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Alira Health | January 31, 2022

Alira Health, a global healthcare consulting and technology firm, announced that it has acquired Self Care Catalysts, Inc., a digital health company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Self Care Catalysts focuses on patients and puts them at the center of human networks, technology, and science. Self Care Catalysts’ digital health platform, Health Storylines™, helps patients gain an intimate understanding of their health journey while managing their conditions and generating clinica...

EHRIntelligence | January 29, 2020

Adequate EHR certification could have prevented the recent Practice Fusion opioid prescribing kickback scheme, according to Jacob Reider, MD, former ONC official and CMIO at Allscripts. Jacob Reider, MD, former ONC official and CMIO at Allscripts offered his thoughts on Practice Fusion’s kickback scheme which was aimed at increasing opioid prescriptions during the peak of the opioid crisis, resulting in a record-breaking $145 million fine. Reider believes proper EHR certification cou...

Health Technology, Digital Healthcare

PRNewswire | August 10, 2023

DrFirst Healthcare Innovations announced today it is collaborating with MEDITECH to enable electronic prescribing by hospitals using the Expanse EHR in Canada. This integration supports MEDITECH's plans with Canada Health Infoway to connect with its national e-prescribing service, PrescribeIT®. E-prescribing has numerous benefits for physicians, pharmacies, and patients, including eliminating the need for faxing or calling-in prescriptions to pharmacies, avoiding transcr...

Healthtech Security, Digital Healthcare

CommonSpirit Health | September 22, 2023

Population Health Services Organization strives to enhance access to equitable healthcare, elevate quality, reduce costs, and benefit millions of patients. Half of CommonSpirit's value-based providers are external, paving the way for PHSO's network expansion. PHSO leverages CommonSpirit's value-based healthcare expertise, including successful risk-bearing organizations and ten accountable care organizations covering over 2.6 million lives....