...
by HIStalk | Jun 13, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Private equity’s thirst for health care providers Triggered by news of KKR’s planned acquisition of Envision Healthcare Corporation for $9.9 billion, a new report says that private equity firms love buying healthcare provider companies that wield a lot of market...
by HIStalk | Jun 12, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News An Axios report says that private equity firms love buying healthcare provider companies that wield a lot of market power, especially physician and ED staffing groups and air and ground ambulance companies. Those businesses make money when their providers are...
by HIStalk | Jun 12, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Jeremy Schwach is CEO of Bluetree Network of Madison, WI. Tell me about yourself and the company. I’m Minneapolis-St. Paul-born, so I’ve got those Midwest roots. I was born to an accountant and a microbiologist, and unfortunately, I didn’t get either of those skills,...
by HIStalk | Jun 12, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
IBM’s problems with Watson Health run deeper than recent layoffs, former employees say Former IBM employees say Watson Health’s troubles stem from the company’s inability to successfully merge the health data assets of Phytel, Explorys, and Truven Health – companies...
by HIStalk | Jun 12, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
John Birkmeyer, MD is chief clinical officer of Sound Physicians of Tacoma, WA. Tell me about yourself and the company. I’m a general surgeon and a health services researcher by training. I spent most of my scholarly life focusing on the phenomenon of variation in...
by HIStalk | Jun 11, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
I’ve been doing a bit of locum tenens work lately. It’s always interesting because it exposes you to not only new people, but different healthcare technologies. It also tends to invigorate my consultant brain, as I am exposed to all kinds of people and situations....
by HIStalk | Jun 10, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
UMass Inventor Insists On Due Credit For Nurses Who Innovate UMass Amherst nursing professor Rachel Walker, PhD, RN is named to the American Association for the Advancement of Scientists. “SHE ABSOLUTELY HAS SOCIOPATHIC TENDENCIES”: ELIZABETH HOLMES, SOMEHOW, IS...
by HIStalk | Jun 10, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News UMass Amherst nursing professor Rachel Walker, PhD, RN is named to the American Association for the Advancement of Scientists. Walker says doctors are too often credited with innovations that were actually invented by nurses, such as feeding tubes, hospice...
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