The new year kicked off with news from several portfolio companies, including Health Catalyst’s growing customer base, 3Scan’s partnership with the NIH, Vivify’s use by Munson Home Health, and more. Get complete details below.
3Scan recently announced a partnership with the NIH and others to provide crucial data to map the cardiac peripheral nervous system. The goal of the effort is to gain knowledge about the anatomy and physiology of the nerves that control cardiac function.
Dan Snyder of Evolent breaks down six ways to smooth the journey to value-based care in his recent byline. His six lessons learned include everything from understanding important questions to changing practice operating models.
Health Catalyst’s Data Operating System (DOS) is highlighted throughout a recent TechTarget article focused on integrating data in value-based care. The article highlights how the University of Louisville is using DOS to pull massive amounts of patient data into a repository to maximize its use.
Health Fidelity and Change Healthcare recently announced that they’ll be collaborating on risk adjustment. The collaboration will help “provide greater accuracy for better compliance and more precise reimbursement.”
Health Fidelity CEO, Steve Whitehurst, sat down for a Q&A that was featured in Becker’s Hospital Review. In the discussion, Whitehurst talked about where he thought the biggest need for innovation was, gave his thoughts on voice recognition technology, and addressed some of the biggest misconceptions in health IT.
Vivify Health continues to make a big impact for its clients, this time enabling Munson Healthcare Home Care to reduce readmission rates to just 4.5 percent for patients with COPD and CHF as primary diagnosis. These impressive gains allow patients to be “happier and healthier in their homes,” according to Lisa White, Munson’s director of home care.
