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Morning Headlines 11/9/22

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SCP Health Announces Acquisition of Tech-Enabled Patient Engagement Company PreMedex

Clinical staffing and outsourced practice management company SCP Health acquires PreMedex, which offers patient engagement and communication software.

Talkspace Announces Jon Cohen, M.D. As Next Chief Executive Officer

Mental health app vendor Talkspace promotes Jon Cohen, MD to CEO after announcing disappointing Q3 results.

Censinet Announces Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study Co-Sponsored by the American Hospital Association and KLAS Research

Censinet, the American Hospital Association, and KLAS Research launch a healthcare cybersecurity benchmarking study that will allow health systems to compare cybersecurity investments, resources, performance, and maturity versus peers.

Morning Headlines 11/8/22

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VillageMD Acquires Summit Health-CityMD, Creating One of the Largest Independent Provider Groups in the US

Walgreens-backed primary care company VillageMD will acquire provider Summit Health for $9 billion.

Emocha Health Relaunches as Scene Health to Support Medication Adherence for Each Individual at the Scene of Their Health

Medication adherence vendor Emocha Health rebrands to Scene Health and launches Panorama, an enhanced Directly Observed Therapy program.

ChristianaCare Creates Business Health Solutions to Offer Its Award-Winning Health Care Services to Employers Regionally and Nationally

ChristianaCare’s new Business Health Solutions unit will offer employers direct virtual primary and behavioral health services, destination surgery programs, and COVID-19 vaccination and symptom-monitoring capabilities. 

Morning Headlines 11/7/22

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Roche introduces the navify brand for its digital health solutions at HLTH 2022

Roche, the world’s largest biotechnology company, unifies its 30-solution digital health portfolio under the brand Navify.

Smile Digital Health Expands Product Offering With Alphora Acquisition

Health data and integration vendor Smile Digital Health acquires clinical quality language and metrics company Alphora.

Transcarent Selects Prescryptive Health to Power a New, Different and Better Integrated Pharmacy Experience

Transcarent will use Prescryptive’s prescription intelligence platform to power its Pharmacy Care service, giving members access to Prescryptive’s transparent pricing and network of retail, home delivery, and specialty pharmacies.

Morning Headlines 11/4/22

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Modernizing Medicine Agrees to Pay $45 Million to Resolve Allegations of Accepting and Paying Illegal Kickbacks and Causing False Claims

A whistleblower lawsuit that was joined by the Department of Justice said that the company, which is now known as ModMed, falsely attested that its EHR met Meaningful Use criteria and paid kickbacks for referrals.

Red Cross seeks ‘digital emblem’ to protect against hacking

The organization hopes that a digital version of its cross will protect medical and humanitarian services from digital harm during armed conflicts.

Warner Releases Policy Options Paper Addressing Cybersecurity in the Health Care Sector

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-VA) publishes “Cybersecurity is Patient Safety,” a policy options paper.

Morning Headlines 11/3/22

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CPSI Announces Business Unit and Executive Leadership Changes

The company announces new leaders following the June retirement of President and CEO Boyd Douglas

CommonSpirit Appoints Daniel Barchi as Chief Information Officer

CommonSpirit Health hires Daniel Barchi from New York-Presbyterian as senior executive VP and CIO.

AeroDPC joins the Hint Health Ecosystem

Hint Health, which sells EHR-integrated membership management and billing software, acquires AeroDPC, which offers an EHR/PM system for direct primary care physicians.

Qualifacts Announces Acquisition of OnCall Health

Behavioral health EHR vendor Qualifacts acquires OnCall, a vendor of telehealth, patient portal, and client engagement technology for behavioral health organizations.

Morning Headlines 11/2/22

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Walgreens-Backed VillageMD Said to Explore Deal for Summit

The proposed $10 billion company would operate the 200 primary care offices of Walgreens and the 340 urgent care locations of Summit Health-owned CityMD.

Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight

Psychiatrists express concern that virtual care startups are prescribing ketamine for off-label treatment of serious mental health conditions.

