DIGITAL HEALTHCARE
Health at Scale | February 01, 2022
Health at Scale today announced a collaboration with Walmart to provide personalized provider recommendations to Walmart associates and their families who work in locations where Health at Scale is offered and are enrolled in the company's health plan. This technology will be incorporated into Walmart's health plan administrator's search engine and virtual care referrals for associates in select geographies, making it easier for plan participants to find providers that match to their unique health needs and care history. Through this initiative, Walmart and Health at Scale will establish a more personalized healthcare experience that focuses on the needs of each individual in the moment and leverages industry-leading machine intelligence to identify providers who have successfully treated patients with similar characteristics and care needs.
"Finding the right provider is one of the most important health decisions a patient makes. It is also one of the hardest. What we really need to optimize is the patient-provider match. We're delighted to work with Walmart as the leader in employer health and benefits innovation and provide Walmart associates and their families in certain locations with smart, hyper-personalized provider matches that reflect a deep understanding and respect for their individual health needs."
Health at Scale CEOZeeshan Syed
Health at Scale's Precision Navigation™goes beyond non-personalized process-based star ratings, reputation rankings, and volume-based metrics and instead uses industry-leading AI and machine learning to model variations in provider outcomes across thousands of health factors. The service covers 25 different specialties as well as 34 procedures and imaging.
"Customizing services and treatments to individual needs is the next frontier in healthcare and is a major part of Walmart's commitmentto helping associates and their family members find great doctors who consistently deliver the best value and quality care in their community," saidLisa Woods, VP, Walmart US Benefits. "We are excited to launch this collaboration with Health at Scale and are eager to see the impact that another innovative benefit like this will have on associates' healthcare experience and outcomes."
About Health at Scale
Health at Scale is a healthcare machine intelligence company that uses proprietary advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning to match individuals managed by insurers, employers and providers to the next best action in real-time and when needed most: whether it's the ideal choice of treatment, an early intervention, or the right provider. Founded by machine learning and clinical faculty fromMIT,Harvard,Stanford, and theUniversity of Michigan, the company's mission is to bring precision delivery to healthcare, learning from thousands of health variables from over a hundred million lives to generate personalized and precise insights for individual patients. Health at Scale's machine intelligence is deployed at scale in real operational settings -- including with some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country, driving better health outcomes and affordability for its customers. The company's software solutions service a broad range of use cases: provider navigation and network design, early targeted prediction and prevention of adverse outcomes, optimized treatment planning; and fraud, waste, and abuse prevention.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. | May 05, 2022
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. a leading provider of innovative, cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, announced a partnership with Circuit Clinical to bring clinical trial access to patients of Federally Qualified Health Centers through over 14,000 providers that utilize NextGen Healthcare solutions. Historically, these underserved communities have not had easy access to participate in transformative clinical research that can provide enhanced treatment options. Such research-as-care can also improve health outcomes and offers revenue generation for the clinics that participate. NextGen Healthcare’s innovative collaboration with Circuit Clinical, whose mission is to transform how patients find and choose clinical trials by bringing them to the doctors they know and trust, will improve the participation of diverse patients in clinical trials and provide greater health equity by facilitating access to the underserved.
“This partnership underscores NextGen Healthcare’s commitment to FQHCs and highlights our commitment to serving diverse patient populations. NextGen Healthcare’s technology is empowering providers to build healthier communities. Our work with Circuit Clinical is a milestone that provides real impact for our clients and their patients, and delivers on our pledge to facilitate better healthcare outcomes for all.”
Srinivas (Sri) Velamoor, chief growth and strategy officer at NextGen Healthcare
The collaboration contributes to the vision of the NextGen® Community Health Collaborative, a first-of-its-kind initiative announced late last year that offers data benchmarking, comparative analytics and reporting services, plus a forum for members to connect and share best practices to advance the mission of community health and health equity among underserved populations.
