News 8/25/23

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NextGen Healthcare is reportedly exploring options that could include selling the company.

NXGN shares lost 6% in the past 12 months versus the Nasdaq’s 11% gain, valuing the company at $1.2 billion.

Reader Comments

From UGM Attendee: “Re: Epic. Moving into the documentation management systems area with the announcement of Gallery at UGM.” Unverified.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

The assets of AireHealth, which offers a platform-connected nebulizer for monitoring chronic respiratory conditions, will be liquidated in an online auction.

WellSky acquires Experience Care, which offers an EHR and other software for post-acute and long-term care providers.

Hospital shared services vendor Ovation Healthcare acquires 3D Technology, which offers professional and managed services.

Sales

• Ireland’s Bon Secours Health System will implement Meditech Expanse.

People

Kurt Hammond, MBA (EMed Digital Healthcare) joins Exo as chief commercial officer.

Announcements and Implementations

Delta Air Lines is upgrading its onboard medical technologies to include app-powered direct access to doctors on the ground and enhanced diagnostic equipment, such as an automatic blood pressure cuff and pulse oximeter. Delta says it will be adding telemedicine and remote monitoring technologies.

Australia’s Queensland Health creates a clinical staff credentialing and training system using SAP, which will support the movement of clinicians among its 16 hospitals and health services.

A new KLAS report looks at Epic’s initiatives to improve EHR efficiency and satisfaction. Providers report increased satisfaction after participating in the company’s Physician Power User and Physician Builders programs. Features that are correlated with improved clinician efficiency are Rover (mobile documentation and notification), Brain (inpatient nurse planning), Secure Chat (staff collaboration), and Hey Epic! (voice assistant and reminders).

Privacy and Security

Hackers who breached a hospital in Israel are contacting its high-profile patients to demand that they pay a ransom to avoid having their medical records published. Among those messaged was Health Minister Moshe Arbel, who released his own medical information rather than be extorted.

Other

I seldom retweet (or re-X), but this is good. Will Manidis is founder and CEO of Science.io, which offers an AI-powered patient cohorting solution for patient screening and research.

Sponsor Updates

• KeyCare caps a successful year of fundraising, health system collaborations, and high-quality telehealth delivery.
• Fast Company names Linus Health’s DCTclock a winner in its 2023 Innovation by Design Awards.
• Lucem Health releases a new episode of the This Week in Clinical AI Podcast.
• Wolters Kluwer Health announces that 15 of its Lippincott healthcare titles received 28 wins in the 35th annual Awards for Publication Excellence competition.
• Healthcare Growth Partners advises Experience Care in its acquisition by WellSky.
• CereCore wins ClearlyRated’s 2023 Best of Staffing Client and Talent Awards for service excellence.

Blog Posts

• A Healthy Healthcare Supply Chain Could Save Lives (Dimensional Insight)
• Adapting Recruitment Strategies for Success in the Gig Economy and Contingent Workforce (Direct Recruiters)
• Assessing Digital Capacity with Tools and Benchmarks (Divurgent)
• The evolution and impact of NIST CSF 2.0 (Fortified Health Security)
• Help Desk Updates: Your Super Weapon to Boost Clinician Productivity (HCTec)
• 5 Key Benefits of Hiring an Epic Consultant for Your EHR Implementation (HealthTech Resources)
• How Application Managed Services (AMS) Can Elevate Your Entire Healthcare Organization (Healthcare IT Leaders)
• Development & Implementation of Enterprise Imaging (Impact Advisors)
• Leveraging a Platform Approach for AI: Driving Innovation in Healthcare (Lucem Health)
• Enhancing Care Coordination: Bridging the Gap Between Metropolitan and Community Hospitals (Medhost)

Sponsor Spotlight

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