Mergers & Acquisitions
Despite his high profile and the deep pockets of its investors, the Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase joint venture has so far shown limited progress on its aspirational tech-driven healthcare goals.
Hospital revenues fell 13% in March due to COVID-19, according to the company's flash report.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the important role that population health management plays in ensuring healthcare organizations have accurate, up-to-date patient information to guide decision-making," said MAeHC CEO Tripathi.
The analytics company says the technology expertise of MAeHC, whose CEO Micky Tripathi will join Arcadia's leadership team, will help it expand its interoperability offerings for population health management
The company says the acquisition will bolster the its existing quality and regulatory measures capabilities, due in part to Able Health SaaS application, which automates measures reporting.
Artificial intelligence will also continue to be a big focus, as it becomes more clear which startups are succeeding in their initial target sectors. VCs are also eyeing genomics analytics tools, as well as other more practical technologies.
Masimo, the maker of monitoring technologies and connectivity tools for hospitals, announced this week that it will acquire the connected care assets of NantHealth for $47.25 million in cash.
The company says CareCloud’s integrated clinical and financial tools will help it offer its healthcare customers more ways to streamline physician workflows, improve patient outcomes and increase practice profitability.
What's more, 30-day mortality and readmission rates stayed largely the same at acquired facilities.
The consulting giant issued a forward-looking report in January 2019. Healthcare IT News went back to see what the report’s key issues look like at year’s end.
Athenahealth CEO Bob Segert
After a challenging few years marked (to put it mildly) by "lots of change," the chief executive describes athena's goals for product integration, SaaS innovation and client service now that its new leadership team is in place.
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