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ST. PAUL, MN & FRANKLIN, TN - December 19, 2018 - 3M today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the technology business of M*Modal, for a total enterprise value of $1.0 billion. M*Modal is a leading healthcare technology provider of cloud-based, conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered systems that help physicians efficiently capture and improve the patient narrative so they can spend more time with their patients and provide higher quality of care.
BURLINGTON, MA - December 18, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that it is honored to have its conversational artificial intelligence (AI)-powered clinical documentation solutions selected to help advance “Joy at Johns Hopkins Medicine,” a comprehensive, multi-year initiative developed and launched by Johns Hopkins Medicine to help combat clinician and caregiver burnout by enabling them to rediscover the true joy that comes from treating and healing patients.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – December 14, 2018 – Health Catalyst, Inc. has been named one of the “Best Companies to Work For” by Utah Business.
Mountain View, CA - December 13, 2018 - Zingbox today announced that University of Iowa Health Care has deployed Zingbox’s IoT Guardian to protect and monitor their network of connected medical devices.
SAN JOSE, CA - Dec. 12, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. today announced that Wake Forest Baptist Health deployed Vocera technology at a second hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health Davie Medical Center, to improve clinical workflows, enhance patient surveillance, and elevate patient and staff experience.
BURLINGTON, MA and DAYTONA BEACH, FL- December 11, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc and Halifax Health today announced that Nuance’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions have improved physician satisfaction and productivity, while advancing patient care. Halifax Health chose Nuance to augment its electronic health record (EHR) system with a suite of proven, AI-powered solutions to improve workflows for its physicians, CDI team and coders, while contributing to improved patient care, documentation quality, and the health network’s bottom line. Halifax Health was also ready to transition to a more clinically focused documentation improvement program to better engage physicians around quality initiatives, improve CDS team efficiency, and support its goal to achieve clinical documentation excellence.
Berksire, MA - December 10, 2018 - Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) recently signed to implement the intuitive and mobile web-based MEDITECH Expanse Enterprise Health Record (EHR) system. The organization will be adding MEDITECH Ambulatory and MEDITECH Acute Care solutions across its 225 physician practices.
SALT LAKE CITY and MIAMI - December 6, 2018 – Nicklaus Children’s Health System has selected Health Catalyst, Inc. to improve its revenue cycle management and optimize operations. Nicklaus Children’s will initially leverage Health Catalyst’s powerful, cloud-based Data Operating System (DOS™) to facilitate appropriate payment for services, and to better understand the costs of healthcare.
Springfield, VA - December 06, 2018 - Spok, Inc. announced a continued strategic partnership with Standard Communications, Inc. (SCI), a VA verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and trusted advisor for clinically focused solutions in the VA Healthcare System. The Spok Care Connect® clinical communication and collaboration platform improves staff efficiency and veteran care while adhering to the standards set by the VA in its Technical Reference Model (TRM).
SAN JOSE, CA - December 5, 2018 – Vocera Communications, Inc. today announced that its Experience Innovation Network has co-designed a new aim within its membership to drive global sustainable change across healthcare. For more than seven years, the Vocera Experience Innovation Network and its members have changed the dialogue in the industry by putting science behind the human experience and restoring human connections to healthcare. This fall network members, patients, clinician leaders, hospital executives, military representatives, and select partners began outlining the ideal standards for a future of caring.
Chicago, IL - Nov. 26, 2018 - At the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that, in less than one year since its introduction, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Marketplace for Diagnostic Imaging (“AI Marketplace”), the first workflow-integrated marketplace, has mobilized a collaborative community of developers, researchers and technology leaders to build, test, validate and share algorithms for radiology. The AI Marketplace now has more than 40 developers such as NVIDIA, Aidoc, Zebra Med, Aidence, Densitas, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and their Center for Clinical Data Science (CCDS). Nuance also is working with standards bodies, such as the American College of Radiology (ACR), to establish and apply application program interface (API) connectivity standards for the consumption of AI within radiology workflow, as well as electronic health records (EHRs), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and registries.
Developed by clinicians, the Diabetes Management Toolkit helps physicians, nurses, and other staff to deliver care that aligns with ADA guidelines and meets CMS quality reporting payment models Westwood, MA – November 29, 2018 – According to the CDC, diabetes — the seventh leading cause of death — affects more than 30 million people in... read moreNashville, TN - November 28, 2018 - Clearwater and CyberMDX have entered into a partnership to simplify and automate the identification, inventorying, assessment and risk analysis of networked medical devices, using Clearwater’s IRM|ProTM—an Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Software—and CyberMDX’s MDefend—a visibility and cybersecurity solution, powered by an AI and DPI engine, coupled with Clearwater’s professional services.
Costa Mesa, CA - November 27, 2018 - Today, systems exchange data and manage care gaps but that is not the purpose of the next generation of interoperability, instead it needs to focus on high-fidelity data and fluid near realtime accessibility.Hart, the leader of the movement that views Healthcare as a Service (HaaS), has secured Private Equity funding in its latest round to position it for market expansion. The round was led by Palisades Growth Capital as well as existing investors. The funding represents a clear milestone for the company to position it for market expansion as adoption for the company’s platform increases.
Burlington MA - November 27, 2018 - Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced the opening of its first European mobility user experience (UX) lab, the Design, Research, Innovation and Vehicle Experience (DRIVE) Lab, located in Saarbrücken, Germany at DFKI, one of the world’s largest AI research centers. The DRIVE Lab will study and drive innovation round mobility user experience, including the intersection of conversational artificial intelligence with non-verbal modalities such as gaze detection, emotional AI and augmented reality, with the goal of further humanizing the interaction between people and the digital ecosystem.
Chicago, IL - Nov. 25, 2018 - At the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) 104th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today introduced PowerScribe One, the next generation of the industry’s most widely used radiology reporting platform. Harnessing Nuance’s advanced natural language understanding capabilities and cloud technology, the PowerScribe One platform integrates access to artificial intelligence-powered (AI) diagnostic and decision-support tools to measurably improve workflow efficiency and accuracy.
Painesville, OH - November 20, 2018 - Dolbey and Company Inc. (Dolbey) Best in KLAS for Speech Recognition 2012-2016 and Category Leader – Front-end Speech Recognition for Imaging 2018 announced today that they have partnered with CLICKVIEW the leading provider of Digital Radiology Informatics reporting with Dolbey’s cloud-based speech recognition solution, Fusion Narrate™ powered by nVoq™.
Salt Lake City, UT - November 20, 2018 - Novarad Corporation, a leader in the development of medical imaging software, announced new mammography software, NovaMG-Pro, specifically for multi-modality radiologists that read mammography as well as non-mammography studies. By using the same workstation, a compatible PACS user interface and optimizing human performance engineering – radiologists become more efficient.
Burlington, MA - November 19, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced its intention to spin off its Automotive business segment into a new, independent, publicly traded company ("Nuance Auto"). The standalone entity will be a pure-play, next-generation automotive software company. Immediately following the transaction, which is expected to be completed before the end of fiscal 2019, Nuance shareholders will own shares of both companies. The transaction is intended to be tax-free to Nuance shareholders.
Burlington, MA - November 19, 2018 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2018 and fourth quarter ended September 30, 2018.
