Health IT Business News SPECIAL HIMSS18 EDITION – 3-8-2018

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Posted By: Annmarie Budniak March 8, 2018

HIMSS18 BY THE NUMBERS

  • 1,355 exhibiting companies – this is the largest exhibition at a HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition to date!
  • 336 first-time exhibitors
  • 100+ startup companies
  •  415+ thought leadership sessions on the show floor from industry experts
  •  8 specialty pavilions – with topics ranging from cybersecurity to innovation and interoperability to federal health
  • Innovation live, brought to you in part by Google Cloud
  •  120+ companies – record-breaking number of companies represented
  •  80+ startup companies
  •  50+ companies showcasing Artificial Intelligence product/services/solutions
  •  40+ thought leadership learning opportunities
  •  Developers Innovation Lab – a new, hands-on opportunity
  •  Winners of Medical Innovation Summit and Cleveland Clinic Innovation Summit
  •  Cybersecurity Command Center
  •  75+ companies
  •  8 hands-on challenges to test attendees’ cyber IQ on threat prevention, ransomware, phishing, etc.
  •  70+ thought leadership learning opportunities
  •  7 International country pavilions, showcasing 50+ companies – record-breaking international presence
  •  International Pavilions – Germany (2), Israel (2), Spain, Canada, Philippines,
  •  150+ companies (non-US Centric) will be present at HIMSS18 on the show floor

Ambra Health Deepens Patient Access to Medical Imaging with New Patient Portal and Integration to Leading Electronic Health Record (EHR) Platforms
Monday, March 5,2018 from HIMSS18 Booth #8324, Ambra Health (@ambrahealth), makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite, announced the launch of embedded integrations with drchrono and Modernizing Medicine as the latest Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) platforms to have image-enabled medical records powered by Ambra. They join leading EHR platforms Epic and athenahealth, which are already integrated with Ambra medical image management solutions. Also unveiled were new patient portal capabilities that give healthcare providers the ability to allow patients to access medical imaging online, in a secure manner that eliminates reliance on outdated CDs or DVDs.

Tagnos Clinical Logistics Automation Firm Raises $5 Million
Tagnos (@TagnosTweet), developer of clinical logistics automation solution for hospitals and clinics, announced that it has received funding of $5 million from Benhamou Global Ventures, Morpheus Ventures and Zebra Ventures, the investment arm of Zebra Technologies Corp.

VirtualHealth Partners with Community Care of North Carolina to Provide Care Management for Medicaid and Medicare Members
VirtualHealth (@VirtualHealth_), a provider of population health and care management technologies, announced its partnership with Community Care of North Carolina, Inc. (CCNC) to implement a new care management platform for the CCNC program’s 1.7 million current Medicaid members and anticipated Medicare Advantage enrollees. CCNC will leverage the full range of VirtualHealth’s extensive capabilities, including award-winning care, case, and disease management tools, provider and member dashboards, multi-source integration, proprietary clinical pathways, and real-time analytics.

AI Pioneer Raiven Healthcare Joins Forces with VPAC to Improve Mental Health Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment
Raiven Healthcare (@raivenhealth), an artificial intelligence (AI) company providing real-time clinical treatment pathways, announced a strategic partnership with Virtual Psych Assessment Center (VPAC). VPAC enables behavioral health organizations to collect self-reported patient data through electronic behavioral assessment tools to determine diagnoses recommendations prior to the initial patient encounter. Raiven provides the predictive analytics after the VPAC screening and mental health diagnosis, suggesting the treatment pathway that delivers the best outcome at the optimum cost for a specific patient.

Commvault and Hewlett Packard Enterprose Partner to Deliver Commvault’s Industry-Leading Healthcare Data Management and Protection Solutions to HPE Healthcare Customers
Commvault (@commvault), a global leader in enterprise backup, recovery, archive and the cloud, announced a strategic partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to deliver Commvault healthcare solutions to HPE customers. Through this reseller agreement announced today, HPE and its global network partners will now be selling fully integrated and pre-validated versions of Commvault’s portfolio of healthcare solutions on HPE infrastructure. These solutions include Commvault Clinical Archive and the Commvault Data Platform to protect and manage critical MEDITECH, Epic and other EHR data, as well as medical images across the healthcare enterprise, with a fast, simple and comprehensive solution. The announcement was made at HIMSS18, being held in Las Vegas.

