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Practice Fusion veterans, including former chief executive Ryan Howard, on Tuesday announced a new company called iBeat.

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Putting patients at the center of preventing mortality from blood clots, and being more aware of them in recognizing their onset, is key to stemming the disease burden. We can do more to engage with information, tools and other patients and programs to help monitor this condition.

Marc Harrison, MD, will replace current CEO Charles Sorenson, who intends to stay on and work with Intermountain’s Healthcare Leadership Institute. 

Networks are aiding medical practices and community health centers to prepare for population health and value-based reimbursement, executive director Debra Simmons says.

The new application programming interface enables information exchange in a similar way to Apple HealthKit, the company says. 

Making the healthcare system more patient-centered is the disruption the industry needs, said David Feinberg, MD.

At Healthcare IT News' inaugural Pop Health Forum 2016 in Boston May 19 and 20, clinicians, technology professionals and healthcare experts from across the country are gathered to explore the key enablers of effective population health management strategies: data and analytics, care coordination, patient engagement and more. Check back here for continuous updates.

Proponents of virtual care say it is the wave of the future. But while the healthcare industry might not find much disagreement with the practice in theory, it is in the potential limitations that skeptics might find flaws.

The platform has the potential to create a national virtual healthcare system, American Well chief Roy Schoenberg says.