Erin Dietsche covers the hospitals and health IT beats for MedCity News. She previously worked as a writer/reporter for Becker's Hospital Review, where she covered everything from payer issues to health IT to leadership. Erin grew up in Minnesota, graduated from the University of Iowa and now calls Indiana home. You can email her at [emailprotected].
Posts by Erin Dietsche
Startups
Advance care planning company Vynca lands $10.3M in Series B funding
The funding came from various investors, including First Trust Capital Partners, OCA Ventures and Spectrum Health Ventures, among others.
Social Determinants,Hospitals,Startups
Northwell partners with NowPow to address social determinants of health
The health system will offer NowPow's services to about 1,200 Medicaid patients who are part of Health Home, its care coordination program that providesmedical, mental health, substance abuse, social and family support services.
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The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Health IT,Startups
Startups,Health IT,Hospitals
Seattle startup Xealth secures $3M from Atrium Health, Cleveland Clinic and MemorialCare
The Seattle-based company, which spun out of Providence St. Joseph Health, has a platform that allows clinicians to prescribe and monitor digital health tools from their EHR workflows.
Hospitals,Artificial Intelligence
This Colorado hospital is using Qventus’ AI to improve operations
Wheat Ridge, Colorado-based Lutheran Medical Center, which is part of SCL Health, is using Qventus' technology in the inpatient setting to better coordinate patient discharges.
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Health Tech,Pharma
Google, Sanofi use technology to better understand diseases and treatments
The two organizations have teamed up to establish an innovation lab, which will apply technology and analytics to Sanofi's real-world database in an effort to better understand diseases and which treatments work for patients.
Payers
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Pharma,Hospitals
Vizient and nonprofit generic drug company Civica Rx tackle drug shortages
Vizient, a healthcare performance improvement company, will use its analytics and data capabilities to help Civica Rx anticipate gaps in drug availability and affordability.
Startups,Health IT
New York City care management company VirtualHealth closes Series B round
VirtualHealth founder and CEO Adam Sabloff said the company is not disclosing the dollar amount of the round at this time but noted that the financing round brings the total amount raised by VirtualHealth to more than $25 million.
Health IT
Accumen buys clinical data exchange company Halfpenny Technologies
Accumen, which assists organizations with outreach services, imaging, clinical laboratory operations and patient blood management, has scooped up Pennsylvania-based Halfpenny for an undisclosed amount.
Health Services
Uber Health will provide injured workers with transportation to medical appointments
Specialty risk transfer care coordination company Carisk Partners has selected Uber Health to provide medical transportation to injured workers.
Sponsored Post
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
Hospitals
Ochsner Health System is addressing innovation inside and outside the hospital
A visit to the Louisiana health system sheds some lighton how it is innovatively addressing chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes, the inpatient experience and more.
Hospitals,Health IT
Intermountain Healthcare opens new innovation center with partner
The 30,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City will be used for evaluating, testing and designing new revenue cycle management technologies for hospitals, health systems and physician groups and will also serve as a client experience center.
Startups,Health IT,Health Tech
IBM launches accelerator program to help startups grow and prioritize security
The program is open to early-stage health tech and fintech startups that are pre-Series A, less than five years old and have less than $1 million in revenue. The application deadline is 5 PM PT on July 31, 2019.
Artificial Intelligence,Health IT
Nuance’s AI makeover to clinical documentation takes exam room to the future
At the annual HIMSS conference this year, Nuance revealed its Ambient Clinical Intelligence technology, which brings AI into the whole exam room to promote natural language interaction.
Hospitals,Startups
Cleveland Clinic study finds Propeller Health platform helps reduce hospitalizations among COPD patients
The research, which was published in theJournal of Telemedicine and Telecare, involved 39 patients who have COPD and had at least one hospitalization or emergency room visit during the year prior to enrollment.
