Penn Medicine has launched a Center for Digital Health to probe “the social mediome” -- a way of collectively describing people or groups based on their digital data merged with their health record data. To lead the newly Penn Medicine Center for Digital Health efforts, Penn Medicine has appointed Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP as the Associate Vice President for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Director. New areas of research focus for the Center for Digital Health include
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Stanford Researchers Develop Deep Learning Algorithm to Diagnose Skin Cancer
Computer scientists at Stanford have created a deep learning algorithm to visually diagnose skin cancer that matched the performance of board-certified dermatologists, Stanford News reports. According to a recent paper published in the Jan. 25 issue of Nature, the final product based on a database of nearly 130,000 skin disease images was tested against 21 board-certified dermatologists and successfully matched the performance of the dermatologists in diagnosing the most common and deadliest
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Optimum Healthcare IT Lands Apotti Finland Contract to Provide Epic Consulants
Healthcare IT staffing and consulting services firm Optimum Healthcare IT has been selected by Apotti in Finland to provide specialized Epic Consultants to support the Epic EHR implementation in the area’s 29 hospitals. The Apotti project is a co-operation between the local governments of Helsinki and the surrounding regions of Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, and Kauniainen, and the hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS).The goal of the Apotti project is to create a unified healthcare program that
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Grady Health Goes Live on Glytec’s Personalized Diabetes Therapy Management Platform
Atlanta’s Grady Health System has implemented the Glytec eGlycemic Management System®, a personalized diabetes therapy management solution seamlessly integrated with the Epic EMR. Glytec's eGMS® is currently deployed across all critical care areas -- each assigned an interdisciplinary team of pharmacy, medical and nursing staff to provide localized glycemic governance.Integration with Epic EMReGMS integration with Epic's EMR will allow users direct access from a patient’s chart without the need
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Children’s National to Integrate Cerner’s Revenue Cycle Suite With Cerner Millennium EHR
Children’s National Health System, an international leader in pediatric health and Cerner has expanded their relationship to integrate Millennium Revenue Cycle™ with the existing Cerner EHR and scheduling platform across the 313-bed pediatric hospital and more than 50 outpatient facilities. Children’s National and Cerner began working together in 2005 with the implementation of the Cerner Millennium® EHR and entered into a multi-year strategic alignment with Cerner to establish The Bear
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KenSci Nabs $8.5M to Develop Machine Learning Apps for Healthcare
KenSci, a Seattle-based digital health startup building the world’s first vertically integrated machine learning platform for healthcare has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Ignition Partners with participation from Osage University Partners and Mindset Ventures. The company plans to utilize the funding to scale its machine learning platform for predictive risk management and expand operations to support the company’s rapidly growing customer base.Incubated at the University of
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10 Recommended Policy Principles to Build Momentum Towards Value-based Care
In a letter to Congress and the Administration, leading healthcare organizations today called for a renewed effort to move to value-based care, patient-centered payment models that reward improved quality and cost-effective care. Central to this effort is addressing the perverse incentives in the fee-for-service system, and antiquated laws and regulations that impede innovation and care coordination.The bipartisan journey toward value-based care began more than 15 years ago with pay for
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New York Digital Health Accelerator Showcases 6 Digital Health Startups at Demo Day
On Tuesday, the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) – a five month program showcased six early and growth-stage digital health startups for healthcare providers and patients in the areas of care coordination, patient engagement, and workflow improvement. Each startup received $100k in up-front funding per company from a syndicate of leading venture capital and strategic investors.The Demo Day event marks the culmination of the five month program run by the Partnership Fund for New York
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Avizia Expands Virtual Care Platform to Clinical Staff Across 30 Specialties for Providers
Avizia, an end-to-end telehealth solution provider is expanding their existing enterprise virtual care platform to include clinical staff in 36 specialties with the launch of its provider network services. As part of the partnership with MLS Telehealth, a physician-run organization providing clinical staffing services in 50 states for more than a decade, Avizia will provide its customers access to industry-leading, highly credentialed, board certified physicians. This move marks the next
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GHX: Predictive Analytics Named Top 2017 Priority for Healthcare Supply Chain Leaders
Predictive analytics and the use of data for informed decision making has been named as a top priority for healthcare supply chain leaders in 2017, according to a recent Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) survey. The results are based on a survey conducted by GHX with its Best 50 provider organizations on priorities and outcomes for the healthcare supply chain in 2017. The survey also revealed that top performing supply chain organizations will look to improve price accuracy between
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