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Value-Based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

by Rahul Sharma, CEO & Lynn Carroll, COO at HSBlox 04/03/2023 Leave a Comment

Value-based Administration Enables All VBC Network Stakeholders to Benefit

Despite holding the promise of delivering superior patient outcomes while lowering healthcare costs, many providers remain reluctant to embrace value-based care (VBC) reimbursement models. Progress toward VBC adoption hasn’t achieved its potential yet, hovering around 60% of all payment models from 2018 to 2021, with the remaining 40% comprised of traditional fee for service (FFS). Though some providers simply are hesitant to abandon the FFS model that has served them well, others are leery
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Develop, Partner, Acquire or Avoid – Where’s Investment for Digital Pathology Headed in 2023?

by Imogen Fitt, Market Analyst at Signify Research 02/03/2023 Leave a Comment

Develop, Partner, Acquire or Avoid – Where’s Investment for Digital Pathology Headed?

News of Fujifilm’s recent acquisition of software provider Inspirata’s digital pathology assets was met with much interest last month, following on from robust industry debate at Global Engage’s Digital Pathology and AI Congress: Europe a few weeks prior. Their discussions centered around the progress of the market and its inevitable future developments.  Whilst our in-depth analysis of the implications of Fujifilm’s specific deal will be released soon as a part of our Premium Insights
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A Glimpse of the Holy Grail for Healthcare Cost Transparency

by Walt Tegtmeier at Rx Savings Solutions 08/11/2022 Leave a Comment

A Glimpse of the Holy Grail for Healthcare Cost Transparency

Imagine being told which car or computer you must buy and just forking over whatever it costs. Even if you might only be paying a portion of it, would you simply get out the checkbook? For decades American consumers have been writing blank checks for healthcare. Given that healthcare costs and consumers’ share of them continue to climb, we’ve all longed for the ability to see all options for medical procedures and prescriptions covered by our health plan and to choose the lowest-cost,
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COVID-19: How Hospitals Can Create Better Inpatient Bed Capacity through Math

by Dr. Pallabi Sanyal-Dey, Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF 12/08/2020 Leave a Comment

COVID-19: How Hospitals Can Create Better Inpatient Bed Capacity through Math

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, key elements of hospital operations such as managing inpatient bed capacity, and access to ventilators and PPE have taken center stage. The general public got a crash course on what hospitals need in order to function successfully when disaster hits, and daily news and discussions were centered around ICU bed capacity as cases accelerated across the country. The nightmarish predictions and reality led to the development of creative measures to
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Will Nanox Disrupt The X-Ray Systems Market?

by Alan Stoddart, Editor at Signify Research 11/03/2020 Leave a Comment

Will Nanox Disrupt the X-ray Systems Market?

With its share price falling from more than $66 to less than $24, September was a tumultuous month for Nanox. On August 25th, the medical imaging start-up closed its initial public offering, having raised $190m from the sale of 10,555,556 ordinary shares at a price of $18 each. Money poured in as investors were sold on Nanox’s cold cathode x-ray source and the subsequent reduction in costs that it would enable, as well as the vendor’s pay-per-scan pricing model that would let the company
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The Future of the ICU? How Clinical Decision Support Is Advancing Care

by Kelly Patrick, Principal Analyst at Signify Research 10/19/2020 Leave a Comment

The Future of the ICU? How Clinical Decision Support Is Advancing Care

Without a doubt 2020 has been a devastating year for many; the impact of COVID-19 on both personal lives and businesses has had long-term consequences. At the end of September, the number of COVID-19 cases fell just short of 350 million, with just over 1 million deaths reported. The expectation of a second peak in many countries exposed to the deadly illness is being handled with care, with many governments attempting to minimize the impact of an extreme rise in cases.   COVID-19
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How Parkland Leverages Machine Learning, Geospatial Analytics to Reduce COVID-19 Exposure in Dallas

by Manjula Julka, MD, MBA Vice President, Clinical Innovation and Albert Karam, MS, Director, Data Gov. & Analytics at PCCI 09/21/2020 Leave a Comment

How Parkland Leverages Machine Learning, Geospatial Analytics to Reduce COVID-19 Exposure in Dallas

What You Should Know: -  How Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation developed a machine learning-driven predictive model called the COVID-19 Proximity Index for Parkland Hospital in Dallas. - This program helps frontline workers to quickly identify which identify patients at the highest risk of exposure to COVID-19 by using geospatial analytics. - In addition, the program helps triage patients while improving the health and safety of hospital workers as well as the friends
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Industry 4.0 in Life Sciences: A “5C” Point of View

by Chetan Kothari, Director of Business Consulting, Life Science Division at NTT DATA Services 11/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Industry 4.0 in Life Sciences: A “5C” Point of View

McKinsey & Company describes Industry 4.0 as the next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector that is being driven by four disruptions: the astonishing rise in data volumes, computational power and connectivity, especially new low-power wide-area networks; the emergence of analytics and business intelligence capabilities; the new forms of human-machine interaction, such as touch interfaces and augmented reality systems; and the improvements in transferring digital instructions
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4 Pillars of Value for AI in Medical Imaging

by Simon Harris and Dr. Sanjay Parekh, PhD at Signify Research 03/19/2019 Leave a Comment

4 Pillars of Value for AI in Medical Imaging

At ECR this year, there were over 25 independent software vendors (ISVs), many of them start-ups, showcasing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for medical imaging within a dedicated space. Additionally, with established imaging vendors foraying into the AI space, what was once the hype is now in the early stages of market maturity, and, it appears, AI within medical imaging is here to stay. The question has now shifted to what clinical value AI solutions can provide, rather than if AI is
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Figure 1 Lands $10M to Expand “Instagram for Doctors” App

by Jasmine Pennic 06/13/2017 Leave a Comment

Figure 1 Instagram for Doctors App

Figure 1, a Toronto-based digital health startup known as the “Instagram of Doctors” app has raised $10  million in Series B funding led by Kensington Capital Partners. The round included participation from Samsung and insurance conglomerate John Hancock/Manulife, it included Hedgewood and WTI.Founded in 2012, Figure 1’s HIPAA-compliant app, health-care professionals can share high-quality medical images organized by anatomy and specialty including X-Rays, MRIs, CAT scans, ECGs, and EKGs for
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