Health Catalyst Acquires Electronic Registry Systems
Salt Lake City, Utah-based Health Catalyst announced that it has acquired Electronic Registry Systems (ERS) in Cincinnati, Ohio. ERS has been providing cancer registry compliance and informatics services since 1989 and is widely recognized for its flagship platform solution, CRStar. Specifically designed for Certified Tumor Registrars, the CRStar platform records and reports vital cancer patient information to oncology registries. Health Catalyst is a data warehousing, analytics and outcomes-improvement company that helps healthcare organizations of all sizes perform the clinical, financial and operational reporting and analysis needed for population health and accountable... Read More »
Telemedicine Surge Drives Increased EHR Utilization, New Study From JAMA Reveals
In a recently published report in JAMA Internal Medicine, A. Jay Holmgren, PhD, and colleagues explore the relationship between the increasing adoption of telemedicine and key indicators of electronic health record (EHR) utilization among ambulatory physicians. Over a period of 115 weeks, the study observed 1,052 ambulatory physicians at a major academic medical center, providing a robust dataset of 35,697 physician-week observations. The aim of the study was to investigate how telemedicine utilization influenced physician EHR engagement and patient messaging volume in the ambulatory healthcare setting. There has been an increase in telehealth M&A this year. While most eHealth... Read More »
TT Capital Partners Announces Investment in Cantata Health Solutions
Minneapolis-based TT Capital Partners has announced a majority investment in Cantata Health Solutions, headquartered in Austin, Texas. Cantata Health Solutions provides healthcare technology solutions for organizations in behavioral health, human services, acute care and post-acute care. Cantata offers a complete platform, including an integrated electronic health records system, revenue cycle management and a suite of clinical solutions that are fully configurable. Cantata is installed in more than 280 healthcare facilities across 45 states, as well as Canada, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Guam. TT Capital Partners is a leading healthcare private equity investor, providing... Read More »
MEDICE Health Family Acquires femfeel
On October 14, MEDICE Health Family announced its acquisition of the telehealth app, femfeel. Based in Munich, Germany, femfeel is a digital platform designed to support patients through menopause. It offers a comprehensive suite of resources, that includes education about menopause, a symptom tracker and evaluation tool. It also connects patients to medical professionals. MEDICE Health Family is a pharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Iserlohn, Germany. Through various portfolio companies, its products provide care for ADHD in adults, anemia, bladder disfunction, insomnia and nephrology. medigital serves as MEDICE’s digital health competency center. This... Read More »
