One doesn’t need to be a doctor, economist, or academic to recognize that healthcare is fundamentally broken in the U.S. Waiting in a clinic for a 20-minute discussion with a doctor who is running late (without knowing what the visit will cost) has become customary.
It’s also common to be discharged from a hospital feeling exhausted and stressed, due to a ballooning healthcare bill (yet patients...
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare has acquired Patient Pattern, a value-based care electronic health record and integrated care management platform.
Patient Pattern works with Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans, PACE programs and ACO REACH participants.
The New York-based company offers Care Coach, a workflow management program to help organizations manage fee-for-service and...
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare announced a strategic collaboration with Pfizer to share its real-world data on seniors.
The cloud-based software company focused on elder care covers the long-term and post-acute care market. PointClickCare will provide Pfizer with real-world data insights that specifically represent older adults, especially those in long-term care facilities, to help...
Canadian health tech company PointClickCare launched Virtual Health, a telemedicine service for skilled nursing facilities that offers 24/7 access to hospitalists.
Virtual Health is being implemented in more than half of U.S. states with the assistance of its partner, Sound Physicians, a physician partner to hospitals, health plans, physician groups and post-acute providers.
"Telehealth is no...
Digital collaboration and insights company PointClickCare announced its plans to purchase health IT company Audacious Inquiry for an undisclosed sum.
Audacious Inquiry has a number of services focused on care coordination. Its "Encounter Notification Service" helps notify care teams when a patient gets admitted or discharged from the hospital. Its software offerings also includes a "Proactive...
PointClickCare Technologies, a company focused on cloud-based software technology for the long-term and post-acute care market, today announced plans to acquire the cross-continuum coordinated care platform Collective Medical.
Together, the two companies will provide healthcare teams across the acute, ambulatory and post-acute care settings with access to real-time patient data at any stage of a...
This morning, PointClickCare announced a new mobile app dubbed the PointClickCare Companion, designed to help senior living providers track and manage the delivery of their services and medications. It is also aimed at making the billing process easier.
The new tool, which lets caregivers access patient information on an iPhone or iPad, is intended to be integrated with the PointClick Care EHR....
This afternoon senior-focused EHR and health software company PointClickCare Technologies announced that it has acquired post-acute care management company QuickMar.
As part of the deal, PointClick Care will control QuickMar’s signature product, the CareSuite Manager. The system includes an EHR and electronic medication administration record (eMAR) that is targeted at post-acute care centers....
Digital wound care company Swift Medical has just announced that it has secured $11.6 million in a Series A funding round led by Data Collective in Palo Alto, California, with participation from Montreal-based Real Ventures, Relay Ventures in Toronto, DHVC in Palo Alto, and Business Development Bank of Canadian Montreal.
“This growth funding enables us to expand our reach and bring Swift’s...
Polar opens up API
Fitness wearable maker Polar has launched an open API for developers for the first time, Wareable reports. The API, called Polar Open AccessLink, will allow other apps to access training and activity data from Polar devices, with permission from users. Vitality, TechnoGym, HeaiHeai, and Validic have all announced that they will interface with AccessLink.
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