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Harmony Healthcare IT Announces Acquisition of Trinisys

Healthcare IT Today

Harmony Healthcare IT, founded in 2006, is known for its pioneering offering including HealthData Platform , an enterprise-wide, cloud-hosted infrastructure that moves and secures patient, employee, and business records for healthcare delivery organizations.

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Medicare Advantage enrollment has exploded since 2006. But policy hasn't kept up, researchers warn

FierceHealthIT

Medicare Advantage enrollment has exploded since 2006. But policy hasn't kept up, researchers warn fdiamond Thu, 02/09/2023 - 15:41

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Best Buy acquires aging in place tech company GreatCall for $800M

Mobi Health News

San Diego-based GreatCall — an old guard digital health company which started out making smartphones for seniors in 2006 but now offers a suite of connected safety products and services for aging in place individuals — has been acquired by retail chain Best Buy for $800 million.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

In 2006 the Medicare Part D program was implemented, covering older Americans for prescription drugs for the first time. Fast-forward through the 1990s and the advent of PBMs — pharmacy benefit management companies — the intermediaries managing drug benefits for health insurance plans.

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OSF HealthCare President Sister Diane Marie McGrew dies at 57

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McGrew had served as president of the 16-hospital Franciscan health system since 2006, and also held longstanding roles on its various boards. Sister Diane Marie McGrew, president of the OSF HealthCare, died on Sunday. No plans for her succession have been disclosed.

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Telehealth can improve cancer care in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" In 2006, Dr. Laurence J. Researchers found that total new patient visits increased from 60 in 2006 to 506 in 2008, with 62% of patients in 2018 coming from zip codes outside of the primary catchment area. Heifetz established what is now the Gene Upshaw Memorial Tahoe Forest Cancer Center in Truckee, California.

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eHealth Exchange is Promoting Health Record Sharing, Past and Future

Healthcare IT Today

Nakashima presents an interesting history of eHealth Exchange (originally named the National Health Information Network), including how close it came to being shut down after it first demonstrated in 2006 that the electronic exchange of patient documents was feasible. It is still around and thriving as a non-profit.

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