Mark Dzuban, President and CEO of SCTE•ISBE
Although the concept of telehealth has existed for decades, it’s been relatively slow to catch on. Getting patients to feel comfortable with the idea of online care—and finding medical professionals who felt confident about conducting their work in a remote setting—has not been easy. Even with willing participants and infrastructure in place, bureaucratic red tape meant providers faced an uphill battle when it came to legally treating patients and
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4 Hospitals Leveraging Social Media to Improve Patient Engagement
Social media is an essential online marketing and outreach
tool for any organization that wants to connect to the largest audience
possible. However, health organizations — like
hospitals — can face unique challenges in managing social media,
which can make effectively leveraging these tools less straightforward.
Many large hospitals have been successful in making social media work for them. As a result, they've provided a template that other healthcare
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Cleveland Clinic, GYANT Partner to Drive Post-Discharge Engagement
- Cleveland Clinic and GYANT, the patient connection and relationship management company, expand the relationship to digitally transform patient outreach and care after discharge. - Cleveland Clinic is using GYANT’s AI-driven platform to boost virtual patient engagement post-discharge, helping patients receive support and resources following their hospital stay.Cleveland Clinic and GYANT, the patient connection and relationship management company, announce a collaboration to enhance post
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Cleveland Clinic Appoints Inaugural Chief Research Information Officer
Lara Jehi, M.D.
- Lara Jehi, M.D., has been appointed the inaugural Chief Research Information Officer at Cleveland Clinic.
- As part of her role as Chief Research Information Officer at Cleveland, Dr. Jehi will work closely with information technology, research, finance, and other key departments to optimize the enterprise’s digital infrastructure to support research activities and accelerate new treatments for patients.
Lara Jehi, M.D., has been appointed the inaugural Chief
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Cleveland Clinic London Taps Vocera to Build Clinical Communications Platform
- Cleveland Clinic London will use the Vocera Platform to standardize care team communication across the hospital when it opens in 2021.- The Vocera Platform integrates with more than 150 clinical and operational systems, including EHRs, physiologic monitors, ventilators and more.- Cleveland Clinic London is planning a two-way integration with Epic, the hospital’s EHR system. Additional integrations with a real-time location system and nurse call solution also are planned. Cleveland Clinic
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AppliedVR, NCI Partner to Evaluate VR As Therapy for Cancer-Related Anxiety
- AppliedVR announced a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate virtual reality (VR) as a solution to help address the underlying cancer-related anxiety. - The proof-of-concept study will evaluate AppliedVR’s virtual reality system on neuro-oncology patients’ “scanxiety,” a term used to describe the anxiety patients with cancer experience before or after medical diagnostics scans.AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based
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Cleveland Clinic Develops Personalized, 10-Year Diabetes Complication Risk Score Calculator
- Cleveland Clinic researchers develop new risk calculator shows patients their risks of developing major health complications over the next 10 years depending on which course of treatment they choose.- The calculator can be a useful tool for physicians and patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity can can inform patients who are considering weight-loss surgery. - Calculator shows patient’s risk of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, diabetic kidney disease, and death over the next 10 years
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AppliedVR Awarded $2.9M Grants to Study Virtual Reality As An Opioid-Sparing Treatment
- AppliedVR awarded more than $2.9M in NIDA grants to support clinical trials to study virtual reality platforms as an opioid-sparing tool for acute and chronic pain. - The grants will enable the company to advance two clinical trial programs respectively with Geisinger and Cleveland Clinic.AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based next generation of digital medicine announced that it has been awarded two multi-year grants totaling more than $2.9 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Cleveland Clinic Names Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2020
- Cleveland Clinic panel of top doctors and researchers presents the 10 medical innovations with the power to transform healthcare in the next year.
Today at the 2019 Medical Innovation Summit, Cleveland Clinic today announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2020. The 17th annual Medical Innovation Summit is organized by Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development, and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic. Led by Michael Roizen, M.D., Emeritus Chief Wellness Officer at
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Cleveland Clinic, American Well Launches New Company to Offer Virtual Visits
- Cleveland Clinic and American Well form a new joint venture, The Clinic, to distribute comprehensive health services through virtual visits. - Through a secure digital platform powered by American Well, people from around the world will be able to connect with Cleveland Clinic's leading specialists and receive insights, opinions, recommendations, and assistance for a variety of conditions.Cleveland Clinic and American Well are partnering on a first-of-its-kind initiative to provide broad
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