Bill Siwicki

The EHR vendor and analytics company sign an agreement to facilitate greater clinical insights for caregivers within the records system.

Humana subsidiary says the three apps use the HealthLogix technology platform to tackle population health, patient engagement and mobile health.

As part of its ongoing efforts to help healthcare provider organizations enhance their IT strategies and better realize value from their IT investments, HIMSS Analytics is unveiling at HIMSS16 the Next EMRAM Criteria and Value Score.

New tool analyzes data to pinpoint care gaps and identify service lines where patients are seeking care elsewhere. 

The new tool builds on the SAP Foundation for Health platform by enabling third-parties to build apps for very specific use cases, like diabetes management, prescription fulfillment or non-adherence issues. 

The vendor said it can create a ‘golden record’ by combining the new tool with its data warehouse to give payers, providers and patients more complete information. 

The new app mimics the Uber set-up, with certified interpreters standing by to come to a hospital and help interpret languages between caregivers and patients.

The hardware and software combination brings a touchscreen UI and the company integrated it with medical grade sensors. 

The proliferation of patient portals offered by provider organizations has created significant usability challenges for patients while providers are feeling pressure to integrate portals to improve service quality, enhance workflow and provide a more unifying experience to patients.

Medical image exchange platform vendor lifeIMAGE has inked a 10-year deal with clinical image viewer maker Client Outlook to make Client Outlook’s visualization platform a core component of the lifeIMAGE offering.