VA EHR update: four deaths traced to Oracle Cerner EHR; four …
WEBMar 18, 2023 · The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is unhappy. Very unhappy. With good reason. The ongoing problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR multiply. There were six instances of ‘catastrophic harm’ attributed to a feature of the EHR modernization program since the rollout, four of which resulted in the death of a veteran patient.
Care Innovations sold to PRA Health Sciences; launches COVID-19 …
WEBApr 8, 2020 · Care Innovations, formerly Intel Care Innovations, formerly Intel-GE Care Innovations, was apparently sold at the end of 2019 to giant drug CRO PRA Health Sciences of Raleigh, NC. This is based on an early termination notice published on 17 Dec 2019 of an FTC pre-merger notification.The notice is interesting as Care Innovations is listed as a holding of Hong Kong-based Essence International ...
Olive AI selling rest of business to Waystar Health and Humata …
WEBOct 31, 2023 · The final reorganization is to sell everything.Today’s report in Axios states that Olive AI’s remaining business has been sold to revenue cycle management/payments software Waystar Health and to Humata Health, a startup (see update below).Olive’s Clearinghouse and Patient Access business units went to Waystar and its Prior Authorization business unit to Humata.
Some final words on Olive AI–what can we learn from its failure ...
WEBNov 21, 2023 · “To the extent Olive might have sold something, they didn’t deliver – otherwise they’d still be in business.”–Emily Evans, managing director, Hedgeye Risk Management (quoted in Columbus Business Review). Seeing this article on how Olive AI ‘ran out of time and money’ in Becker’s Hospital Review, this Editor hoped that it would be a final word, a summing up of what was likened ...
TSA Integrated Code of Practice for Telecare and Telehealth …
WEBIt’s good to see at last the announcement that the Telecare Services Association’s (TSA) integrated COP is now available and that the accreditation process against it is now also open to organisation which, for whatever reason, are not TSA members.
Thursday news roundup: RVO Health JV combines Optum-RV …
WEBJul 14, 2022 · Red Ventures, Optum combine consumer savings, digital health coaching, education assets into RVO Health. Quietly announced via Moody’s Investor Services and appearing on LinkedIn, this offloads media holding company Red Ventures’ RV Health, consisting of Healthline health news/education media (Healthline, Medical News Today, Psych Central, Greatist, and Bezzy), plus the Healthgrades doctor ...
What is Telecare? | Telehealth and Telecare Aware
WEBTelecare defined. For some years the editors of this site have been working with the following definition of telecare: ‘Telecare is the continuous, automatic and remote monitoring of real time emergencies and lifestyle changes over time in order to manage the risks associated with independent living.’ This definition firmly associates it with ‘social’ or ‘lifestyle’ monitoring.
Cerner EHR implementation with both DOD and VA running into ...
WEBMay 18, 2022 · DOD, VA Cerner implementations stumbling on their raison d’être–interoperability. Those of us with pre-Covid memories recall that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs had separate and ancient EHRs that didn’t speak well with each other.
Optum buys naviHealth for reported $1 billion; Amwell raises $194 ...
WEBIn non-COVID-19 news, Optum has confirmed to industry press that they have acquired post-acute management company naviHealth. Becker’s HealthIT cites sources that the purchase price is in the vicinity of $1 billion. Continuing their PAC-MAN path, this pharmacy benefit, population health, and care services wing of UnitedHealth Group in the past six months finalized the purchase of DaVita ...
Are patients and physicians ready for generative AI? How will it be ...
WEBAug 22, 2024 · As the flood of news will ebb over the next two to three weeks or so (and your Editor takes annual leave), some reading for your pondering. Bain and Company, the well-known (and well-feared when they come to your company) management consultants (and investors), recently published results from March’s “US Frontline of Consumer Healthcare Survey“ taken from 500 (undefined) respondents.