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Inovalon’s Converged Quality Achieves 24th Consecutive NCQA HEDIS® Certification
Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based software solutions empowering data-driven healthcare, proudly announces that its Converged Quality software has achieved Certified Measure status by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for HEDIS® Measurement Year 2024 (MY24). This marks the 24th consecutive year of Inovalon earning HEDIS certification, making it one of only five companies to achieve this designation.
Hoag Cuts Patient Length of Stay by 15% and Readmissions by 28% with SeamlessMD
Hoag, a healthcare system in Orange County, California, has made remarkable strides in improving patient outcomes and satisfaction through its partnership with SeamlessMD, a Digital Care Journey platform that allows providers to educate, engage and remotely monitor patients from preparation through recovery. The collaboration focused on enhancing the patient experience and improving clinical outcomes for cardiac surgery patients.
Lirio and Cone Health Launch AI-Driven Interventions for Chronic Conditions to Advance Public Health Outcomes
Lirio, a pioneer in the fusion of behavioral science and artificial intelligence to deliver better health outcomes, announced it is launching a second intervention focusing on diabetes with Cone Health, one of the largest and most comprehensive health networks in North Carolina.
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rater8 Adds Capabilities Empowering Healthcare Organizations to Unlock Deeper Patient and Practice Insights for Improved Operational Efficiency
rater8, a provider of healthcare reputation management, announced significant enhancements to its unified patient feedback solution. Providing deeper insights, streamlining provider and listings management, and improving the overall user experience, the new capabilities will help the more than 750 healthcare organizations relying on rater8 to further elevate online visibility, manage reputation, attract and retain patients, improve patient experience, and enhance operational performance.
HSBlox CureAlign 3.9 Introduces Patient Engagement Solution for VBC
HSBlox, a technology company empowering healthcare organizations with the tools and support to deliver value-based care (VBC) successfully and sustainably, announced release 3.9 of its CureAlign® platform.
Greenway Health provides essential tools for patient payments with Greenway Health Pay™ powered by InstaMed creating convenient, simple, and timely patient collections
Greenway Health, a health information technology and services provider, announced the launch of Greenway Health Pay powered by InstaMed, giving practices and patients tools to simplify the patient payment process, provide clear cost information up-front, and experience frictionless patient payment options.
Kontakt.io Launches Patient Flow Solution Featuring World’s Smallest Wearable Tag with Room Accuracy
Kontakt.io, the leader in healthcare RTLS and digital transformation, announced the release of the Patient Flow solution. The solution, delivered as a service, is powered by the new Nano Tag IR – the world’s smallest disposable, wearable Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tag equipped with infrared (IR).
Verantos launches Alzheimer’s Disease Pragmatic Registry to support high-validity real-world evidence generation
Verantos, the global leader in high-validity real-world evidence at scale, announced the launch of its Alzheimer’s Disease Pragmatic Registry, which provides rich and reliable data on patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions to life sciences organizations.
Huma completes Series D with total financing of over $80m as it launches Huma Cloud Platform with GenAI integrations to bring digital first care and research to everyone
Building and launching a scalable digital health product that meets regulatory demands typically takes a few years to deliver. Global healthcare AI company Huma Therapeutics Limited is announcing the completion of its Series D funding round to help cut that time down to days as it launches the Huma Cloud Platform.
Wolters Kluwer equips primary care providers with tools to meet burgeoning mental health demand
The overwhelming demand for mental health care and the shortage of providers specifically trained in it have left primary care providers (PCPs) on the front line of mental health services. 72% of the U.S. population lives in an area with a shortage of mental health professionals. Studies have found that PCPs treat 60% of people with depression and they write 79% of prescriptions for antidepressants. To help support this challenge, Wolters Kluwer Health announced the launch of Rx Transitions for Mental Health for UpToDate® Pro. The medication management tool is designed to aid PCPs with prescription tapering and titration decision support and is now available with an UpToDate Pro subscription.
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CRISP Shared Services Announced as Implementation Center Awardee Under $255M National Public Health Data Modernization Program
CRISP Shared Services (CSS), a nonprofit providing localized health infrastructure and data exchange technology across the nation, announced its selection as an Implementation Center awardee under the newly launched $255 million National Implementation Center Program.
Barton Associates Breaks Into the Top 100 Largest U.S. Staffing Firms
Barton Associates, a locum tenens staffing agency in the United States with nine offices nationwide, was named the 96th-largest staffing firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). The company climbed 21 spots from last year—a testament to its rapid growth and expanding influence in the country’s healthcare staffing industry.
Product Certification News
Cotiviti’s Quality Intelligence Earns NCQA Certified Measures Status for HEDIS® Measurement Year 2024
Quality Engine, the administrative measure logic and systematic sample processing component of Cotiviti’s Quality Intelligence solution, has earned Certified Measures status for the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) 2024 Measurement Year (MY 2024) from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
symplr Signs U.S. CISA Secure by Design Pledge & Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance Attestation for Flagship Products
Responding to the increasing rate of cyberattacks on health systems, symplr®, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software, has effectively obtained System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II for 29 symplr products and validated HIPAA Security and Privacy Risk requirements. symplr’s CEO, BJ Schaknowski, has also signed and committed the company to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Secure by Design initiative.
1upHealth Achieves HITRUST Implemented, 1-year (i1) Certification to Manage Data Protection and Mitigate Cybersecurity Threats
1upHealth, a FHIR® platform provider for claims and clinical data interoperability, announced it has earned certified status by HITRUST for information security for its FHIR Platform, hosted through Amazon Web Services.