UCSF Medical Center and John Muir Health has invested in a collaborative effort, called the Bay Area ACO Network, to form a regional health care network. The goal is to provide the right care at the right time and in the most appropriate setting, whether that is the primary care physician’s office, an outpatient center or a hospital. The two health systems also have formed a new development company that will enable them to collaborate on building new medical facilities, increase the number of
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BJC HealthCare Chooses Epic for Integrated EHR
BJC HealthCare and the Washington University Faculty Practice Plan has selected Epic as its strategic partner for a single, integrated EHR for BJC's hospitals and employed physicians. The decision was made after an extensive and thorough twelve-month process that included surveys, demonstrations and site visits. The new EHR system will incorporate clinical documentation from all areas of patient care into a single database for greater ease of use, better accuracy and timeliness, and the
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Apple Releases ResearchKit Guidelines for App Developers
Three days after the announcement of its open source medical research platform ResearchKit, Apple has now released guidelines for the application developers to protect users’ privacy, safety and rights. In Section 27 of the app store review guidelines, Apple states that "apps using the HealthKit framework or conducting human subject research for health purposes, such as through the use of ResearchKit, must comply with applicable law for each Territory in which the App is made available."
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Pitt, CMU, UPMC Form Alliance To Transform Big Data in Healthcare
Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have joined forces to create the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance, a powerful collaboration to transform big data in healthcare and wellness. This one-of-a-kind alliance is a wide-reaching commitment to advance technology and create new data-heavy health care innovations over the coming years, resulting in spin-off companies and furthering economic development in the region.
Today's health care system generates massive amounts
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Philips Launches Connected Cardiology Solution for Physicians
During the American College of Cardiology Conference, Philips has the launch of IntelliSpace Cardiovascular, a web-enabled image and information management system (CVIS) with a single integrated workspace that produces a holistic view of the patient’s care continuum across the entire cardiovascular service line. The new solution provides cardiologists with sophisticated tools for better diagnosis and planning of patient cardiovascular care.
Improving interoperability to enhance
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MedStar to Sponsor Entrepreneurially Focused Healthcare Fellowship
MedStar Health is sponsoring an entrepreneurially focused healthcare fellowship, Health For America, that will bring emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds to work among MedStar providers and partners to find innovative, sustainable solutions for more effectively managing chronic disease. Health for America, headquartered in Washington, D.C., has opened its highly competitive applications process to select four fellows for the 2015-16 program that begins in September. The fellowship seeks
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11k Sign Up for Apple’s ResearchKit In Less Than 24 Hours
In less than 24 hours after the launch of Apple's ResearchKit platform, Stanford University researchers announced that 11,000 people have already signed up for a cardiovascular study, Bloomberg reports. The new open source software framework is designed to help doctors and scientists recruit more participants in medical research studies needed to provide a more useful representation of the population using iPhone apps. With a user’s consent, ResearchKit can seamlessly tap into the pool of useful
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Cerner to Integrate Patient-Generated Data Powered by Validic
Validic, a leading interoperability platform for aggregating digital health data, announced today an alignment with health information technology leader Cerner to enable their access and connectivity to patient-generated data from clinical and fitness devices and applications.
This alignment with Validic enables Cerner to integrate clinical, fitness, wellness and nutritional data into the patient’s personal health portal, HealtheLifeSM. With patient consent, that information is sent to their
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CMS Unveils Next Generation ACO Model
On Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center (CMS Innovation Center) launched the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model of payment and care delivery initiative. The next Generation ACO Model will offer a new opportunities in accountable care designed to set predictable financial targets, enables providers and beneficiaries greater opportunities to coordinate care, and attain the highest quality standards of care.
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Big Data Analytics App ‘MediDash’ Wins Philips HealthSuite Digital Hackathon
Royal Philips has announced the winners of its first-ever HealthSuite Hackathon. The winning team, 'Team 6 Analytics,' beat out 20 other teams, including a total of 108 participants designing new prototype applications for the Philips HealthSuite Digital Platform (HSDP).
The Digital Platform is an open, secure and interoperable cloud-based infrastructure to support the secure collection of all types of health related data, allowing for integration and analysis. It will enable care
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