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Navigating Cancer, CCBD To Develop A Patient-Centered Cancer Care Solution

by HITC Staff 03/09/2016 Leave a Comment

Navigating Cancer

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD), an innovative cancer treatment center, and Navigating Cancer, the software and service solution experts for patient activation and engagement, are teaming up to co-develop a new tool for patient-centered cancer care. Understanding the value of triage pathways in managing Oncology Medical Home payer contracts, CCBD and Navigating Cancer are combining their respective expertise in clinical content and technology to create a next-generation
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Why Telemedicine Is Not A “Internet of Things” Solution

by Erica Garvin 03/08/2016 Leave a Comment

Infographic: Do People Trust Telemedicine?

Medullan’s Dutch Dwight talks about the state of telemedicine and the virtual direction its headed in healthcare.  As telemedicine teeters on the edge of an explosive state of expansion, so many questions come to mind, including how it will transform healthcare delivery as we know it. With value-based reimbursement and a push to serve the underserved growing in the U.S, telemedicine stands to gain a lot of traction and quickly. Still, it’s important to remember the flesh and blood human
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Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Saves Hospital $730K, Avoids 58 Infections

by HITC Staff 03/04/2016 Leave a Comment

Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Saves Hospital $730K, Avoids 58 Infections

Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital decreased their infection rates significantly resulting in $780k in savings after the hospital began using Xenex’s xenon light Germ-Zapping Robots™ for room disinfection, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC). This is the eighth peer-reviewed study that demonstrates how a hospital successfully reduced its infection rates after utilizing Xenex Disinfection Services’ unique Xenon Full-Spectrum
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Organizations Collaborate to Forge Healthcare Internet of Things

by Fred Pennic 03/04/2016 1 Comment

Rise of the "Internet of Healthy Things"

AllSeen Alliance, a cross-industry collaboration to advance the healthcare Internet of Things (IoT) through the AllJoyn® open source software is partnering with Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA), a membership association formed by Continua, mHealth Summit and HIMSS to transform healthcare through personalized, interoperable connected health solutions. PCHA publishes the Continua Design Guidelines, an open implementation framework for interoperability of personal connected health
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Telehealth Could Deliver Over $6B in Healthcare Savings Yearly

by HITC Staff 03/04/2016 Leave a Comment

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The global adoption of telehealth technologies will potentially allow governments to make substantial savings on healthcare, while delivering important medical services to both rural and under-served communities, according to business intelligence provider GBI Research. The company’s latest report* states that the telehealth market is being driven by the accelerated development of mobile technology and applications, a greater need for cost-effective healthcare, rising populations, and
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Sage Bionetworks Releases ResearchKit Data from 9,500 Parkinson’s Patients for Researchers Worldwide

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2016 Leave a Comment

Sage Bionetworks Releases ResearchKit Data from 9,500 Parkinson’s Patients for Researchers Worldwide

Last year’s release of Apple ResearchKit sent shock waves throughout the medical research community as a number of new smartphone apps launched to help doctors and scientists quickly gather data for their studies. SageBionetworks, the nonprofit research group that developed mPower (one of the first ResearchKit apps), today released data from more than 9,500 of its app users, making it available to researchers worldwide to accelerate understanding of Parkinson’s Disease. The dataset released
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Johnson & Johnson Innovation Opens Life Sciences Incubator in Houston

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2016 Leave a Comment

Johnson & Johnson Innovation

Johnson & Johnson Innovation announced the opening of JLABS @ TMC, a new 34,000-square foot life sciences incubator providing entrepreneurs shared lab space, private offices, and modular laboratory suites. The Houston, TX-based incubator is equipped with a medical device prototype lab, including a 3D printer, which will provide entrepreneurs access to highly specialized tools, as well as skills building programs to design and develop smart health technologies. JLABS @ TMC is housed within
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Allscripts, Garmin Partner to Integrate Wearables with Population Health Tools

by Jasmine Pennic 03/02/2016 Leave a Comment

Garmin and Allscripts Enter Strategic Relationship to Improve Patient Care

To help clinicians better manage patient care, Garmin will join with Allscripts to integrate its vívofit suite of wearable devices into the FollowMyHealth and CareInMotion platforms, designed to address specific population health management priorities. Berkshire Medical Center (Pittsfield, Mass.) will serve as the beta site for this 2016 initiative. As part of pilot, Berkshire Medical Center will identify a specific patient population to wear vívofit devices and use the Index Smart Scale.
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IBM Launches SleepHealth App, Unveils Watson Health for ResearchKit

by HITC Staff 03/02/2016 Leave a Comment

Sleep Study App

Today at HIMSS16, IBM Watson Health and the American Sleep Apnea launched the SleepHealth app to help identify connections between sleep habits and health outcomes. SleepHealth is the first ResearchKit study to run on the data-rich Watson Health Cloud that will enable participants to easily complete tasks and submit surveys right from the SleepHealth app.  SleepHealth Study Overview In concert with researchers, physicians and patient advocates in the US, the SleepHealth study will
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HIMSS: 52% of Hospitals Currently Use 3 or More Connected Health Technologies

by Jasmine Pennic 03/02/2016 Leave a Comment

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According to the new 2016 HIMSS Connected Health Survey, more than 50 percent of hospitals currently use three or more connected health technologies with many organizations planning to implement additional technologies to improve engagement and quality of care with patients. The survey reveals an optimistic outlook on the emerging trend of connectivity within the healthcare ecosystem. Conducted in partnership with the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA), HIMSS surveyed 227 IT,
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