Is the Promise of PROMs Being Realized? Implementation Experience in a Large Orthopedic Practice

Most of a practice’s total knee and total hip patients entered their patient-reported outcomes measures that were then stored in the EHR, but care teams ignored them during visits 99% of the time.

Morning Headlines 11/1/22

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Oracle to close North Kansas City World Headquarters Campus, Realization Campus

Oracle will close the former Cerner world headquarters and its Realization Campus, consolidating employees from those locations to its Innovations campus and drastically reducing its Kansas City area footprint.

Moving Standards to Support SDOH Data Capture from the Sandbox to Production

ONC, HL7, and partners launch a group that will pilot the “SDOH Clinical Care FHIR Implementation Guide” as supported by ONC’s USCDI Version 2.

Valera Health Announces $45 Million Growth Equity Financing to Increase Access to Evidence-based Mental Health Services for High Acuity Patients

The virtual high-acuity virtual mental health provider partners with health systems and plans, emphasizing its use of evidence-based treatment plans.

Seattle-area health data analytics company Advata lays off employees

Revenue cycle analytics company Advata, which was formed in June 2022 by Providence in a merger of six companies it owns and operates as a part of Providence-owned Tegria, lays off 32 of its 150 employees.

Morning Headlines 10/31/22

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Teladoc Health Reports Third-Quarter 2022 Results

Revenue and earnings beat expectations due to strong performance in its virtual mental health business, sending shares up.

MUSC Health and The MetroHealth System create Ovatient

The non-profit company will provide virtual and in-home care, hoping to match the digitally powered convenience and experience offered by non-traditional providers.

N.L. Crown agency responsible for health care IT flagged ‘extreme’ security risk a year before cyberattack crippled provincial health-care system

Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information has been requesting a move from its 40-year-old Meditech Magic system to Meditech Expanse for reasons that include security.

Morning Headlines 10/28/22

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NOAA Could Soon Join the VA’s EHRM Program

A VA official says that the 12,000-employee National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may join the VA’s Oracle Cerner project.

Navina Raises $22M Series B Round to Advance Its Rapid Transformation of Primary Care With AI

AI-powered, primary care patient insights company Navina raises $22 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raised to $44 million.

MHS Genesis Reaches Significant Operational Milestone

Ninety-two military hospitals and clinics are now live on Oracle Cerner-powered MHS Genesis, with half of all DoD providers actively using the system.

Morning Headlines 10/27/22

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National Medical Billing Services Announces Acquisition of MedTek

National Medical Billing Services acquires MedTek, which offers RCM software and services to ambulatory surgery centers and other healthcare providers.

Shadowbox closes Series A Funding round with Baleon Capital

Healthcare workflow automation startup Shadowbox raises $6 million in a Series A funding round.

Elion Raises $3.3M in Seed Funding for Digital Health Technology Marketplace

Elion raises $3.3 million to further scale its digital health technology marketplace, which offers buyers evaluations of software and services.

Morning Headlines 10/26/22

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Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for ‘operational efficiencies’

Virtual mental health provider Cerebral lays off 20% of its staff, reportedly affecting 400 employees in primarily clinical and care counselor roles.

Electronic Caregiver Announces the closing of an additional $42.5 Million in Funding to Accelerate Expansion

Electronic Caregiver, which offers remote patient monitoring, virtual care, and chronic care management services, raises $42.5 million.

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), The Global Leader in Orthopedics, Launches Newco Targeting $380B National Musculoskeletal Health Burden

Hospital for Special Surgery announces plans to launch for-profit virtual musculoskeletal physical therapy provider RightMove, which is backed by a $21 million Series A funding round.

VA Awards Oracle Cerner $956M in EHR Modernization Task Orders

The VA awards Oracle Cerner $956 million worth of task orders to continue its rollout.

Morning Headlines 10/25/22

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Healthcare tech giant Philips scraps 4,000 staff worldwide

Philips will lay off 5% of its global workforce in an effort to bounce back from its $1.28 billion Q3 loss, brought on in part by the recall of its potentially defective sleep apnea machines.

