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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE

WellSky | March 21, 2022

Healthify, a digital platform that provides end-to-end solutions to address social determinants of health has been renamed as WellSky Social Care Coordination, according to WellSky, leading health and community care technology firm. In 2021, WellSky bought Healthify as part of its goal to help payers, providers, health systems, and community groups better coordinate care. Healthcare is changing at a breakneck speed. Payers and providers are not only recognizing the importance of soc...

DIGITAL HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL DEVICES

Elation Health | February 17, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Elation Health, a primary care technology company, announced the strategic acquisition of Lightning MD, a cloud-based medical billing and payer connectivity. The acquisition helps Elation's expansion as the industry's first all-in-one primary care technology solution. Elation is improving physician and patient care by integrating its clinical-first HER and Best in KLAS integrated virtual care platform with its modern software for medical billing and...

VA, DOD | April 21, 2020

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) unveiled a joint health information exchange to enable medical providers at both agencies to share patient data with private sector healthcare organizations. The joint HIE enables interoperable health information sharing between VA, DOD and community providers. Participating community providers now have a single point of entry to request and access DOD and VA electronic health records (EHRs) for patients they are treatin...

HEALTHTECH SECURITY, MEDICAL DEVICES

DrFirst | December 14, 2022

Triad HealthCare Network, a provider-led accountable care organization and health technology pioneer DrFirst announced an initiative to improve medication adherence among high-risk patient populations across five counties in North Carolina. Fast access to prescription fill data will empower providers to identify patients with chronic conditions who may not be taking their medications as prescribed and intervene early to alleviate barriers to adherence that can lead to gaps in care, poor outco...