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Singapore Hospital Pilots Use of Hospital Delivery Robots

by Fred Pennic 08/12/2015 1 Comment

Changi General Hospital (CGH) in Singapore is piloting the use of Panasonic autonomous  hospital delivery robots called HOPSI to improve operational efficiency of a hospital. The pilot launched in February 2015 has been implemented over several phases and is the first hospital outside of Japan to utilize the HOSPI robot.  As part of the hospital’s porter management system, the four HOSPI are able to deliver fragile and bulky medicine, medical specimens and patients’ case notes 24/7, easing
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Dave Schulte to Join McKesson Ventures as Managing Director

by HITC Staff 08/12/2015 Leave a Comment

McKesson Ventures, the venture capital arm of McKesson Corporation, has appointed Dave Schulte as the new managing director, effective September 8, 2015. Schulte joins McKesson from Kaiser Permanente Ventures where he served as vice president and managing director. In his role at McKesson, Schulte will be responsible for co-leading the development and management of the McKesson Ventures portfolio alongside group leader Tom Rodgers. McKesson Ventures, established in December 2014, has made
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Medical Crowdsourcing Saves Child’s Life from Deadly E. Coli Infection

by Fred Pennic 08/10/2015 Leave a Comment

SERMO, a global social network exclusively for doctors and the home of medical crowdsourcing, helped save a girl’s life through collaboration across borders. The infection she was diagnosed with had killed her brother just two weeks earlier. Because of SERMO’s recent expansion to the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand, doctors from around the world were able to pool their collective wisdom online to recommend options for follow up testing and treatment, saving the
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FDA Unveils Open Source Platform for Genomic Sequencing Data

by Jasmine Pennic 08/06/2015 Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, the FDA announced the launch of an open source platform for community sharing of genomic sequencing data called precisionFDA. DNAnexus, the provider of cloud-based genome informatics and data management was awarded a research and development contract by the FDA to build the platform. precisionFDA is the FDA's answer to its role under the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative is to review the current regulatory landscape and develop a streamlined approach to evaluating
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Yelp Integrates ER Wait Times, CMS Data Into Hospital Review Ratings

by HITC Staff 08/06/2015 Leave a Comment

Yelp, a consumer review company has announced an innovative partnership with New York-based investigative journalism not-for-profit ProPublica to integrate health care statistics and consumer opinion survey data onto the Yelp business pages of more than 25,000 medical treatment facilities.  Partnership Overview The information is compiled by ProPublica from their own research and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for 4,600 hospitals, 15,000 nursing homes, and 6,300
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IBM Acquires Merge Healthcare To Enhance Medical Images in Watson

by Fred Pennic 08/06/2015 Leave a Comment

IBM to Acquire Explorys & Phytel To Fuel Watson Health Unit

IBM has announced plans to acquire Merge Healthcare, a provider of medical image handling and processing, interoperability and clinical systems designed to advance healthcare quality and efficiency for $1 billion. The acquisition will bring IBM Watson's advanced image analytics and cognitive capabilities with data and images obtained from Merge Healthcare medical imaging management platform to surface new insights from a consolidated, patient-centric view of current and historical
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Livongo for Diabetes Named First Telehealth Program to Receive AADE Accreditation

by Fred Pennic 08/05/2015 1 Comment

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Livongo Health has been named an accredited diabetes education program by the American Association of Diabetes Educators, making it the first online/telehealth program of its kind to achieve this prestigious accreditation status. The Chicago-based digital health company is reinventing the way health is managed by combining technology, real-time information, and human support to make life easier, starting with diabetes. "I believe others will follow suit as I think it is the wave of the future
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Ochsner, GE Healthcare Launch “Wear Your Health” Challenge

by Jasmine Pennic 08/03/2015 Leave a Comment

On July 30, Ochsner Health System, GE Healthcare and The Idea Village launched the “Wear Your Health” challenge that seeks to identify wearable technology concepts and mobile application solutions that can transform healthcare outcomes by addressing behavior management in patients with chronic disease. Chronic diseases account for 7 out of every 10 deaths in the U.S. Totaling more than 80 percent of total healthcare costs, the existing U.S. care delivery model is poorly constructed to help
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CVS To Leverage IBM Watson Health To Predict Patients at Risk for Declining Health

by Fred Pennic 07/31/2015 Leave a Comment

IBM Watson Health

CVS Health has announced it will leverage IBM Watson Health's predictive analytics and cognitive computing to transform care management services for patients with chronic disease. The partnership will enable health care practitioners, including those across the CVS Health enterprise, to use Watson to advance care management beyond programs and services typically available today. IBM did not disclose the financial terms of the partnership.  CVS Health/IBM Watson Health Partnership
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5 Steps to Launch A Successful Digital Health Strategy

by Jasmine Pennic 07/31/2015 Leave a Comment

Validic Digital Health Strategy

Digital health devices are quickly becoming a part of our everyday culture as mobile fitness trackers and connected clinical devices become common as smartphone. This healthcare revolution represents an enormous opportunity for healthcare providers to extend their reach and connect to their patient populations. Care is moving beyond the four walls of the hospital and physician's office, and provider organizations are beginning to invest in the necessary infrastructure and programs to help launch
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