Texas Health Resources connects with HIE for real-time patient data
Texas Health Resources has gone live with a health information exchange connecting the regions of North, South and West Texas, joining 32 other healthcare organizations in the Lone Star State.The HIE,...
View ArticleNYP-Weill Cornell telehealth program slashes ER times for patients with minor...
On July 15, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital launched the NYP-Weill Cornell ED Telehealth Express Care Service. Today, just two months later, the organization has enrolled 100 patients and slashed the...
View ArticleOpenNotes announces advisory board to guide growth in patient engagement efforts
OpenNotes has enlisted 10 experts from across the healthcare industry to serve as founding members of the OpenNotes Advisory Board.These professional advocates for patient engagement and experts in...
View ArticleCMS: Hospital readmission rates fell by 8 percent in 49 states, DC
Between 2010 and 2015, all states except Vermont saw Medicare 30-day readmission rates fall, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data released Tuesday.Hospital readmission rates...
View ArticleCMS to build central repository to help with meaningful use public health...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching a central data repository for public health agency and clinical data registry reporting.The database, set to be completed by 2017, will help...
View ArticleFDA launches app competition to help connect opioid overdoses with naloxone
"Picture this," said Peter Lurie, MD, associate commissioner for public health strategy and analysis at the FDA, during a Sept. 19 press conference. "You have a man or woman in apartment 2A who's...
View ArticleWhat will augmented and virtual reality technology do for healthcare?
Augmented reality, the technology behind this summer's popular game app, Pokémon GO, and virtual reality – popularized by the Oculus Rift gaming headset – are poised to reshape patient therapy and...
View ArticleChan Zuckerberg Initiative to invest $3 billion toward a bold goal: 'cure all...
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, led by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, MD, will invest $3 billion over the next 10 years in an effort to prevent, manage or cure all...
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IBM X-Force Research: Cyber Threat Intelligence Infographic
Sponsor: IBMPrimary topic: Privacy & SecurityTopic: Privacy & SecurityQuality and SafetyResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
View ArticleCMS gives $347 million to 16 organizations to counter HAIs, readmissions
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded $347 million to 16 national, regional or state hospital associations, quality improvement organizations and health systems to continue efforts in...
View ArticleHawaii Pacific Health lands HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award
One of the largest healthcare providers in Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific Health, was named a 2016 HIMSS Enterprise Davies Award recipient, making it the only the second two-time winner of the award since the...
View ArticleRethinking clinical documentation for the EHR era
Shaun Grannis, MD, can relate to the recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine showing that physicians spend 37 percent of their time on clinical documentation in their electronic health...
View Article'Science geek' Obama dives into AI, precision medicine at Frontiers Conference
At the first White House Frontiers Conference held at the University of Pittsburgh, Barack Obama proved while he only has three and half months left as president he wants to solidify the administration...
View ArticleRegenstrief Institute selects Ohio State’s Peter Embi for CEO post
Peter J. Embi, MD, will take the reins as president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute in December, the Institute officials announced on Tuesday.Embi, an internationally recognized expert in...
View ArticleIntermountain Healthcare doubles down on precision medicine with launch of...
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has launched Navican Genomics, a research and testing startup to speed progress in precision medicine.The new company’s mission is to help physicians at...
View ArticleMayo Clinic, ASU launch quality and cost model for healthcare research and...
On Friday, the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic announced a formal partnership to launch a medical certificate program at the clinic's new medical school in Scottsdale that...
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How community crowdsourcing can help accelerate healthcare analytics advances
In a healthcare industry where data is a valuable strategic asset – often zealously hoarded and protected – Benson S. Hsu, MD, vice president, enterprise data and analytics at Sioux Falls, South...
View ArticleIBM Watson, Teva partnership to create new medicines, tackle chronic diseases
IBM Watson and pharmaceutical company Teva will expand their existing global eHealth alliance to focus on two key healthcare challenges: The discovery of new treatment options and improving chronic...
View ArticleFDA slams 12 hospitals for failing to disclose death or injuries linked to...
Federal regulators said 12 U.S. hospitals, including well-known medical centers in Los Angeles, Boston and New York, failed to promptly report patient deaths or injuries linked to medical devices.The...
View ArticleRepealing ACA would leave more Americans uninsured, says former ONC chief
What would happen if we repealed the Affordable Care Act? David Blumenthal, MD, president of the Commonwealth Fund, told attendees at Maine Health Management Coalition and Maine Medical Association...
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