Consider ProviderTrust, a health-tech startup. The firm has developed a novel software-as-a-service offering that helps health-care firms track people’s professional credentials and licences efficiently. Because states do not typically share timely information about disciplinary actions taken against health-care workers, footloose rogues can create a costly regulatory headache for unwitting new employers in another state. The company has been growing at a rate of over 60% a year since its founding in 2010; revenues should reach $10m this year.
Read MoreProcured Health CEO Hani Elias views the Pharmacy solutions as critical to the company’s goal of eliminating unnecessary variation and introducing evidence into patient care. “We see a significant opportunity to help health systems improve care by reducing the unwarranted variation and high costs often associated with drugs as well as medical devices,” he said. “When you apply relevant and proven clinical evidence to a health system pharmacy’s specific challenges, you start to drive real change.”
Read More"To date, CDI has focused on the inpatient population, using DRGs to determine reimbursement, and Severity of Illness (SOI) and Risk of Mortality (ROM) to identify how sick a patient is," said Dr. Jon Elion, founder and CEO of ChartWise Medical Systems. "However, as the CDI industry begins to contemplate outpatient or ambulatory, different metrics are required. We cover both inpatient and ambulatory -- providing both the DRG weight and RAF scores. This is truly a game-changer in the industry."
Read MoreWe are pleased to report that ProviderTrust, ChartWise Medical Systems, and Entrada Health (acquired by NextGen) were all featured on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies.
Read MoreVericred, a healthcare data services company, announced that it has extended its health insurance data platform to the Medicare Advantage market. With this launch, Vericred is now delivering plan design and rate data, provider-network data and formulary data to technology companies seeking to bring transparency, decision support and plan selection efficiency to the senior market.
Read MoreProcured Health, a leader in providing health systems with solutions that improve patient outcomes and operational efficiency, announced two key appointments today. Michael Blaszyk will join the firm’s board of directors while Egon Doppenberg, MD, will serve on the company’s Physician Advisory Council.
Read MoreVericred wants to be the utility company that powers your innovative health plan data and analytics products and services. The New York-based company currently focuses on three main data sets: health plan design and rate data; provider network data; and formulary data. The goal is to make it easier for small group health insurers and innovative tech companies to build tools for searching providers, selling benefit plans, quoting coverage and enrolling policyholders, among other things. Several innovators within Innovator's Edge are customers for Vericred's data as a service, the company says. To learn more about Vericred,
Read MoreClinical Ink, the pioneering provider of eSource and patient engagement technologies, and Integron, a leading provider of managed services for the connected health and Internet of Things (IoT) industry, have partnered to extend Clinical Ink’s mobile device and sensor deployment capabilities to engage and collect data from patients in clinical trials.
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