News 12/15/21

Top News

Physician performance analytics company Embold Health raises $20 million in a Series B investment round, bringing its total funding to $50 million.

Launched by former Walmart Care Clinics CMO Daniel Stein, MD in 2017, the company was tapped by the giant retailer in 2019 to create lists of physicians its employees can use when selecting healthcare services. Those who wind up seeing a provider not on the list pay more for their benefits.

---

Reader Comments

From Nasty Parts: “Re: Binge-watching during the holidays. Really like Lost in Space as well! This is the last season so I hope its a good one. Just started. Hallmark movies …. yes. It’s amazing how many princes of small European countries come to NYC to mix with the regular folk.”

Email me with your binge-watching recommendations, please. I’ll be taking a holiday break through the first of the year, and am planning to devote plenty of time to being a couch potato.

---

Webinars

None scheduled through the end of the year. Previous webinars are on our YouTube channel. Contact Lorre to present your own.

---

People

NextGen Healthcare promotes CMIO Bob Murry, MD to CMO.

Army veteran Jennifer Peña, MD (Nurx) joins K Health as its first CMO.

Clinical Connect Health Information Exchange in Pittsburgh promotes Phyllis Szymanski to president.

---

Announcements and Implementations

Konza announces GA of Translate, ambulatory electronic lab-reporting software intended to help physician practices send compliant COVID-19 lab reports to public health registries.

Wheel adds GoodRx’s prescription savings software to its white-label virtual care offering.

Midwest Cardiovascular Institute (IL) implements EHR, analytics, chronic care management, and reporting software from Objective Medical Systems.

CareCloud develops CareCloud Connector, an interface and data management engine.

---

Contacts

Jenn, Mr. H, Lorre

More news: HIStalk.

Get HIStalk Practice updates.
Contact us online.
Become a sponsor.