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Future of Healthcare, Healthcare Analytics

Prnewswire | April 28, 2023

eVisit, the leading virtual care operating platform for health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations, announced it has acquired Bluestream Health, an innovative digital front door and virtual care workflow solution that manages patient and provider interactions throughout the care delivery process. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. With this acquisition, eVisit augments its highly innovative capabilities with complementary digital front doors an...

HealthITAnalytics | January 20, 2020

A machine learning algorithm accurately predicted inpatient and emergency department (ED) utilization using only publicly available social determinants of health (SDOH) data, showing that it’s possible to determine patients’ risk of utilization without interacting with the patient or collecting information beyond age, gender, race, and address. That’s the major finding of a study recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care. By now, the healthcare industry is well...

Digital Healthcare

Plastiq | December 09, 2021

Plastiq, the smart payments platform that enables businesses to better manage payments and cash flow, and PayGround, a patient payment app that allows payment to any medical provider, announced its strategic partnership to provide patients with an integrated solution to manage and pay all of their healthcare bills in one app. Plastiq Connect APIs enable PayGround to seamlessly integrate Plastiq's payments capabilities into its mobile app, allowing patients to create their PayGround Digita...

Medical Devices

Medtronic | January 05, 2024

Medtronic plc a global leader in healthcare technology, announced it has received CE Mark for its Micra™ AV2 and Micra™ VR2, the next generation of its industry-leading miniature, leadless pacemakers. Micra AV2 and Micra VR2, the world's smallest pacemakers, provide longer battery life and easier programming than prior Micra pacemakers, while still delivering the many benefits of leadless pacing such as reduced complications compared to traditional pacemakers.2 Read More