Human API collaborates with CMS to launch new FHIR-based API for 53 million Medicare patients
As digital health care evolves, data becomes an important resource that patients can use to improve health outcomes for themselves, and as part of research groups. This has driven the need for easier data interoperability and the development of new patient-centric data sharing models. This week at HIMSS 2018, Human API (@Human_API), the largest patient-centric health data network, announced a collaboration with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make the new CMS Blue Button 2.0 API available through the Human API data network. This collaboration will enable millions of Medicare patients to connect and authorize the sharing of their longitudinal claims information with new providers, clinical researchers, and digital health services.

Doc Halo Joins Zebra’s PartnerConnect Program
Doc Halo (@DocHaloApp), a pioneer in real-time clinical communication, announced its participation in Zebra Technologies’ (@zebratechnology) PartnerConnect partner program. The PartnerConnect partner program is designed to evolve the best of Zebra’s award-winning inclusive channel ecosystem, address the needs of distributors, ISVs and resellers as well as provide opportunities for growth and meet customer and market demands.

drchrono Partners with Ambra Health Giving Physicians & Radiologists Instant Access to Patient Medical Images within EHR
drchrono Inc. (@drchrono), the company enabling the medical practice of the future, announced a new partnership with Ambra Health, makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite, to give physicians and radiologists direct access to medical imaging within their electronic health record (EHR). drchrono’s integration with Ambra Health eliminates jumping between DICOM medical imaging software and electronic health records.

Health AI Startup Medial EarlySign Raises $30M to Help Healthcare Organizations Prioritize Patient Populations for Most Effective Intervention
Medial EarlySign (@MedialEarlySign), a leader of machine-learning based solutions to improve patient management and non-communicable disease management, announced completion of a $30 million Series B round of financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $50 million. Led by aMoon Fund, Marius Nacht’s (Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Co-founder) investment arm in the life science sector. The deal also included participation of Horizons Ventures, and Nir Kalkstein, founder of high-speed trading firm Final and co-founder of Medial EarlySign.

HIMSS acquires Healthbox to get in the innovation consulting game
HIMSS (@HIMSS) on Friday revealed that it has acquired Healthbox for its innovation consulting and fund management services. “Healthcare organizations look at us asking if we can help them think through concepts around digital health or how to bring innovation into their systems,” said Hal Wolf, HIMSS CEO. Healthbox, in fact, specializes in two sets of services: innovation consulting and fund management.

Uber Health Launches
Uber (@Uber) unveiled a new service focused on an issue vital to all of us: health. Every year, 3.6 million Americans miss doctor appointments due to a lack of reliable transportation.* No-show rates are as high as 30% nationwide.** And while transportation barriers are common across the general population, these barriers are greatest for vulnerable populations, including patients with the highest burden of chronic disease. Introducing Uber Health, a way to partner with healthcare organizations to provide reliable, comfortable transportation for patients. The dashboard allows healthcare professionals to order rides for patients going to and from the care they need.

Allscripts and Lyft partner to eliminate transportation barriers to healthcare
Allscripts and Lyft (@lyft), the fastest growing rideshare company in the U.S., are joining forces to incorporate non-emergency transportation directly into the physician’s workflow. Leveraging Lyft’s proprietary application programming interface (API) and Allscripts Open platform, the companies plan to integrate this functionality, into Allscripts Sunrise™ electronic health record (EHR), to enable clinicians to order the Lyft service for patients.

Acuant and Healthpac Partner to Improve Patient Intake Process with Automated Patient Data Capture
Acuant (@AcuantCorp), a provider of identity verification solutions, announced a partnership with Healthpac, a provider of medical billing and practice management software. This partnership offers an integrated solution that quickly captures identity information to improve accuracy and reduce wait times in the patient intake process. As a result, healthcare organizations can boost efficiency while improving patient experiences and reducing rejected insurance claims.

Connexient Partners with Vizzia Technologies to Integrate Indoor Navigation, Digital Wayfinding and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) for Healthcare Organizations
Connexient (@connexient), a market leader in Digital Wayfinding and Indoor Navigation for over 45 hospitals in North America, announced a partnership with Vizzia Technologies, a leading provider of fully managed real-time location systems (RTLS) for healthcare organizations nationwide. This alliance will drive enterprise efficiency and ROI through the integration of Digital Wayfinding, Indoor Navigation and Real-time Location Services applications.

 

Hyland to acquire OneContent business from Allscripts
Hyland (@hyland) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the OneContent business from Allscripts, a provider of healthcare information technology solutions. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter, once customary closing conditions are satisfied. Upon transaction close, the OneContent client base and associates will transition to Hyland.