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Aethon

AliphCom (dba Jawbone)

AristaMD

Atigeo, Inc

BioImagene

Cedar Gate Technologies

Cofactor Genomics, Inc.

Emageon (NASD:EMAG)

GetWellNetwork, Inc

HealthMyne, Inc.

Ingenious Med, Inc.

Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc.

MedVentive

Millennium Pharmacy Systems

Novasys Medical

Olive, Inc.

OmniCell (NASD:OMCL)

Owl Inisghts, Inc.

Phreesia

Quantros, Inc.

Radianse

reputation.com

Syapse

VisitPay

Vivify Health

Voalte, Inc.

Zipnosis, Inc.

Advanced Practice Strategies

www.aps-web.com

Advanced Practice Strategies provides e-learning solutions for providers and payers seeking to increase patient safety and better manage liability exposure in high-risk areas. The company also provides litigation support services to providers, leveraging its medical illustration expertise to develop visual strategies that educate the jury in complex medical and technical matters.

Aethon

www.aethon.com

Aethon is a logistics and workflow solutions company that manufactures an autonomous mobile robot that automates supply chain across a broad range of functions including pharmacy, supplies, meals, linen, and waste removal.  Its solutions help hospitals to lower costs, optimize processes, improve asset utilization, and ensure regulatory compliance.

AliphCom (dba Jawbone)

www.bodymedia.com

Bodymedia is the developer of the leading on-body monitoring system. It
was acquired by AliphCom (dba Jawbone) in 2013.
 

AristaMD

www.aristamd.com

AristaMD is an asynchronous telemedicine platform that enables primary care physicians (“PCPs”) to manage complex specialty care through e-consults.

Atigeo, Inc

www.atigeo.com

Atigeo is a compassionate technology company for a wiser world. The xPatterns™ platform, Atigeo’s flagship big data analytics product, generates knowledge from all available data and empowers healthcare organizations and other industries to discover previously unforeseen insights, predict outcomes, and mitigate risks.

BioImagene

www.bioimagene.com

BioImagene was acquired by Ventana Medical Systems in 2010, a member of the Roche Group.  BioImagene provided innovative and scalable digital pathology solutions for clinical diagnostics and drug discovery.

Cedar Gate Technologies

www.cedargate.com

Cedar Gate Technologies (Cedar Gate) is a leading value-based care performance management company founded in 2014 by David B. Snow Jr., a nationally recognized Fortune 50 CEO, in partnership with GTCR, a leading Chicago based private equity firm. In 2018 Ascension Ventures, a strategic healthcare venture firm, became part of the ownership group. Cedar Gate provides high-performance advisory, analytic and operating system solutions to help providers, payers and self-insured employers manage and exceed the performance thresholds of any value-based care contract and program. To date, Cedar Gate systems have identified $3.9 billion in additional value-based care opportunities of which over $925 million is in the process of being actioned. Through its acquisition of Global Healthcare Alliance (GHA) in 2018, Cedar Gate became the leading provider of prospective bundled payment programs and now provides clients with a full suite of strategic and operational capabilities, including a proprietary claims processing and payment system that has processed more than 2.25 million distinct bundles.

Cofactor Genomics, Inc.

https://cofactorgenomics.com/

Cofactor Genomics uses RNA to help researchers and clinicians understand, diagnose, and predict drug response for the 95% of disease that can be assessed. Cofactor has built a proprietary platform capable of overcoming the chemical and computational challenges of performing complex RNA fingerprint analysis on clinical-grade human samples and is in the process of commercializing a suite of clinical diagnostic assays targeting oncologic, immunologic, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Emageon (NASD:EMAG)

www.emageon.com

Emageon (NASD: EMAG) completed an initial public offering in 2005 and was subsequently acquired by Amicas, Inc. Emageon provided DICOM standard visualization, archiving and workflow software used to manage images and create an enterprise visual medical record.

GetWellNetwork, Inc

www.GetWellNetwork.com

GetWellNetwork, Inc.® provides patient engagement solutions that help healthcare providers engage, educate and empower patients along the care continuum. Our patient-centered platform, delivered across multiple technology platforms including mobile devices, computers and televisions, enables providers to implement a revolutionary care delivery model called Interactive Patient Care™ to improve performance and patient outcomes. The company further extends the value of existing IT investments by integrating seamlessly with electronic medical record and patient portal applications. GetWellNetwork is recognized by KLAS® as the leader in the Interactive Patient Systems category and exclusively endorsed by the American Hospital Association.
 
 
 
 
 

HealthMyne, Inc.

https://www.healthmyne.com/

HealthMyne’s proprietary algorithms automate the extraction of quantitative imaging metrics at the Point-of-Read, greatly reducing inter- and intra-reader variability and making evidence-based metrics available at the Point-of-Care. These volumetric measurements are combined with clinical information from the EMR, PACS, Radiation Therapy and other systems to drive transformed CDS workflow modules (Cancer Screening, Tumor Board Management, Clinical Trials/Therapy Response Assessment, Incidental Findings, Thoracic Specialty, others), actionable quantitative reports, and an integrated imaging and clinical patient-centric dashboard to impact daily patient management decisions.