NextGen Healthcare-powered practices, in conjunction with Circuit Clinical, will now be able to offer clinical trial patient recruitment, referral and enrollment services, eliminating obstacles to such care. Furthermore, participation provides tangible benefits to participants, including extra care visits without co-pays, therapeutic improvement on a better regimen, and patient stipends.
“Our partnership with NextGen Healthcare will create a comprehensive solution for improving access to clinical trials for diverse communities across the country,” said Dr. Irfan Khan, founder and chief executive officer of Circuit Clinical. “Combining NextGen Healthcare’s comprehensive data insights and national reach with Circuit Clinical’s expert ecosystem offers pharmaceutical, biotech and vaccine companies a groundbreaking opportunity for accelerating therapeutic development and improving diversity in clinical trials.”
In April, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued updated guidance to provide recommendations to those developing medical products on the approach for developing a Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan to help enroll adequate numbers of participants in clinical trials from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations. Adequate representation in clinical trials helps ensure that the data generated reflects the racial and ethnic diversity of the intended use population and may potentially identify safety or efficacy outcomes, the FDA said.
About NextGen Healthcare, Inc.
NextGen Healthcare, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative healthcare technology solutions. We are reimagining ambulatory healthcare with award-winning solutions that enable high-performing practices to create healthier communities. We partner with medical, behavioral and dental providers in their journey toward whole-person health and value-based care. Our highly integrated, intelligent and interoperable solutions go beyond EHR and Practice Management to increase clinical quality and productivity, enrich the patient experience and drive superior financial performance. We are on a quest to achieve better healthcare outcomes for all.
About Circuit Clinical
Circuit Clinical®, one of the largest integrated research organizations in the USA, is dedicated to empowering patients to choose clinical research as a care option. Circuit Clinical® is committed to transforming the way physicians and their patients find, choose, and participate in clinical research. The company delivers clinical research services and an award-winning patient engagement platform, trialjourney.com.
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HEALTH TECHNOLOGY
Murata Vios, Inc | June 24, 2022
Murata Vios, Inc., developer of the Vios Monitoring System, is proud to announce the launch of its integration with PointClickCare, the leading cloud‐based software vendor for the senior care market. The integration will allow healthcare facilities to seamlessly integrate vital signs data into residents’ electronic health records for clinical review, helping to eliminate data entry time lags, transcription errors, and improve clinician efficiency.
“Real‐time understanding of a resident’s vital signs can help prevent hospital readmissions because care teams can more quickly identify and treat the early signs of clinical deterioration. With the Vios Monitoring System and its Remote Monitoring Services, PointClickCare customers have a better way to capture this data and respond to changes in a resident’s condition. It can also free up clinical time that was previously spent on manually spot‐checking and recording vital signs every few hours.”
Amit Patel, CEO of Murata Vios
The Vios Monitoring System is a wireless, FDA‐cleared patient monitoring platform designed to improve resident safety and outcomes. The system delivers insights and value to post‐acute care providers by
Continuously monitoring vital signs. The Vios Monitoring System measures high‐fidelity 7‐lead ECG, heart rate, oxygen levels, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and posture data.
Improving 24/7/365 oversight of changes in resident conditions. With Vios Remote Monitoring Services, a team of cardiac‐trained technicians can alert the on‐site care team to any changes in a resident’s condition, enabling them to quickly respond to resident deterioration that could lead to readmission.
Identifying risk of pressure injuries. The Vios Chest Sensor has a built‐in 3‐axis accelerometer that detects and displays the resident’s posture in real‐time. When turn orders are added, the system can determine when a patient is at‐risk of developing a pressure injury so the on‐site care team can address the issue.
Additional information regarding the integration can be found on the PointClickCare Marketplace – an online platform that enables customers to easily evaluate authorized third-party technology partners. Partners listed on the PointClickCare Marketplace offer integrated apps and/or services that are designed to be quickly deployed and work seamlessly with providers’ existing workflows.
