During the AMA Interim Meeting, physicians voted to approve a list of principles to guide coverage and payment policies supporting the use of mHealth apps and associated devices that are accurate, effective, safe and secure. While physicians are optimistic about digital health innovation and its potential medical benefits, mHealth apps and devices that are not safe and can pose threats to the health and safety of patients. AMA policy acknowledges the need to expand the evidence base necessary to
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UCSF Taps referralMD to Reduce Patient Wait Times
University of California at San Francisco, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (UCSF-OMS) has partnered with ReferralMD, an enterprise patient access platform to reduce patient wait times. As part of the partnership, UCSF has implemented ReferralMD's patient access platform to provide regular feedback to referring providers, prevent lost referrals, and centralize their referral management process. Prior to going live with ReferralMD, UCSF-OMS received faxed referrals from hundreds of
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Mount Sinai Launches Patient Experience App for Android
Mount Sinai Health System has announced the launch of the Android version of its mobile app for patients, called MountSinaiNY. Developed by Mount Sinai’s Department of Information Technology, MountSinaiNY serves as a one-touch patient experience, featuring information and links that make it easier to access and use health services offered at the Mount Sinai Health System. The app was first released in the Apple App Store in June 2016. Mount Sinai chose LifeMap Solutions, a subsidiary of
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Philips, N-of-One Partner to Speed Clinical Interpretation of Cancer Genomics
Royal Philips and N-of-One, Inc., a provider of clinical interpretation of molecular tests in oncology is teaming up to enhance the capabilities of Philips’ IntelliSpace Genomics solution. The two companies will collaborate on the clinical analysis, annotation and interpretation of oncology cases processed through Philips’ new precision medicine solution for oncology.This healthcare informatics solution integrates genomic information with full patient context to empower clinicians with
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Digital Health Innovation: Paralyzed ALS Patient Operates Speech Computer With Her Mind
In the UMC Utrecht a brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind. The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the settings right. She can now communicate at home with her family and caregivers via the implant. That a patient can use this technique at home is unique in the world. This research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.Because she suffers from ALS disease, the patient is no longer able to move and
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American Heart Association, Amazon Launch Cloud-Based Precision Medicine Data Marketplace
The American Heart Association (AHA) has announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a secure cloud-based precision medicine data marketplace. The marketplace will include a vast array of curated rich datasets, that are centrally stored, easily searched and accessible, and managed on the AWS cloud. This platform enables researchers and clinicians to aggregate and analyze a rich breadth and depth of data including longitudinal cohorts, proteomic, genomic, and
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Kindly Care Launches Care Exchange to Find Right Home Care Agency
Kindly Care, a San Francisco, CA-based marketplace for senior care is announcing today the launch of Care Exchange, enabling home care agencies to collaborate with each other when recruiting, vetting, and training caregivers.Historically, home care agencies competed with each other for their caregivers, but the ever increasing shortage in caregivers is necessitating a more collaborative approach. With Care Exchange, agencies are able to refer caregivers into a shared pool database for all
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UAB Medicine Taps Kyruus for Patient-Provider Matching
UAB Medicine has selected Kyruus for ProviderMatch for Access Centers and KyruusOne to create a single point of access to provider data and enhance patient provider matching. This partnership ensures that UAB Medicine will have a robust, accurate provider database and streamlined scheduling procedures to help match patients with the right doctor at the right time, which will better outcomes, enhance the patient experience and improve operational efficiency. UAB Medicine needed to find an
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RedHat Survey: 3 Main Drivers of Mobile App Development in Healthcare
82 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed have a fully implemented mobile strategy, indicating a greater level of maturity compared to commercial enterprises, according to a recent RedHat mobile app survey. The online survey of 200 IT decision makers from private, public, life sciences and pharmaceutical healthcare organization in the U.S., France, Germany, U.K. reveals nearly 8 in 10 (78 percent) healthcare organizations are achieving positive ROI from mobile app investments.This positive
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Mount Sinai, Regeneron Genetics Partner to Perform Whole Exome Sequencing
Mount Sinai Health System today announced it will extend its work with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. through a collaboration with its wholly owned subsidiary, the Regeneron Genetics Center (RGC), to perform whole exome sequencing on 33,000 DNA and plasma samples housed in Mount Sinai’s BioMe™ Biobank, one of the first biobank repositories in the country to link DNA sequencing data to clinical information stored within the EMR. “The Mount Sinai BioMe Biobank is distinguished by its rich
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