CISA Warns of Daixin Team Hackers Targeting Health Organizations With Ransomware

The US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency advises the healthcare and public health sector of ransomware attacks and data extortion schemes conducted by the Daixin Team.

Unified Women’s Healthcare acquires Gennev to become the leader in menopause care in the US

Practice management company Unified Women’s Healthcare will acquire Gennev, a digital care company for menopausal women.

Morning Headlines 10/24/22

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Lawsuit accuses medical tech company Masimo of creating an Apple Watch clone

Apple sues medical technology company Masimo, claiming that it cloned the Apple Watch for its W1 Advanced Health Tracking Watch.

Oracle CloudWorld 2022: Ellison Says An ‘Internet Of Clouds’ Is Imperative

Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison tells CloudWorld 2022 attendees that the company will partner with other companies to build next-generation healthcare applications, saying that “there’s no way we can do this by ourselves.”

Antidote axes a third of its employees

Antidote Health, an Israeli company that markets its telemedicine service to consumers in the US, will reportedly lay off 23 local employees.

Henry Ford Health’s Specialty Pharmacy Software Goes National

Henry Ford Health commercializes its internally developed DromosPTM patient therapy management solution for specialty pharmacies.

Morning Headlines 10/21/22

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Health system data breach due to Meta Pixel hits 3 million patients

Advocate Aurora Health joins other large health systems in notifying millions of patients that their information was potentially exposed via the Meta Pixel website user tracker.

CitiusTech Announces Investment and Strategic Partnership from Bain Capital Private Equity

Digital health technology and consulting company CitiusTech secures an undisclosed amount of funding from Bain Capital.

Connective Health Announces the Completion of its Seed Funding Round

Connective Health, a Boston-based clinical summary and predictive insights startup, wraps up its seed funding round with financing led by Activate Venture Partners.

Morning Headlines 10/20/22

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Over 41,000 VA Patients Warned of Delayed Care Due to Troubled Electronic Records System

The VA notifies 41,000 patients that their care may have been delayed due to problems with the department’s Oracle Cerner-powered EHR, further implementations of which have been delayed.

EngagedMD Raises $11MM in Funding Round Led by MonCap for Growth in the Fertility Space and Beyond

EngagedMD, which offers patient education and informed consent technologies for fertility practices, raises $11 million.

HHS Office for Civil Rights probes ‘hacking/IT incident’ at Defense Health Headquarters

The HHS Office for Civil Rights investigates a cybersecurity incident at Defense Health headquarters that may have impacted 1,279 people.

Morning Headlines 10/19/22

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Inbound Health Launches to Enable Partners to Build and Scale Hospital and Skilled Nursing Facility-at-Home Care Models

Minnesota-based Allina Health and Flare Capital Partners launch Inbound Health, which will help other health systems develop tech-enabled, home-based care programs.

BioIntelliSense Acquires AlertWatch® Clinical Intelligence Engine to Expand its Comprehensive Portfolio of Continuous Patient Monitoring Solutions

Remote patient monitoring technology vendor BioIntelliSense acquires Alert Watch, which offers data aggregation for clinical monitoring.

Redi.Health Secures Financing to Accelerate Availability of Health Management Platform for Patients with Chronic Diseases

Chronic disease patient support app developer Redi.Health raises $3.7 million in seed funding.

Morning Headlines 10/18/22

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Cityblock Health Creating 140 New Jobs

Cityblock Health will bring 140 jobs to Indiana when it begins providing tech-enabled care for MDwise members in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne.

Eyenuk secures $26 Million Series A funding to accelerate global access to AI-powered eye-screening technology

AI-powered eye-screening software company Eyenuk raises $26 million in a Series A round, bringing its total funding to $43 million.

Vanta lands $40M to automate cybersecurity compliance

Multi-vertical cybersecurity company Vanta raises $40 million in a Series B extension that brings its total raised to $203 million.

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