HLTH, the largest and most important conference for healthcare innovation has announced their new WOMEN at HLTH programs taking place at HLTH 2019. The new program supports some of the extraordinary initiatives addressing the disparity of women in leadership roles within health organizations.Through supporting organizations focused on advancing women in health, WOMEN at HLTH hopes to address the root cause of the parity issue by providing a platform for the industry to activate both the
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Health Innovation Think Tank IV: Experts Share Key Takeaways
The Health Innovation Think Tank, a diverse group of healthcare leaders, innovators and policymakers has announced the availability of key takeaways and actionable best practices for healthcare organizations from one of their five recent events.
Health Innovation Think Tank Overview
Formed in 2017 by Justin Barnes, the Health Innovation Think Tank includes nearly 200 cross-industry thought leaders. The group provides guest discussion catalysts, public policy updates, executive education
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HLTH & ATA Partner Up to Highlight Telehealth Solutions, Virtual Care Adoption
HLTH, the largest and most important conference for healthcare innovation announced a new partnership with ATA, the premier organization working to accelerate the adoption of telehealth, to showcase innovations in virtual care that will change the way care is ultimately delivered.Telehealth solutions include digital health, artificial intelligence (AI), virtual care, remote monitoring, and digital therapeutics (DTx), as well as 'store-and-forward' or asynchronous technologies that securely
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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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OSF Ventures Closes $75M Sophomore Venture Fund to Focus on Emerging Technologies
OSF Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, has announced the closing of its sophomore venture capital fund of $75M. The sophomore fund will focus on investing in new technology, devices, and services that offer improved and more cost-efficient healthcare.Investment PhilosophyOSF focuses on investing in companies seeking funding at all post-seed stages and has invested primarily in Series A and B rounds. In addition, OSF Ventures is open to
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Q&A: Scott Nordlund Shares Banner Health’s Approach to Healthcare Innovation
Scott Nordlund, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at Banner Health
Banner Health’s Chief Strategy & Growth Officer Scott Nordlund shares their approach to achieving healthcare innovation with their Banner Innovation Group (BIG).
It may only be comprised of staff members, but Banner Health’s BIG (Banner Innovation Group) has immense goals. Launched in May, BIG was created to engage with partners in healthcare and other fields—such as technology, academia, and
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Cerner Names Amazon Web Services (AWS) As Preferred Cloud Provider
Cerner names Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider to power enhanced clinical experiences, etc.Cerner Corporation (CERN) today announced a multi-faceted, strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, to accelerate healthcare innovation across the globe including naming AWS its preferred cloud provider. This expanded relationship is expected to power enhanced clinical experiences, increase efficiencies by lowering operational burdens for
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Konica Minolta, Novo Nordisk, Philips, Stryker Join Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub
The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub today announced Konica Minolta Healthcare, Novo Nordisk, Philips, and Stryker as its newest strategic partners committed to improving patient care and provider experience by using health IT to solve the most pressing problems facing healthcare.Demand-Driven InnovationFounded in 2018, the Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub is a healthcare innovation and commercialization program bringing together all the pieces of the healthcare innovation continuum to validate
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Sanofi and Google to Establish Virtual Healthcare Innovation Lab Focused on AI-Enabled Datasets
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Google today announced its plan to establish a new virtual Innovation Lab that will leverage emerging data technologies to spur the transformation of healthcare delivery. The partnership will change how Sanofi develops new treatments and will focus on three key objectives1. Better understand patients and diseases,2. Incease Sanofi’s operational efficiency3. Improve the experience of Sanofi’s patients and customersVirtual Innovation Lab
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Mount Sinai Appoints Andrew Kasarskis As First-Ever Chief Data Officer
Andrew Kasarskis, PhD, Chief Data Officer at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai has appointed Andrew Kasarskis, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert in biomedical data as the health system’s first-ever Executive Vice President and Chief Data Officer (CDO). In this new role, Dr. Kasarskis will facilitate the accessibility and sharing of clinical, financial, and administrative data, and open application development, all in support of better patient care, decision-making, and healthcare
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