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VirtualHealth, the leading provider of population health and care management technologies, announced today that its CEO, Adam Sabloff, will join an industry panel at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference to share insights on how private equity investors should approach the rapidly growing digital health industry. Sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery and EY, the invitation-only Leaders Forum—“Smart Health Care Services Investing”— will take place on January 9, 2018 from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco.

Throughout the healthcare system, payers are shifting away from payment models that incentivize volume of services to models that incentivize quality, outcomes, and savings. Efforts to transform healthcare through value-based payment reform can be seen in state Medicaid managed care contracts that incentivize outcomes, delivery system reform efforts under Medicaid demonstration projects, State Innovation Model (SIM) efforts that seek to implement reforms across public and commercial markets, and Medicare’s new quality payment program established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).

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FacilityONE Technologies, LLC, which provides a cloud-based Facility Information Solution (FIS) that enhances a building’s functional and economic lifespan and boosts employee productivity, announced today it has seated a new Board of Directors. Chairing the newly appointed board is Chandler Rapson, who brings approximately 15 years of healthcare, insurance and financial industry experience to his role guiding the asset management firm’s strategic direction.

VUCA Health announced today that Publix Specialty Pharmacy, a branch of the largest employee-owned grocery chain in the United States, will implement a subset of VUCA’s specialty medication-specific video library to improve patient education and medication adherence. In doing so, customers of Publix Specialty Pharmacy will have access to a user-friendly platform containing on-demand, prescription-specific videos based on their individual medication profiles.

Antimicrobial stewardship is receiving unprecedented national and international focus. Healthcare organizations that have not implemented impactful, sustainable initiatives to combat drug-resistant infections will soon have to bolster efforts as numerous U.S. regulatory initiatives converge to prioritize improvement.

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FacilityONE Technologies, LLC, which provides a cloud-based Facility Information Solution (FIS) that enhances a building’s functional and economic lifespan and boosts employee productivity, announced today the appointment of Cathy Powell-Voigt as Executive Chair. She brings more than two decades of executive experience in managing and growing technology operations and value-based business strategies to her role with the asset management solutions firm.

FacilityONE has relaunched as FacilityONE Technologies, LLC following its acquisition by RainMaker Partners. The Louisville, Ky.-based facility asset management software company will leverage the resources available as one of Rainmaker’s portfolio companies to expand its reach in the healthcare sector.

VUCA Health announced today that it has created a Medication Therapy Management (MTM) video that will be available at no cost to pharmacists and health plans through the month of October - National Pharmacists' Month. The video, which can be accessed by visiting http://rxtips.medsoncue.com/mtm, highlights the importance of scheduling an annual comprehensive medication review for those patients dealing with chronic conditions.

The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that it has been recognized by this year’s Fierce Innovation Awards: Healthcare Edition, a unique awards program from the publisher of FierceHealthcare, FierceHealthIT and FierceMobileHealthPayer. Wolters Kluwer’s clinical surveillance product, POC Advisor™, received top honors in the “Clinical Information Management” category as well as an overall award of “Best in Show: Fiercest Cost-Saving Solution.”

Just Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized leader in patient matching and health information data integrity and management, announced today that two experts from Just Associates will be presenting as part of the 88^th Annual AHIMA Convention and Exhibit, taking place in Baltimore October 15-19, 2016.

Wolters Kluwer Health announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Emmi Solutions (Emmi), one of the leading U.S. providers of patient engagement solutions, for $170 million in cash.

Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced the addition of an innovative quizzing component for its recently released Patient Teaching Navigator add-on to Lippincott Advisor. By helping bedside clinicians more effectively communicate with and educate patients and families about their hospitalization and treatments, Lippincott Advisor Patient Teaching Navigator increases patient satisfaction and, subsequently, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores.

OncoTAb, Inc., a University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) spin-out company, announced it has been awarded $300,000 by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to initiate development of a targeted radionuclide therapy for triple negative breast cancer. In addition to preclinical work, the company will continue developing its patented antibody for therapeutic use in humans under this award.

Unless you’re off the grid, your email box is full of newsletters and news stories focused on the patient matching conundrum. Trying to solve our country’s patient identification woes has many highly respected healthcare experts talking about this billion-dollar problem—some even going so far as to put their money where their mouth is.

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In 2016, it's not uncommon for individuals to juggle dozens of social media accounts and provide information ranging from email to home address and phone number with many transactions — some even unlock their smartphones with thumbprints. In a climate where individuals so readily link themselves to digital identities in so many ways, it's surprising that hospitals still have a such a difficult time properly identifying patients and matching them to medical records.

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