Ingenious Med, Inc.

www.ingeniousmed.com

Ingenious Med provides the leading patient encounter platform, a cloud based, Web and mobile point-of-care solution that automates the workflow of care teams in the areas of care coordination, charge capture, and advanced analytics. Ingenious Med continues to break new ground, developing useful, useable solutions to increase the quality of care, protect and bolster revenue, and most importantly of all, put physicians’ time where it is needed most: with their patients.
 

Intelligent Medical Objects, Inc.

www.e-imo.com

 IMO is the leading provider of medical terminology content and services supporting clinical workflows. IMO’s solutions enable clinicians to quickly and accurately find diagnoses and problems using highly granular, clinically meaningful terms. The result is more precise documentation, increased EHR utilization and greater physician satisfaction.

MedVentive

www.medventive.com

MedVentive was acquired by McKesson (NYSE:MCK) in 2012 and is part of that larger organization. MedVentive is a leader in risk management and population management solutions for provider organizations and managed care plans.  

Millennium Pharmacy Systems

www.mpsrx.com

Millennium Pharmacy Systems has developed a proven medication management and delivery system that provides a total pharmacy solution for long-term providers.

Novasys Medical

www.novasysmedical.com

Novasys Medical, Inc. is a privately held, venture-backed company which develops innovative therapies in women’s health. The company’s Renessa System is a proprietary, non-surgical approach to the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women.

Olive, Inc.

https://hireolive.com/

Olive is a healthcare-specific artificial intelligence and process automation company that empowers healthcare organizations to improve efficiency and patient care while reducing costly administrative errors. Its eponymous AI solution, Olive, acts as the intelligent router between systems and data by automating repetitive, high-volume tasks and workflows, providing true interoperability. Olive has helped healthcare organizations reduce data and billing errors, eliminate denials for no coverage, improve cash collections by reducing days in A/R, and more.

OmniCell (NASD:OMCL)

www.omnicell.com

Omnicell is a leading supplier of comprehensive automation and business analytics software solutions for patient-centric medication and supply management across the entire healthcare continuum, from the acute care hospital setting to post-acute skilled nursing and long-term care facilities to the home.

Owl Inisghts, Inc.

https://www.owlinsights.com/

Owl Insights has developed a platform for using clinically validated, evidence-based measures to improve mental and behavioral health patient outcomes across multiple care settings.

Phreesia

www.phreesia.com

Phreesia is the national leader in patient check-in. By automating patient intake, Phreesia allows medical practices to conveniently effortlessly collect comprehensive patient information, verify insurance in real time, and collect payments both at the point of care and outside of the office. Phreesia delivers fully interactive content direct to patients and is designed to interface with clinicians' existing and future technology. Phreesia is committed to enhancing the patient experience and enabling clinicians to stay at the forefront of patient care.

Quantros, Inc.

quantros.com

Quantros is a leading provider of software and services to advance patient safety and healthcare quality performance. Its Software-as a-Service (SaaS)-based applications help over 2,000 healthcare facilities improve their care environment, risk management and financial performance.
 

Radianse

www.radianse.com

Radianse is the leading provider of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) for healthcare, providing comprehensive intelligent solutions built on a solid foundation proven to deliver accuracy, scalability and reliability.

reputation.com

https://www.reputation.com

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Reputation.com delivers an all-in-one SaaS platform that helps businesses:
• Monitor and respond to patient feedback easily -- on Google, Facebook, Yelp and dozens of specialty review sites -- from a single platform
• Request reviews and surveys from all patients, via browser, mobile or SMS -- to generate more representative star ratings and reviews
• Operate better -- identifying ways to improve the patient experience -- to drive retention, repeat visits and revenue
The company created the Online Reputation Management category in 2006, and now helps over 224,000 locations and professionals in 77 industries manage over 20 million reviews, enlist the voice of the patient, and attract more business
 

Syapse

http://www.syapse.com/

Syapse provides a Precision Medicine Platform, which is a comprehensive software suite used by leading academic and community health systems to support the clinical implementation of oncology precision medicine. This category-defining platform enables clinical and genomic data integration, decision support, care coordination, and quality improvement at point-of-care.

VisitPay

www.visitpay.com

 VisitPay is the first and only platform for Patient Financial Health. The culmination of seven years development in user-driven software design, predictive analytics and consumer finance, VisitPay enables hospitals and health systems to dramatically increase yield on patient balances while giving patients an easy to use experience that allows them to take control of their financial health.

Vivify Health

www.vivifyhealth.com

The Vivify remote care management platform empowers hospitals, home health agencies, and other stakeholders to accomplish population health objectives, including reducing readmissions, managing chronic disease, improving care transitions, and engaging patients in their own well-being. The SaaS platform delivers direct-to-consumer care, including customized care plans, coaching, educational video content, and interactive videoconferencing and aggregates in-home health status and vital signs, automatically transmitting that data to providers and caregivers.
 

Voalte, Inc.

voalte.com

Voalte develops smartphone alternatives that simplify caregiver communication. As the only company to offer a comprehensive Mobile Communication Strategy, Voalte enables care teams inside and outside the hospital to access and exchange information securely. Voalte customers benefit from a solid smartphone infrastructure that supports their existing systems and expands to accommodate future technologies.

Zipnosis, Inc.

https://www.zipnosis.com/

 Zipnosis provides health systems with a white-labeled, fully integrated telemedicine platform, treating patients through video, telephone, adaptive online interviews, and smart triage – complete with available pharmacy and lab integration.

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