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.
Initiative Details
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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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DaVita Selects Cureatr For Enteprise-wide Mobile Care Coordination
Cureatr, a leading mobile care coordination solution for health care, today announced that it has been selected by DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a leading provider of kidney care and integrated health care services, as its mobile care coordination technology partner for Secure Messaging and Care Transition Notifications.
The enterprise-wide agreement is a natural next step in the evolution of the partnership between the two companies, extending Cureatr across all of the
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Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator Reveals 2015 Class of 10 Startups
Ten mobile health-related startup teams from across the country including Israel and New Zealand have arrived in Kansas City to build and strengthen their businesses in their second annual mobile health accelerator. The Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator, Powered by Techstars, is a three-month, immersive, mentor-driven program for startups.
Participating companies are required to temporarily relocate to Kansas City, Mo. and receives up to $120,000 in convertible debt funding in exchange for 6%
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Apple Launches ResearchKit Platform With 5 mHealth Apps
On Monday, Apple announced a new open source software framework called ResearchKit designed for medical and health research with five inaugural apps.The framework is designed to help doctors and scientists gather data more frequently and more accurately from participants using iPhone apps. With a user’s consent, ResearchKit can seamlessly tap into the pool of useful data generated by HealthKit — like daily step counts, calorie use, and heart rates — making it
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Survey: Digitally Engaged Patients Are Satisfied With Their Health
Digitally engaged patients are satisfied with their health despite the fact they appear to be sicker than those not using technology to help manage their conditions, according to new research findings from Klick Health, Google, and the Digital Health Coalition.
The findings revealed 18% of chronic patients who frequently use digital technologies for health reasons, 70% define the state of their health as good, very good, or excellent – even though 43% admitted to visiting a hospital
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Anthem Refuses Full Security Audit of IT Systems from OIG
Anthem, the country’s second-largest health insurer has refused to allow the Office of Personnel Management's Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct vulnerability scans on its IT systems after recently suffering a data breach affecting 78.8M individuals, according to GovInfoSecurity. Anthem previously refused an audit from vulnerability tests from OIG back in 2013.
"What we had attempted to schedule for the summer of 2015 was a sort of 'partial audit' - what we call a 'limited scope
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FDA Launches Mobile Health App to Accelerate Access to Drug Shortages
On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the agency’s first mobile health app called DrugShortages that allows users to quickly identify current drug shortages, resolved shortages, and discontinuations of drug products. The app was developed as part of the FDA’s efforts outlined in the Strategic Plan for Preventing and Mitigating Drug Shortages to improve access to information about drug shortages.
“The FDA understands that health care professionals and pharmacists
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Has For-Profit Healthcare Destroyed The Soul of Medicine?
The changes in medical care over the last five decades have been dramatic. Technological and scientific advances have given patients access to a level of medical diagnosis and care previously undreamed of.
During this time, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provided more people with the opportunity to take advantage of that care. Yet despite all that extraordinary progress towards value based healthcare something is missing, states J. Joseph Marr, MD, a retired academic
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