“The PointClickCare Marketplace offers the widest range of integrated solutions available to the market,” says Chris Beekman, Marketplace Director, PointClickCare. “Our partnership with Murata Vios is further testament to our continually growing partner network and ecosystem, and the wealth of possibilities it provides our customers to extend their technology capabilities.”
About Murata Vios, Inc.
Murata Vios, Inc., a subsidiary of Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., developed the Vios Monitoring System (VMS) to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs across the care continuum. Healthcare facilities can use the wireless, FDA‐cleared vital signs monitoring solution on existing IT infrastructure and instantly deploy the VMS to meet the acuity needs of patients across various care settings. Vios Remote Monitoring Services support healthcare teams with real‐time patient event analysis and notifications, helping to maximize patient safety while minimizing the burden on stretched clinical staff.
About PointClickCare
PointClickCare is a leading healthcare technology platform enabling meaningful collaboration and access to real‐time insights at any stage of a patient’s healthcare journey. PointClickCare’s single platform spans the care continuum, fostering proactive, holistic decision‐making and improved outcomes for all. Over 22,000 long‐term post‐acute care providers, and 1,600 hospitals use PointClickCare today, enabling care collaboration and value‐based care delivery for millions of lives across North America.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Omega Healthcare | March 09, 2022
Omega Healthcare, a leading healthcare management solutions partner supporting the broad healthcare ecosystem, today announced its acquisition of Reventics, aDenver, CObased company.
Reventics is a clinical documentation improvement ("CDI") and revenue cycle management ("RCM") solutions provider that delivers Provider Engagement Solutions to enhance physician reimbursement and compliance, while improving clinical quality measures.
This acquisition enables Omega Healthcare to expand its core coding and RCM offering by leveraging Reventics' proprietary cloud native platforms for CDI and RCM - RevCDI and RevMAX - along with expert clinical resources to drive improved outcomes for its clients.
The transaction is part of Omega Healthcare's strategic growth plan to expand its existing CDI capabilities through technology-driven solutions, giving Omega exceptional scale and proficiency in this specialized competency.
"Reventics brings to our organization clinical excellence, analytic capabilities, and new age technologies to complement Omega's existing technology and automation services. Not only is this a strategic fit that will benefit our clients, but we will be able to expand our CDI and RCM capabilities through this acquisition, while increasing our AI capabilities as well."
Anurag Mehta, CEO of Omega Healthcare
"We see our core values of "client first" approach reflected in Omega's own philosophy and are excited by how our clients could benefit from the larger enterprise and its extensive capabilities. We believe the client partnerships we currently enjoy will only be strengthened through this transaction." saysArnab Sen, CEO of Reventics. "
"Omega is excited to welcome the Reventics team and is eagerly looking forward to creating enhanced value for its customers under the combined leadership" addedSumithra Gomatam, Executive Chair of Omega.
Anurag Mehtawill continue to serve as the CEO of the combined entity.
About Omega Healthcare
Founded in 2003, Omega helps payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies eliminate administrative burdens, accelerate cash flow, and reduce health management costs while enhancing patient care. The company streamlines medical billing, coding, and collections processes and provides virtual nursing services, including triage, care continuation, clinical documentation improvement, and re-admittance avoidance. Combining the largest medical coding staff in the world with proprietary technology, analytics, and automation capabilities, Omega provides the most comprehensive outsourced solutions in the industry and is ranked among the top revenue cycle management business process services by industry analysts.
Backed by the Private Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Group, Omega has more than 20,000 employees acrossthe United States,India,the Philippines.
About Reventics
Reventics is a physician-focusedclinical documentation improvement (CDI)andrevenue cycle management (RCM)company. The company is changing the way the industry thinks about CDI and RCM by placing the provider at the center of its solutions. From the AI that powers Reventics' products to its physician-led delivery approach, Reventics drives an unrelenting focus on clinicians, to improve their operational and financial outcomes. Reventics' approach is based on using itsto deliver Provider Engagement Solutions that enhance physician reimbursement and compliance while improving clinical quality measures.
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