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News 8/11/21
Top News
Elektra Health raises $3.75 million in seed funding to further develop its telemedicine and support service for menopausal women. The company got its start in 2019 and will formally launch its platform early next year. Co-founder Jannine Versi spent several years at Cityblock Health as VP of clinical programs, partnerships, marketing, and communications.
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Announcements and Implementations
Accanto Health (MN) selects the SmartCare EHR from Streamline Healthcare Solutions.
New York-based behavioral, physical, and social health provider Liberty Resources implements NextGen full suite of solutions, including EHR and practice management software.
PursueCare adds Owl’s care management and clinical decision support tools to its telemedicine offering for addiction recovery and mental health.
RevSpring develops OmniBrain, a multi-channel patient engagement solution that customizes outreach based on provider and patient goals.
GenieMD adds AliveCor’s KardiaMobile ECG technology and services to its IVisit virtual care platform.
Government and Politics
HRSA awards $3 million to three organizations that will test models in rural areas designed to improve access to maternal and obstetric care, including improved care coordination and expanded use of telemedicine.
Other
I’ve come across several tweets and articles related to public health efforts to vaccinate people in their homes, whether as part of a community door-to-door canvassing campaign by public health workers or by appointment. I’d be interested to know how many residents take advantage of either option.
Meanwhile, state-based vaccination registries seem to be hampered by data-exchange capabilities, posing a record-keeping and -retrieving problem for patients who receive two-dose vaccination in two different states. STChealth has launched MyIR to help patients in nine states and Washington, DC easily locate their COVID-19 vaccination records across state lines.
Sponsor Updates
- EClinicalWorks releases a new customer success video, “Healow Check-In and Healow Pay are Helping Chisholm Trail Pediatrics.”
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- Summer Can Mean Orthopedic Trouble and EClinicalWorks Can Help (EClinicalWorks)
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