Population Health

The companies will work together to develop and deploy new population health offerings by tapping each company's expertise and assets, like those added to the Watson Health portfolio from acquisitions such as Phytel and Explorys.

CEO Jeff Margolis said Welltok plans to expand its platform for connecting consumers with benefits and resources.

Executives said the center will house several institutes dedicated to improving healthcare across the country and around the world as well as research and leadership initiatives.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Enterprise unit acquired the company to advance analytics, workflow and clinical interventions focused on reducing costs connected with underuse, overuse and misuse of prescription drugs.

Research firm IDC found big variations in analytic capabilities and technological sophistication among today’s leading population health management vendors, approximately half of which are electronic health records companies.

The company said it plans to integrate patient engagement platform with its clinical suite, including UpToDate decision support and Lexicomp and Medi-Span drug information tools.

The Mentrics system from ODH will integrate data to support prevention, treatment and recovery services for persons with mental health and substance use disorders in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties.

Startup has developed imaging platform for gaining insight into cancer, infectious diseases, cognitive disorders and more.

Mostashari, now the chief executive at Aledade, discusses how technology must better address the needs of population health and ACOs, and wages a complaint against many EHR vendors.

Health and Human Service Department said it is working with DNA Electronics on technology to determine genetic code within four hours to enable a faster and more accurate public health response to pandemic influenza and antibiotic-resistant infections.