Forget the “sky’s the limit.” Google is reaching for the moon when it comes to healthcare innovation.
Call it bold. Call it ambitious. But one thing you can’t call Google’s recent foray into healthcare innovation is, well, subtle. With a mission to make “The world’s information useful,” and capitalize on its big-data prowess, Google is preparing to carve a serious space for itself in healthcare—right between data-enriched innovation and research revelation.
It seems like the
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Supply Chain: Can It Help Providers Meet Meaningful Use?
Lest we forget, asset productivity is a multi-million dollar blind spot. Cohealo’s Mark Slaughter explains why a quantified supply chain matters when talking about meaningful use.
How will Stage 3 of meaningful use (MU) explicitly improve financial and clinical outcomes? That’s the question stirring the pot in healthcare, along with provider speculation that ONC’s (Office of National Coordinatior’s) well-meaning MU program needs changing (at all stages) to create meaningful impact.
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Validic’s CTO Talks the Value of Open Data in Healthcare
The future of harnessing inteoperability and open data in healthcare is promising if you’re open to embracing it. Validic's Drew Schiller explains why.
The tsunami that is big data is cresting in healthcare right now. While that wave is on the horizon, healthcare providers are scrambling to figure out how they are going to survive the surge and ride the tide to their benefit. Let’s remove the poetic metaphor for a moment and talk about the reality of what’s needed to achieve that ideal: what
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15 Influential ePatients and Patient Advocates to Follow
Whether its public speaking, blogging, or tweeting, these empowered ePatient and patient advocates are changing the way we think about our role in healthcare.
If you’ve read our in-depth analysis on the Rise of the ePatient Movement, then you already know we have given careful consideration to “the what” propelling patient empowerment, but what about “the who?”After all, it’s patients who have used mobile technologies and social media outlets to tell their stories—who use apps and Internet
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5 HIPAA Hurdles for Health App Developers
What will it take for health app developers to achieve HIPAA compliance and protect your personal health data? Medable's CEO Dr. Michelle Longmire explains.
What happens when personal data pervades healthcare to the point that it requires HIPAA-compliant protections? That was the question asked ‘round the healthcare world when Apple released its HealthKit platform in September. While Apple is striving to connect its consumer products within the clinical world, app developers are both
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DoctorBase CEO Talks Health Tech Entrepreneur Hardships
DoctorBase’s CEO John Kim shares lessons learned and explains why it takes more than experience for health tech entrepreneurs to find success in the health tech industry.
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Bobby Grajewski, President of Edison Nation Medical Talks Healthcare Innovation
It only takes an imagination to create an idea. But to bring an idea to life, it takes much more, especially in healthcare. That’s where Bobby Grajewski comes in.
As the president of Edison Nation Medical, a healthcare product and medical device incubator, Grajewski is dedicated to seeing a good idea get a fair shake in the healthcare space. He understands the road blocks and red tape that innovators face; he himself is an entrepreneur and co-founder of two online companies.
That
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eClinicalWorks CEO Girish Navani Talks the EHR’s Role in Population Health Management
eClinicalWorks’ CEO Girish Navani discusses the success his company has had with EHR development, the role EHRs play in population health management, and how the latest data-based technologies are opening up new possibilities for providers.
You don’t have to look far to find fault with EHR products these days. In fact, conduct a quick news search online and you’ll find that most of it isn’t too good. The sophisticated possibilities of EHR integration have given way to complex problems for
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Is Integration the Key to Google Fit and HealthKit’s Success?
Welltok's Scott Rotermund explains that what we really need from Google Fit and HealthKit is an integrated approach that not only collects data, but also meshes with the current healthcare ecosystem.
As tech giants like Apple, Google and Samsung compete over dominance in the healthcare market, with their latest platforms and apps, the question remains will any or all of these innovations truly tap into the greater realm of consumer health? Aside from the buzz now emanating from consumers'
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5 Biggest Barriers to Google Glass Adoption in Healthcare
Google Glass adoption in healthcare is promising, but also has its share of challenges to overcome. We examine the thoughts of Dr. Rafael Grossmann and Pristine’s Kyle Samani on the subject.
The little wearable optical computer that could, may be helping physicians and medical professionals see things a bit differently these days—but how Google Glass will seamlessly replace other devices to enhance clinical care has yet to come fully into focus. For even the device’s biggest enthusiasts say
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