healthcare

IBM Digital Health Pass and Salesforce work.com to Help Businesses, Schools and Governments as They Strive to Reopen Safely in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic IBM and Salesforce announced that they are partnering to help organizations as they strive to safely reopen public places and provide individuals with a verifiable and privacy-preserving way to manage and share their vaccination and health status in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this offering, IBM Digital Health Pass will integrate with the…

Ebix, Inc., a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare and e-learning industries today announced a strategic agreement with Data Glove Technologies, a New Jersey based firm specializing in Infrastructure, Managed Services and Cloud Services. The agreement entails various facets including outsourcing of certain back office functions and strategic joint ventures (JV) to provide cloud and infrastructure support services to the Insurance, Banking and…

Healthy Workforce Institute's Mission is Creating a World Where We Reject Bullying, and Incivility and Kindness, Respect, and Professionalism Become the New Norm Disruptive behaviors, including workplace bullying and incivility, continue to plague healthcare organizations. A new report by the Healthy Workforce Institute highlights how healthcare leaders are using a new validated assessment tool to reliably measure the frequency of common disruptive behaviors in the workplace, quantify results, and utilize data to inform a…

Across the United States, UnityBPO supports clinicians in their use of technology, clinical applications, and EHRs and assists patients in the digital management of their healthcare. UnityBPO is a rare health IT services provider with one purpose – to be a lifeline for clinicians and patients in their use of technology. To achieve that goal, UnityBPO recently deployed Genesys Cloud, an all-in-one solution and the world’s leading public cloud contact center platform, to modernize the experience it delivers and blend customer…

Addresses data sovereignty, security, and performance concerns that prevent some enterprise workloads from moving to the public cloud Building on the success of Oracle’s Exadata Cloud@Customer service over the last three years, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Autonomous Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer. This new offering combines the latest Oracle Database with the fastest Oracle Database platform—Exadata—delivered as a cloud service in customer datacenters. It eliminates database management and capital…

"Companies can conduct business as usual remotely because Cloud service data centers manage processing power, connectivity, memory, storage and access to applications and programs." Please tell us about your role and the team/technology at IBM. As Senior Vice President, Cognitive Applications, Blockchain, and Ecosystems at IBM, I’m responsible for delivering market-leading products on our Cloud that create greater value for clients and partners. As we move further into 2020, I am focused on two key strategies to…

New Platform Enables Medical Affairs Teams to Deepen Engagement with Healthcare Key Opinion Leaders The Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs (ACMA) today announced the public availability of its medical CRM, ACMA Engage™. The company designed the new customer relationship management platform based on input from medical affairs and technology leaders across the life sciences industry. The system is focused entirely on the goals and activities of field medical and headquarters-based medical affairs teams. "Medical…

In light of COVID-19, Waystar releases new solutions to give healthcare organizations access to critical data insights and analysis Waystar, a leading provider of revenue cycle technology, today announced the launch of Waystar Analytics, an analytics and business intelligence module on the Waystar platform. To help healthcare organizations during COVID-19, Waystar fast-tracked the release of this new product, which provides the intelligence healthcare leaders need to make strategic, accurate and timely decisions in this…

New local search data from 650,000 business locations in five countries shows how COVID-19 is impacting consumer behavior Uberall, Inc., the platform managing digital experiences for local businesses, released a new report examining how the coronavirus pandemic is changing local search across the globe. Uberall looked at more than 650,000 business locations and Google My Business profiles in multiple countries -- the US, Germany, France, Italy, and the UK -- between mid-January and mid-March. The findings offer a snapshot…

Additionally, Experian Will Provide Free Research Insight on Consumer Sentiment During the Outbreak In an effort to help essential organizations, such as government agencies, healthcare providers and non-governmental organizations, provide resources to those most in need during the COVID-19 pandemic, Experian has created At-Risk Audiences, which leverage its data assets to identify groups of individuals that are most likely to be impacted. These new privacy-compliant segments, offered free of charge, are designed to help…

Pulsara Patient allows clinicians to instantly and securely connect with patients or their family members via live audio and video calling, a capability that is especially pertinent for outpatient medical isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic Today, the healthcare communication platform company, Pulsara, announced the release of a new mobile application, Pulsara Patient. "Pulsara connects people in real-time to improve health. As the leading clinical communication platform, Pulsara is excited to expand our services to…

In response to unprecedented demand for expert sources and fact-based insights during the COVID-19 pandemic, ExpertFile has launched the COVID-19 Experts Search Engine, a specialized online resource designed to help newsrooms around the world ;access reliable experts to speak on a variety of topics related to the coronavirus. With millions affected worldwide by the COVID-19 pandemic, the dangers of misinformation and factual inaccuracy pose a potentially devastating impact on society. As the largest curated, open-access…

Real World Graph Data Engine Provides Valuable Insights on Social Distancing Patterns at County and State Level for Public Agencies and Healthcare Organizations Unacast, an award-winning location data and analytics firm, launched the Social Distancing Scoreboard as the first component of its COVID-19 Toolkit. Unacast created this pro bono offering, powered by its Real World Graph data engine, to help public health experts, policy makers, academics, community leaders and businesses in retail and real estate gain accurate…

Combines the power of location with the scale of TV to deliver targeted media to the right audience at the right time ABILITY Network, an Inovalon company a leading provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, today announced a collaboration agreement with PracticeSuite, a cloud-based healthcare technology solution and service provider for independent practices, to improve the efficiency and accuracy of payer claims management. The ABILITY EASE All-Payer solution, a cloud-based application available…

Companies Aim to Benefit a Million People by Democratizing Access to Impactful Technology Microsoft Corp. and Accenture are teaming to help deepen the reach of entrepreneurs and start-ups that are focused on social impact and sustainability. The joint initiative will provide hands-on support and technologies to social enterprises, helping them to build scalable solutions and business models that can lead to more tangible and lasting benefits for a greater number of people around the world. “Startups in the social…

New strategic focus expands key sales verticals, emerging sales markets, and sales team growth YRC Worldwide has announced the next phase of its Enterprise Transformation by expanding its industry-focused sales strategy into three new industry-focused sales verticals. These are: (1) manufacturing, automotive and energy; (2) retail, consumer goods and ecommerce; and (3) healthcare and life sciences. The depth and longevity of YRCW’s expertise in these verticals align with its stated long-term strategy of…

At the 2020 IHE North American Connectathon in Cleveland, Hyland Healthcare successfully demonstrated the interoperability of its OnBase Healthcare Content Services platform and its suite of enterprise imaging solutions including, Acuo vendor neutral archive (VNA), NilRead enterprise and diagnostic viewer, and PACSgear Capture and Connectivity Suite. Hyland’s enterprise imaging tools help healthcare providers capture, manage, view and share both digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) and visible light images…

There is no question that Artificial Intelligence is a transformative technology – so much so that we can’t even begin to imagine the impact it will have in the next five, ten, or even twenty years. At the same time, AI is already being used in innovative and unexpected ways across a variety of industries. The following are just some of the interesting applications that have emerged over the last few years: 1. Building Robot Bees to Help Pollinate Crops Bees perform an important ecological function, especially for farmers…

Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can perform advanced functions such as powering the self-driving car, enabling drone deliveries, identifying cancer early and even authoring creative articles. But the wide, successful adoption of AI in the business world largely depends on how we personalize it for the end-user, and the vendor as well. Personalization, within business, already exists with applications like product recommendations on e-commerce sites and AI-powered service chatbots using Natural Language Processing, but…