Here are 11 recent health information technology vendor contracts and go-lives affecting healthcare organizations.
1. Cleveland Clinic and American Well will launch a joint venture digital health company to offer virtual care from the health system's specialists delivered via the telehealth provider's platform, according to an Oct. 21 news release.
2. Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center rolled out a pilot at select facilities this month of OpenNotes, an international movement that aims to encourage providers to share clinical notes with patients.
3. New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System announced a pilot program in partnership with genomics company Color to integrate genomic insights into standard clinical care.
4. Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center announced Oct. 21 that it has released a new mobile health app from C Spire Health designed to treat patients with non-emergency conditions.
5. Houston Methodist has formed an "innovation relationship" with Notable Health to connect the patient experience and provider workflows within a single artificial intelligence-powered platform, the organizations announced Oct. 22.
6. Department of Defense and Philips are developing artificial intelligence technology that can identify infection more than 48 hours before the patient begins to exhibit symptoms.
7. Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center deployed a new patient portal that allows patients to access their health information from the hospital's Meditech EHR online.
8. Winston Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is using artificial intelligence-powered technology from Viz.AI to help physicians identify and treat acute ischemic strokes more quickly.
9. Verily has partnered with the VA Palo Alto (Calif.) Health Care System and Newton, Mass.-based Atrius Health to develop data-driven solutions to challenges in population health and care delivery, the Alphabet life sciences subsidiary announced Oct. 24.
10. Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center will deploy a single sign-on patient portal from Epic in early 2020.
11. Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the agency that oversees the state's Medicaid program, rolled out an expansion of its virtual medication program through Arine's technology platform.