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Healthcare analytics and provider performance transparency company Embold Health increases its Series B funding round to $23 million, bringing its total raised to $53 million.

The Nashville–based company offers solutions for physicians, payers, employers, and benefits companies. Founder and CEO Daniel Stein, MD previously served as chief medical officer for Walmart Care Clinics.


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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

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Avive Solutions has raised $22 million in a Series A round of funding. The company has developed automated external defibrillator technology that wirelessly connects to local 911 and EMS services, and other medical professionals.


Sales

  • Baptist Health will implement PatientBond’s psychographic segmentation model and leverage its Insights Accelerator to enhance its patient engagement strategies.
  • The VA will use medical imaging workflow technology from Laurel Bridge Software during its transition from VistA to Cerner.
  • UNC Health selects Oncology Pathways software from Philips.
  • Newman Regional Health (KS) will connect its Meditech Expanse EHR to nearby Coffey Health System.
  • Cerner will integrate Nuance’s Dragon Ambient Experience voice-enabled automated documentation software with its Millennium EHR.
  • Novant Health (NC) will implement EVideon’s Vibe Health smart room technology, incorporating Caregility’s virtual care capabilities.

Announcements and Implementations

Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center has implemented Healthcare Triangle’s Elastic Recovery Service on AWS to ensure the stability of its Meditech system during a natural disaster or cyberattack.

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Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Ohio has integrated RevSpring’s PersonaPay and IVR Advantage payment data and communications technologies with its Cerner system.


Government and Politics

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Reynold’s Army Health Clinic at Fort Sill in Oklahoma will go live on Cerner this weekend as part of the DoD’s MHS Genesis deployment.


Other

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Grant Memorial Hospital (WV) will launch a telemedicine cancer care program this summer using connected medical devices and technology from Elekta.


Sponsor Updates

  • Health Data Movers promotes Alex Janssen to senior consultant.
  • Healthcare Growth Partners has advised Symplr during its acquisition of GreenLight Medical.
  • Healthcare IT Leaders publishes a new case study featuring OSHU-Tuality Healthcare.
  • Intelligent Medical Objects publishes a new case study featuring its efforts to help HIE CORHIO standardize data from a variety of sources.
  • Kyruus will work with government-focused digital care navigation company WellHive to make it easier for veterans to find and schedule appointments with the Veterans Health Administration.
  • Mach7 Technologies will offer analytics from Biologics as part of its enterprise imaging solution.
  • Medhost publishes a new infographic, “An EHR Implementation Timeline Model: Layering for a Strong Foundation.”
  • Meditech releases a new podcast, “Preventing Violence Against Healthcare Workers.”
  • NTT will donate $2.5 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and other organizations to support humanitarian efforts for Ukraine.
  • Get Well, VitalTech, Current Health, Twistle, Biofourmis, PeriGen, and CareSignal earn spots on Avia Connect’s list of Top 50 Remote Patient Monitoring Technologies.
  • The latest release of the Philips Capsule Surveillance solution has received 510(k) market clearance from the FDA.

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Currently there are "2 comments" on this Article:

  1. “In explaining the deal, Oracle executives pointed to its voice assistant technology, as well as its cloud, as assets that should help Cerner improve its offerings.”

    “Cerner will integrate Nuance’s Dragon Ambient Experience voice-enabled automated documentation software with its Millennium EHR.”

    Anyone else confused?

    • “We will throw money and buzzwords at the problem, assign the Gordian knot of work to middle management and outsourced engineers, collect our quarterly exec bonuses, and throw middle management under the bus when it fails.”

      Which part are you confused about?







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