Here are five notes:
1. About 800 healthcare facilities are expected to participate in the CMS CJR payment model initiative, which puts economic incentives in place for hospitals to improve outcomes.
2. HealthLoop’s platform is designed to automate follow-up care by helping physicians send customized patient education information and reminders by email or text as patients recover from hospital visits.
3. HealthLoop claims to lower admissions by 25 percent.
4. Mr. Johnson said HealthLoop has at least 45 customers and is growing. Its customers include 90210 Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Health First in Rockledge, Fla. It has also worked with EHR providers such as Epic, Allscripts and athenahealth.
5. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., HealthLoop is a cloud-based patient engagement solution.
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