Category: eHealth

A pair of direct-to-consumer telehealth companies are entangled in a legal mess, with Boston-based American Well suing Dallas-based Teladoc over patent infringement. A pair of direct-to-consumer telehealth companies are entangled in a legal mess, with Boston-based American Well suing Dallas-based Teladoc over patent infringement. According to American Well’s 300-page suit, Teladoc is accused of stealing…

American Well Corp v Teladoc, Inc Telehealth vendor American Well sues rival Teladoc for patent infringement, alleging that Teladoc is using American Well’s patent-protected technology to match patients with doctors. The lawsuit comes just as Teladoc prepares for its IPO. NHS details released against patients’ wishes, admits data body In England, the Health and Social…

PrimaHealth Credit, a new marketplace lender for elective healthcare treatments, launched today. The company is transforming how elective care providers and patients access healthcare financing by offering an easy-to-use mobile lending platform and patient friendly, non-punitive financing solutions. PrimaHealth Credit also announced the appointment of industry veteran Hugh Bleemer, the former President of ChaseHealthAdvance, as…

The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) is starting a grant program to increase health IT usage for improved care coordination within the state. The Connected Communities Implementation Grant Program will dole out money to groups working together to use health IT software programs that tackle region and community-specific challenges. MeHI’s goal is to increase the flow…

New York-based Mount Sinai Health System has found multiple ways to incorporate technology into its practices to improve patient care, according to CIO Kumar Chatani. read more …read more

Digital health solutions achieved the U.S. healthcare industry $6 billion in cost savings in 2014, and are expected to save the system more than $100 billion over the next four years, according to new research from the New York City-based Accenture. Digital health solutions achieved the U.S. healthcare industry $6 billion in cost savings in…

During mergers and acquisitions, too often the dominant organization isn’t sensitive to the needs of the less-dominant player, whose IT leaders become more concerned about protecting their own “shop.” The effects can be disastrous, according to Scott MacLean, deputy CIO at Partners HealthCare in Boston. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/healthcare-cio-balancing-it-needs-during-health-system-mergers-cant-be-afte/2015-06-08?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule on Medicare Shed Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs), published late Thursday, finalizes a proposal that calls on ACOs to describe in their applications how they will promote the use of health IT to boost care coordination. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/cms-acos-share-your-tech-intentions/2015-06-05?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

Privacy and security will be critical to the success of both healthcare reform and President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine initiative, according to Jocelyn Samuels, director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/jocelyn-samuels-privacy-and-data-sharing-can-coexist/2015-06-04?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

The Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and the health analytics and data community and marketplace Apervita are launching a health measures platform that will allow health professionals to publish or subscribe health measures which will turn definitions into analytics. The Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and the health analytics and data community and marketplace Apervita are launching…