ACO News

  1. Explorys Launches First Big Data-Powered Benchmarking Network To Prepare Leading Healthcare Systems For Value-Based Care Economy 3/4/2013

    Explorys, the leader in big data-driven healthcare transformation, recently announced the release of its new National Benchmark offering, which provides comparative metrics across more than 92 billion clinical, financial, and operational data facts spanning the continuum of care for 13 integrated delivery networks, 120 hospitals, and over 100,000 providers providing over $30B in care annually across the United States.

  2. Healthcare Information Xchange Of New York (HIXNY) Leverages Intersystems Healthshare To Increase Provider Adoption, Community Engagement 3/4/2013

    InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that the Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) has leveraged the InterSystems HealthShare strategic informatics platform to achieve electronic health record (EHR) interoperability, which has resulted in a significant increase in provider adoption. In 2012, a total of 421 organizations - 23 hospitals and 398 practices - connected to HIXNY.

  3. Baycare Health Partners And Baystate Health Select InterSystems HealthShare As Strategic Informatics Platform For Coordinating Community Engagement 3/4/2013

    InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that Massachusetts-based Baycare Health Partners and Baystate Health have selected InterSystems HealthShare as their strategic informatics platform for an innovative, new regional health information exchange (HIE). 

  4. Get Real Health Excited To Be An Integral Part Of Tribridge Care Coordination 3/4/2013

    The healthcare industry’s efforts to better manage patient populations in order to reduce readmissions for major chronic conditions took a big leap forward with Tribridge’s decision to integrate Get Real Health’s InstantPHR as the comprehensive patient engagement platform for its Tribridge Care Coordination solution.

  5. Virtua Selects Tribridge Consulting Services For Accountable Care Organization Initiative 3/1/2013

    Tribridge, a leading U.S.-based IT services and business consulting firm, recently announced that Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua, the largest healthcare provider in southern New Jersey, has selected Tribridge consulting services to assist with administrative functions of its care coordination program, including its Accountable Care Organization (ACO).

  6. Memorial Hermann Reports Widespread Success With HealthPost Patient Booking Solution 2/28/2013

    HealthPost Inc., a global search and booking platform that is reinventing access to healthcare across the broader ecosystem, announced recently that Memorial Hermann Health System, the largest not-for-profit health system in southeast Texas, has successfully booked tens of thousands of online appointments in its first year using HealthPost's enterprise search and booking platform.

  7. AMC Health Offers First Money-Back Guarantee To Reduce 30-Day Readmissions By Double Digits Within 90 Days 2/28/2013

    AMC Health, a leading provider of telehealth solutions, recently announced that it will offer hospitals, health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), home health agencies and other customers a money-back guarantee on their multi-faceted program to reduce hospital readmissions for high-risk patients.

  8. St. Vincent's Health Partners, Inc. Selects McKesson To Help Reduce Risk And Drive Better Health 2/28/2013

    St. Vincent’s Health Partners (SVHP), an independent physician-hospital organization (PHO), has chosen two new McKesson solutions to help its organization manage the health of high-risk populations in its southwest Connecticut community.

  9. Northeast Georgia Health System Chooses Paragon To Support Quest For Excellence Program 2/28/2013

    Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) will make the move to McKesson’s Microsoft-based Paragon hospital information system (HIS) to support its ambitious Quest for Excellence program, aimed at driving process improvements and achieving better clinical, operational and financial outcomes.

  10. First Recipient Selected In McKesson $1M EHR Giveaway 2/27/2013

    McKesson announced recently that the Bread of Healing Clinic of Milwaukee, Wis. is the first recipient of its McKesson Practice Choice electronic health record (EHR) software as part of the McKesson Gives Back initiative.