- Rock Health and the Stanford Center for Digital Health release their findings from the 2019 Consumer Adoption Survey. - In 2019, overall consumer adoption of digital health leveled off in 2019 near the 2018 high water mark. - Findings reveal consumer-clinician dialogue and transparency around data collection and sharing will be central to the growth of digital technology in healthcare.Digital health consumer adoption has leveled off in what appears to a slight moderation of digital health
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Philips, Dept. of Defense Partner to Develop AI-Algorithm to Detect Infection 48 Hours Before Observable Symptoms
- Philips and the U.S. Department of Defense are teaming up to develop an AI-algorithm to identify infection more than 48 hours before observable symptoms.
- Using large data sets & machine learning across biomarkers, innovative tech can speed time to detection, intervention & treatment, while improving outcomes & reducing the spread of disease.
- Future research is currently being planned to leverage this information as an algorithm to be integrated into a wearable
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SwipseSense Combines EHR Data With RTLS Data to Deliver Operational Insights
- Redox announced a partnership with SwipeSense to help eliminate waste and improve patient outcomes in healthcare delivery networks.- The partnership ensures that SwipeSense’s growing portfolio of applications is fully interoperable with any EHR system, while greatly reducing the time and effort required to integrate into a hospital’s existing suite of tools.- With Redox, SwipeSense will be automatically notified of all relevant patient admission, discharge, and transfer events, enhancing their
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Eko Raises $20M to Expand Machine Learning Platform for Cardiac Monitoring/Analysis
- AI-driven digital health startup Eko raises $20M led by ARTIS Ventures with participation from 3M and Mayo Clinic.
- Funding will be used to accelerate research and development (R&D) and commercialization of Eko’s machine learning platform for cardiac screening/analysis.
- Eko’s cardiac monitor combines digital stethoscope and ECG technology both for in-clinic and at-home monitoring, which enables patients to seamlessly and consistently send cardiac data to their
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Livongo, Pager, Wildflower Health, Others Name BCBS Data Innovation Challenge Finalists
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI) has announced the finalists of the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge developing solutions that increase access to care, enhance patient engagement, and improve care delivery and outcomes. The selected finalists will receive access to a limited HIPAA-compliant Blue Health Intelligence (BHI) dataset so they can test their hypotheses.5 BCBS Data Innovation Challenge FinalistsThe five finalists were
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10 Considerations for Success In A Post-MACRA Value-Based Healthcare Reality
Moshe Starkman, Senior Director, Value-based Reimbursements, nThrive
The first two years of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Quality Payment Program (QPP) are in the books and many organizations are wondering if their strong performances will ever be met with a significant upside adjustment.
Year 1 (2017) enjoyed very high participation levels, 95% of eligible clinicians, but very low upside adjustments. Between the Test Pace option, artificially low bar
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K Health Integrates with Health Gorilla’s API to Power Lab Orders
K Health, a digital health company that offers free personalized healthcare, and Health Gorilla, a leader in secure interoperability solutions announced an integration collaboration to power new clinical functionality to improve the primary care experience. With the new integration, K Health can now leverage Health Gorilla's FHIR-based APIs to place orders with diagnostic vendors.Integration BenefitsK Health’s AI-driven primary care solution allows users to see how doctors diagnose and treat
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Quest Diagnostics to Contribute Biomarker Datasets to Support One Brave Idea Initiative
In a move to advance the ground-breaking work to identify coronary heart disease at the earliest transition from wellness to disease, Quest Diagnostics announced it will contribute biomarker implementation, population health analytics and a national lab platform as a pillar supporter of One Brave Idea, the research initiative co-founded by the American Heart Association (AHA) and Verily Life Sciences with significant support from AstraZeneca.The Burden of Cardiovascular DiseaseHeart disease is
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Tempus, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. Launch Effort to Enhance The Cancer Genome Atlas
Tempus, a technology company advancing precision medicine through the collection and analysis of molecular and clinical data at scale announced today that it was selected by Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. (Leidos Biomed) to abstract and structure follow-up clinical data for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Project for submission to the National Cancer Institute’s Genomic Data Commons (GDC).The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Project BackgroundThere are 230 distinct investigators that contributed
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Blue Cross Blue Shield, BHI Launches Data Innovation Challenge
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI) has announced the launch of the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge to develop solutions that increase access to care, enhance patient engagement, and improve care delivery and outcomes. BCBSA and BHI are collaborating with HIMSS and Healthbox, a HIMSS Innovation company, to implement the BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge.BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge OverviewTo advance
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