News 2/17/21

Top News

Medicare ACO-focused practice management company Vytalize Health acquires patient financial engagement startup MedPilot.

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Webinars

 

February 24 (Wednesday) 1 ET. “Maximizing the Value of Digital Initiatives with Enterprise Provider Data Management.” Sponsor: Phynd Technologies. Presenters: Tom White, founder and CEO, Phynd Technologies; Adam Cherrington, research director, KLAS Research. Health systems can derive great business value and competitive advantage by centrally managing their provider data. A clear roadmap and management solution can solve problems with fragmented data, workflows, and patient experiences and support operational efficiency and delivery of a remarkable patient experience. The presenters will describe common pitfalls in managing enterprise information and digital strategy in silos, how to align stakeholders to maximize the value of digital initiatives, and how leading health systems are using best-of-breed strategies to evolve provider data management.

Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present your own.

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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock

Canadian EHR vendor Medfar Clinical Solutions raises $19.6 million in an investment round led by Walter Capital Partners.

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People

Rob Tennant (MGMA) joins WEDI as VP of federal affairs.

Paul Ricci (SOC Telemed) has joined Qualifacts as president and CEO.

 

Skylight Health Group names Jerry Oliphant (Atrium Health) COO and Georges Feghali, MD (GMF Healthcare Consulting) CMO.

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Announcements and Implementations

Care Management Network will implement virtual care technologies from Reliq Health Technologies across its 50 clinics in California.

Practice management and software developer Anytime Pediatrics announces GA of turn-key virtual care integration services at tiered levels to suit practice needs and budgets.

Innovative Management Solutions, a joint venture between independent practice associations Coordinated Behavioral Care and Coordinated Behavioral Health Services, joins the HealtheConnections HIE in New York.

Summit CityMD (NY) implements patient engagement and payment software from Cedar.

Arizona HIE Health Current will connect 35 organizations within the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System’s Whole Person Care Initiative to NowPow’s healthcare and social services referral software.

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Other

The Jewish National Fund, under the leadership of retired San Diego physician Sol Lizerbram, MD will plant trees in Israel to honor those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine. The foundation’s tree-planting program has over the years planted 240 million trees across the globe. Lizerbram founded EHR and practice management company HealthFusion in 1998, and then sold it to Quality Systems in 2015 for $165 million.

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Sponsor Updates

Blog Posts

• The Right Balance: Technology & Patient Care (AdvancedMD)
• How healow Check-In is transforming healthcare (EClinicalWorks)

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Contacts

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