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News 1/9/23
Top News
Specialty EHR and practice management vendor ModMed acquires allergy testing and immunotherapy software company Xtract Solutions.
Webinars
January 19 (Thursday) 2 ET. “Supercharge Your Clinical Data Searches.” Sponsor: Particle Health. Presenter: Paul Robbins, MSMBA, VP of product, Particle. Particle’s team will preview the exciting results of Specialty Search, a new condition-specific record locator service. This webinar will review how to collect patient records from top Centers of Excellence across the entire country; how healthcare organizations of all types are benefiting from Specialty Search capabilities, using Particle’s simple API; and why a focused search of chronic condition data — in oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, orthopedics, and more — has an outsized impact on care outcomes.
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Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock
Herself Health launches with $7 million in seed funding. The company offers primary care services to women 65 and older at its clinic in St. Paul, MN. CEO Kristen Helton was formerly general manager of Amazon Care.
Codex IT, a healthcare IT consulting and managed services company focused on eye care practices, acquires Intranet Consulting.
People
David Shelton (MedAssist) joins Aidéo Technologies as CEO.
LifeMD names Jessica Friedeman (Healthgrades) CMO.
UnisLink appoints David Strand (Kenwood Health) executive chairman.
Former Summit Health-CityMD CEO Jeff Le Benger, MD will serve as interim president of Summit Health-CityMD, recently acquired by VillageMD for $7 billion.
Louise Perkowski (PrescribeWellness) joins InStep Health as VP of client solutions and sales.
Announcements and Implementations
Palmetto Counseling & Consulting Services (SC) implements EClinicalWorks.
EHR and practice management vendor Azalea Health selects RevSpring’s PersonaPay patient payments portal, merchant services, and billing software.
Research and Innovation
Samsung debuts telemedicine functionality at CES that makes virtual consults available through its smart TV or Galaxy Watch. The company will also offer a special camera designed to capture heart and respiratory rates, oxygen saturation and stress levels. It hasn’t yet made details available as to who will provide the care and what payment options will be available.
Other
Maternal & Family Health Services (PA) notifies patients of an April 2022 ransomware attack that may have compromised PHI.
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