Data highlights that the U.S has yet to achieve a meaningful change in how healthcare is accessed, with over 30 million black people unable to receive necessary medical insurance. It has become a systemic struggle for basic health necessities in 2022, causing an economic burden of over $35 billion annually, including $200 billion in premature deaths and $10 billion in illness-related productivity loss. Carepatron's report found access is a major contributing factor to why healthcare tends

The Veterans Data Integration and Federation Enterprise Platform (VDIF EP), a health information exchange developed for and used by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), was recently awarded the 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award. Recognized for its ability to unify patient information throughout the care continuum for VA, VDIF EP leverages technologies from InterSystems to drive better quality care for veterans. Announced in 2020, VDIF EP is a health information exchange pla

Clairemont Healthcare & Wellness Centre, LLC, doing business as Abby Gardens Healthcare Center (the "Facility"), is a 99-bed Skilled Nursing Facility ("SNF") located at 8060 Frost Street, San Diego, California. The Facility primarily cares for patients admitted from local acute hospitals to assist with nursing and rehabilitation needs and either returning patients to their pre-hospitalization place of living or cares for patients on a long-term basis. Abby Ga

CHOC Hospital has been granted Level 1 Children's Surgical Verification by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This notable achievement acknowledges CHOC's steadfast commitment to quality improvement and patient safety efforts for children requiring surgical services. CHOC is the first hospital to earn this distinction in Southern California and one of only four in the state. To become verified, centers must meet rigorous criteria for staffing, training and facility infr

Hicuity Health, the nation's leading provider of high-acuity telemedicine services, announced the launch of tele-ICU services at MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown in Columbia, South Carolina. The new service launch draws upon MUSC Health's long-standing collaboration with Hicuity Health which delivers 24/7/365 telemedicine services to hospitals across the state. Since 2014, MUSC Health and Hicuity Health have worked together to ensure the citizens of South Carolin

LHC Group  today announced an agreement to purchase Three Rivers Home Health, a provider headquartered in Eastman, Ga. The acquisition includes nine total locations - expanding LHC Group's service footprint in 36 counties in the Certificate of Need state of Georgia. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. LHC Group expects annualized revenue from this purchase of approximately $12 million and that it

Bamboo Health™, a healthcare technology solutions company focused on fostering care collaboration and providing actionable insights across the entire continuum of care, announces the availability of its Crisis Management System in support of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Presently the Bamboo Health solution is live in two states, with additional launches forthcoming. Among current Crisis Management System deployments, one state began using Bamboo Health’s solution

Frontline Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm exclusively focused on investing in leading distributed healthcare businesses, announced today a recapitalization and growth investment in LivWell Infusions ("LivWell"), a provider of outpatient infusion and injection therapy for patients with complex chronic conditions. Founded in 2020 out of Scottsdale, Arizona, LivWell administers highly accessible infusions and injections for patients suffering from compromised immun

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.  a leading provider of innovative, cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, today announced that it will apply to become a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) in a move that underscores the company’s commitment to interoperability. NextGen Healthcare supports more than 100,000 providers with its ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management (PM) solutions, as

QIAGEN N.V.  today announced the launch of the QIAstat-Dx Viral Vesicular Panel RUO, the first syndromic test to differentiate between monkeypox and five other pathogens which cause similar symptoms. The new panel ­– currently for research use only (RUO) – comes in cartridge form to run on QIAGEN’s QIAstat-Dx automated syndromic testing devices. It tests for the two known forms of monkeypox virus (the so-called West African and Congo Basin clades), herpes