Years ago, I came into healthcare in a roundabout way. I studied industrial engineering, the science of looking at processes and systems and understanding, even predicting, how they work together. Typically, industrial engineers proceed…
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What You Should Know: – Wellstar Health System and Augusta University Health System (AUHS) announced the launch of its unified health system. – AUHS will now be known locally as Wellstar MCG Health with…
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By Hannah Nelson
August 10, 2023 – Aetna, a CVS Health company, has awarded Georgia’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE) $200,000 for a pilot project to drive social determinants of health (SDOH) interoperability.
The Georgia Health Information…
EarliTec Dx, a medtech company based in Georgia, has developed the EarliPoint Evaluation System for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This common neurodevelopmental condition is often overlooked in affected children, leading to a lack of…
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By Mark Melchionna
July 13, 2023 – Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers used natural language processing (NLP), a type of artificial intelligence (AI), to enhance COVID-19 treatment through…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 30, 2023 – Georgia’s state-designated health information exchange (HIE), the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), has received a $1,000,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote rural healthcare services.
The…
Fuse Oncology, an oncology software solutions company, announces that it has officially closed an oversubscribed Series A. Among the largest contributors were Cone Health Ventures, of Greensboro, N.C., and Northeast Georgia Health Ventures (NGHV), of Gainesville,…
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Addiction-focused behavioral health provider Praesum Healthcare announced a partnership with ObservSMART to utilize its wearable device and staff tablet to perform patient checks on noncompliant patient populations. ObservSMART offers patented, tamper-resistant wearables that help providers…
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By Hannah Nelson
June 16, 2023 – HI-BRIDGE HIE has partnered with health IT vendor Innovar to improve EHR interoperability.
HI-BRIDGE HIE is an independent regional information exchange established through the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse…
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Emory Healthcare and DispatchHealth collaborate to offer patients a new option to receive convenient and safe follow-up and/or high acuity medical care in the comfort of their own homes. The collaboration is…
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