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Cerner Leadership Changes, Other Key Executives Hires

by Fred Pennic 01/15/2021 Leave a Comment

Travis DaltonDan Devers Cerner announced some leadership changes promoting long-time associates Travis Dalton to Chief Client & Services Officer and Dan Devers to Chief Legal Counsel. After long, respected, meaningful careers at Cerner, John Peterzalek and Randy Sims will be departing. Cognoa, the leading pediatric behavioral health company developing diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children living with autism and other behavioral health conditions appoints Eric B.
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Google Health Studies App Launches in Partnership with Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital

by Fred Pennic 12/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Google Health Studies App Launches in Partnership with Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital

What You Should Know: - Google announces the launch of its Google Health Studies App with the first study focused on respiratory illness in partnership with Harvard Medical School & Boston Children’s Hospital. - Google Health Studies aims to create opportunities for more people to participate in health research. By contributing, you’ll represent your community and start improving the future of health for everyone. To make it easier for leading research institutions to connect
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Virtual Engagement During COVID Pushes Paradigm Shift for Physician Training and Patient Care

by Shalini Shah, MD is Vice-Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, UC Irvine Health 12/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Virtual engagement during COVID pushes paradigm shift for physician training and patient care

Shalini Shah, MD is Vice-Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, and Enterprise Director of Pain Services, UC Irvine Health The dominant presence of COVID-19 has not meant the absence of cancer, ear infections, heart attacks, chronic pain, or other illnesses that need attention and care. Physicians have continued treatment for all types of maladies, and physician training has continued as well. But this treatment and this training look much
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How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

by Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC 11/24/2020 Leave a Comment

How Care Coordination Technology Addresses Social Isolation in Seniors

Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Director, HealthEC Senior isolation is a health risk that affects at least a quarter of seniors over 65. It has become recognized over the past decade as a risk factor for poor aging outcomes including cognitive decline, depression, anxiety, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity, hypertension, heart disease, impaired immune function, and even death. Physical limitations, lack of transportation, and inadequate health literacy, among other social
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COVID-19 and Racial Disparities: Transforming the Health of Businesses

by Margarita Alegría, PhD, Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital 11/20/2020 Leave a Comment

Pandemics and Protests: Transforming the Health of American Businesses

Margarita Alegría, PhD, Chief of the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital American businesses and their leadership are at a crossroads. COVID-19 has forced us all to re-evaluate how we work and live, while the current protest movements have placed a spotlight on the systemic injustices non-white workers face both in and out of the office. Given that communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, companies serious about doing right by their
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Is Remote-Learning A Public Health Dilemma?

by Jim Davis, Director, Good Athlete Project 11/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Is Remote-Learning A Public Health Dilemma?

Jim Davis, Director, Good Athlete Project In 2014, pediatric occupational therapist Angela Hanscom set out to better understand the student experience by sitting in on middle school classes. She sat. She sat some more. She then noticed that a day’s worth of sitting was affecting her ability to focus. She asked “how on Earth do these children tolerate sitting this long?” before spotting all the fidgety, distracted bodies – “well, the short answer is they don’t.” This phenomenon is rooted in
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VHA, Ontrak Launch 3-Year AI Study to Help Prevent Veteran Suicide

by Jasmine Pennic 11/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Veterans Health Administration Taps Ontrak to Help Prevent Veteran Suicide

What You Should Know: - The Veterans Health Administration has selected Ontrak in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and Brown University to transform suicide prevention care for veterans. - Leveraging AI developed by a Harvard Medical School professor and the core analytics of the Ontrak platform, the three-year study will look at the effect of intensive care coaching in addition to the standard of care for veterans at high risk of suicide after inpatient hospitalization at a
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Fern Health Taps 10M Mass General De-Identified Patient Records for Pain Management

by Fred Pennic 10/30/2020 Leave a Comment

Massachusetts General Hospital to Deploy CarePassport’s Digital Health Platform for Clinical Trials

What You Should Know: - Fern Health will reveal a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Mass General Hospital where it will inform existing and future digitally-delivered pain management programs through the marriage of AI + predictive analytics with 10 million de-identified Mass General patient records. - MGH will validate emerging Fern Health products and pilot new products in clinical environments, setting the stage for Fern expansion into all aspects of non-invasive multimodal pain
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18 Healthcare Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies to Watch

by Kayla Matthews 06/29/2020 Leave a Comment

Fundamental Surgery Becomes First VR Surgical Training Simulation to Gain CPD Accreditation

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are redefining what's possible in healthcare, as well as other sectors. The 18 companies listed below are some of the top virtual and augmented reality companies in the medical industry.  Defining Augmented Reality Augmented reality is a technology that blends real-world elements with virtual ones. For example, a person might visit a trade show and aim their smartphone at a display to activate an AR experience that allows them to see
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Unlike Theranos: FDA Clears Sight Diagnostics’ Finger-Prick Blood Test for U.S. Market

by Fred Pennic 12/06/2019 Leave a Comment

FDA Clears Smart Diagnostic’s Finger-Prick Blood Test for U.S. Market

- Sight Diagnostics, the company working to provide patients with lab-grade blood testing results in minutes, has received US FDA 510(k) clearance for its finger-prick blood test, OLO analyzer to be used in laboratories run by diagnostic providers and hospitals.  - Sight Diagnostics’ patented OLO analyzer digitizes blood into images to perform the most common blood test in minutes, from just two drops of blood - The FDA clearance follows clinical trials at Boston Children’s Hospital,
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