Kaiser Permanente has appointed Prat Vemana as its first chief digital officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals. In this newly created role, Vemana will lead the ongoing development and execution of Kaiser Permanente's digital vision and strategy, in collaboration with internal health plan, hospital, and medical group teams.
Atlantic Health System has named Dr. Sylvia Romm as Chief Innovation Officer. In her new role, Romm will be responsible for building new partner
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Yale, Mayo Clinic, Biofourmis Launches Research to Detect Heart Failure Using Wearable Biosensor Data
Biofourmis has entered a research partnership with the Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI). Biofourmis' mobile platform BiovitalsHFTM will be leveraged in a study of patients with heart failure to monitor functional capacity and quality of life to see if greater emphasis should be placed on these measures in the drug approval process.Impact of Heart FailureHeart failure afflicts approximately 6.5 million patients in the United States and
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American Heart Association Launches Registry to Share Data with 911 & First Responders
American Heart Association is teaming up with emergency technology company, RapidSOS, to promote a voluntary registry for citizens to share data with 911 and first responders. People can provide opt-in profile information and individual health data, personalizing care and positively transforming emergency outcomes. Outdated 911 SystemPublic safety professionals are trained to respond as quickly as possible to medical emergencies, but our nation’s 9-1-1 system was built over 50 years ago for
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Mount Sinai Launches Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human Health
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai today announced the launch of a new center dedicated to advancing the delivery of health care through research, development, and implementation of innovative artificial intelligence tools and technologies. The Hamilton and Amabel James Center for Artificial Intelligence and Human Health in Manhattan to combine artificial intelligence with data science and genomics in a standalone site. The building will enable researchers to enhance their
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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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Canadian Government Awards $49M Grant to Establish Canada-wide AI Health Data Platform
The government of Canada has announced an investment grant of up to $49 million in the Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP), a network of partners that seeks to establish a cutting-edge Canada-wide health data platform. Through this new platform, researchers and doctors will work to accelerate the development of new and personalized treatments to help to find cures for diseases that affect Canadians. While the platform will initially focus on cancer, the plan is to expand to other areas
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Glooko Appoints Dr. Mark Clements as Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Mark Clements, Chief Medical Officer at Glooko
Glooko, a provider of diabetes data management solutions, today announced the appointment of Mark Clements, MD, Ph.D., CPI, FAAP, as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Clements joins the senior management team of Glooko having served on its medical advisory board since it was formed in 2015 to provide expertise to the organization in the areas of clinical studies and diabetes analytics.
Dr. Clements comes to Glooko from the University of
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HIMSS Appoints Dr. Sebastian Krolop As Global Chief Operating & Strategy Officer
Dr. Sebastian Krolop, MD
HIMSS, has announced the
appointment of Dr. Sebastian Krolop, MD, PhD, MSc, to the role of
chief operating & strategy officer (COSO). Under his leadership as COSO, Dr. Krolop will lead the alignment of HIMSS’s
operational goals with the organization’s strategic plan. In addition, he will
guide the direction of HIMSS
Analytics, HIMSS
Media and foster additional support services in international
markets.
Dr. Krolop Background/Experience
Dr.
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GoCheck Kids Nabs $6M for iPhone App That Detects Amblyopia in Pre-Verbal Children
GoCheck Kids, the creators of an FDA-registered and CE certified iPhone app that screens for amblyopia in pre-verbal children used by over 4,500 pediatricians announced it has raised $6M in Series B funding led by FCA Venture Partners. The investment will be used to add artificial intelligence capabilities with Apple’s CoreML and ARKit and accelerate further electronic health record (EHR) integrations.
Amblyopia: The Leading Cause of Vision Loss in U.S. Children
According to the CDC,
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4 Digital Health Adoption Barriers for Hospitals & Health Systems
Nearly two-thirds of healthcare providers rate themselves as being behind the curve on their digital health adoption initiatives, according to new research from Unisys Corporation. On behalf of Unisys, HIMSS surveyed 220 health IT decision makers/influencers at U.S. hospitals and health systems and asked them to rank their organization based on how they are leveraging digital and mobile technologies to improve the patient experience, lower the cost of care delivery and improve clinician/staff
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