A study in the Annals of Surgery focuses on improving handoffs from surgery and studied the use of standardized handoff forms and processes. While the completeness of information improved, handoff took longer, i.e., cost more, and there was no improvement in mortality or length of stay. Costs more and no real improvement in outcomes; sound like a lot of so-called quality improvement.
Meditation app vendor Calm calls up a collected $88 million in new capital, apparently valuing the firm at around $1 billion. How can I stay calm when I have to read about crap like this.
Healthy.io pees itself with excitement, as it raises $18 million for an app that uses a smartphone to help do urinalysis. So don't we be surprised when you see people using their phones to take pictures of their pee.
Clinical communication and collaboration software vendor Perfect Serve hopes it aces M & A, acquiring two firms, one is Lightning Bolt which does physician shift scheduling, and the other is CareWire, which does text messaging for patient engagement.
Practice management software vendor eMDs doctors up its offerings, adding Aprima Healthcare, which offers EHR and practice management services to ambulatory care providers.
Population health, disease management, digital health, mobile app, (and any other buzzword) firm Livongo is acquiring myStrength, a behavioral health firm with the same buzzwords, for an undisclosed, but hopefully weak, amount.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.