John Walton, a data expert who worked under Ross Perot, shares his insights on how organizations can successfully come together without coming undone.
Data—it’s the thread that promises to tie merging healthcare entities together, but more often than not, it can feel more like the primary source of its unraveling. So why are newly merged and acquired health organizations, particularly hospitals, feeling so threadbare?
Despite the belief that such a move will make data sharing easier, evidence to
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Cedars-Sinai Accelerator Reveals 5th Class of 11 Digital Health Startups
Cedars-Sinai Accelerator, today announced 11 new digital health startups selected to participate in its fifth class from across the United States and Europe. From artificial intelligence to a smart brace for knee replacement patients, these innovative healthcare-focused startups are working to transform health and healthcare delivery as part of the Los Angeles-based accelerator program. Through their innovations, the companies seek to address some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges,
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Fundamental Surgery Appoints Mayo Clinic Surgeon to Global Medical Panel
Today, Fundamental Surgery, the innovative surgical training platform that combines virtual reality with haptics (the sense of touch), announced Dr. David R. Farley as the newest member of their Global Medical Panel.Dr. Farley is a surgical consultant in the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic, who holds the academic rank of professor of surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science with a focus on general, endocrine, breast and minimally invasive surgery disciplines. He has helped train
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How Patients Suffer From The Worst Kept Secret in Health IT
Recently, articles in The Atlantic and Fortune highlighted a risk that plagues the healthcare system but is rarely talked about. The in-depth pieces uncover real-life patient stories resulting from mismatched and incorrect patient medical records. These tragic stories unfold in the articles and highlight scenarios that include permanent brain damage in a 5-year old; a cancer scare due to an incomplete radiological history; the missed diagnosis of a fatal brain aneurysm in a 47-year old woman;
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How Hospitals Can Improve Patient Flow Through Location-Aware Healthcare IoT
Nearly every healthcare setting wants to improve their patient flow.Overcrowded emergency rooms. Convoluted surgery schedules. Clunky patient handoffs between departments. Delayed discharges. Ambulance diversions. Long wait times for care or, even worse, patients abandoning treatment due to long wait times.Disruptions in the patient flow need to be taken seriously.But what kind of data do hospital administrators need to make informed changes to their patient flow and where do they find it?Rich,
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3 Factors Fueling Hospital Drug Diversion, The Silent Partner in the Opioid Epidemic
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company, today released a first-of-its-kind report based on an independent national survey that examines drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, an underreported contributor to the opioid epidemic.Defining Hospital Drug DiversionHospital drug diversion, when a healthcare worker “diverts” opiates or other controlled substances away from patients for personal use or sale remains a significant challenge that is largely underdiscussed. Left
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Imprivata Extends EPCS Support to Google Chrome for MEDITECH EHR Customers
Health IT company Imprivata, today announced that Imprivata Confirm ID, a comprehensive solution for electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS), now supports EPCS within the Google Chrome Web browser. This makes Imprivata Confirm ID more accessible to MEDITECH customers as the best option for ensuring a fast, seamless, and fully compliant EPCS workflow for their prescribers.Growing Importance of EPCS for MEDITECH HospitalsIn response to America’s national opioid abuse epidemic, the
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Adventist Integrates CancerIQ Platform with Cerner EHR Systemwide to Get AHEAD of Cancer
Adventist Health is getting AHEAD of hereditary cancer (which tends to be earlier onset, more aggressive, and accounts for 10 percent of all new diagnoses). The Adventist Health Early All-Around Detection – or AHEAD Program – at Adventist Health is a population hereditary cancer risk assessment initiative.To ensure patients in both urban and rural settings have access to the preventive services needed to reduce risk, Adventist Health is partnering with CancerIQ to identify candidates for genetic
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Top 5 Roadblocks to Population Health Management Adoption for Providers
The healthcare system is undergoing a transformation to restore the patient to the center of their care and to provide all patients with the highest quality care at the lowest possible price and with the best possible experience. Frequently the patient’s health journey is fragmented between multiple providers, an issue which must be addressed as a key part of any successful value-based care model.
Population health management (PHM) is an umbrella term that incorporates the multitude of payment
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Why Playing Political Games Does Not Improve Patient Care
Now that it is the political season where divisiveness rules the day, the bevy of President wannabes’ interest in maternal health is suspect. After all, none of them have joined the many maternal health advocates who praised the President for signing into law the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act which gives grants to the states to help identify the causes of maternal mortality.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, black and American Indian/Alaska Native women are about 3
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