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Cerner Launches Social Determinants Innovation Collaborative with Over 30 Health Systems

by Fred Pennic 05/30/2019 Leave a Comment

Social determinants of health

This week, Cerner announced the launch of the Social Determinants Innovation Collaborative (SDIC), a group of over 30 health systems that come together to share best practices and steps forward in addressing social determinants of health.The Impact of Social Determinants of Health DataThe CDC defines “social determinants of health” as the circumstances in which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age. Social, environmental and economic factors – such as transportation, housing, nutrition,
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Former FDA Commissioner Returns to Venture Capital Firm As Special Partner

by Fred Pennic 05/22/2019 Leave a Comment

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to Step Down

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. is returning to global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) as a Special Partner on the firm’s healthcare investment team. Dr. Gottlieb was a Venture Partner at NEA from 2007 to 2017 before being appointed the 23rd Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he served from 2017 to 2019.Dr. Gottlieb is a physician, policy expert, and advocate for healthcare entrepreneurship, innovation, and access. He is focused
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Georgia Integrates Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs with EHRs Statewide

by Fred Pennic 05/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Partners HealthCare Integrates MassPAT with Epic EHR to Curb Opioid Abuse

Appriss Health announced that Georgia is integrating its prescription drug monitoring programs into EHR systems of all prescribers across the state with Appriss Health’s PMP Gateway solution. This is being made possible by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant – so all prescribers can instantly access prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) information directly in the clinical workflow.Substance use disorder (SUD) is estimated to affect 21 million people, according to a report
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Livongo Appoints Boston Children’s Hospital CEO, Sandra L. Fenwick to Board of Directors

by Jasmine Pennic 05/14/2019 Leave a Comment

Livongo Appoints Boston Children's Hospital CEO, Sandra L. Fenwick to Board of Directors

Livongo, a Mountain View, CA-based Applied Health Signals company empowering people with chronic conditions to live better and healthier lives, today announced that it has appointed Sandra L. Fenwick, Chief Executive Officer of Boston Children'sHospital, to its Board of Directors. Sandra L. Fenwick Bio & Background Since being named Chief Executive Officer of Boston Children's Hospital in 2013, Ms. Fenwick has led the nation's foremost independent pediatric hospital and the world's leading
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Designation to RenalytixAI for AI-Enabled Diagnostic for Kidney Disease

by Fred Pennic 05/03/2019 Leave a Comment

RenalytixAI Lands $29M for AI-Driven Kidney Disease Diagnosis Platform, Will Launch Product with Mount Sinai in 2019

RenalytixAI, a developer of artificial intelligence-enabled clinical diagnostics for kidney disease, today announced that it has been granted Breakthrough Device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for its lead diagnostic, KidneyIntelX™. This is the first such designation for an AI-enabled diagnostic for kidney disease publicly announced by any company.FDA Breakthrough Devices Program OverviewThe FDA’s Breakthrough Devices Program is a voluntary program for certain
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HHS Issues Public Comment for Interoperability Exchange Framework

by Jasmine Pennic 04/19/2019 Leave a Comment

HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge_HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued for public comment draft 2 of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) that will support the full, network-to-network exchange of health information nationally. HHS also released a notice of funding opportunity to engage a non-profit, industry-based organization that will advance nationwide interoperability.Public Comment DetailsSpecifically, the documents being released for comment are: (1) a second draft of
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We Need Less Focus on Perfecting Physicians Using Carrots and Sticks

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 04/17/2019 Leave a Comment

Medsphere CEO Talks Affordable Healthcare IT and Future of EHRs

I’m not sure what the relevant analogy might be, but I’ll take a shot, nonetheless. Let’s say we poured billions of dollars into improving highways and city streets, but the local commute for residents continued to get longer, more frustrating, less effective. Or, maybe we also dumped billions into school systems, but student test scores only got worse. I ask if these comparisons are relevant after reading about a recent study published in the Lancet, which suggests that poor
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Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University Announce Mega-Merger: 5 Things to Know

by Jasmine Pennic 04/10/2019 Leave a Comment

Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University Announce Mega-Merger

Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to merge that will establish a next-generation academic healthcare system. If approved, the mega-merger will enable three leading healthcare organizations to invest in the health and well-being of people throughout the region, as well as contribute ground-breaking research and innovation to the world. The organizations have agreed to start a period of exclusive
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IBM Watson Health Invests $50M in AI to Tackle Public Health Issues

by Jasmine Pennic 02/13/2019 Leave a Comment

IBM Watson Health

IBM Watson Health announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in joint research collaborations to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle public health issues. Brigham and Women’s Hospital – the teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School – and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been selected as joint research partners. AI Research Focus AreasThe initial areas of study are expected to include the use of AI to improve the utility of electronic health records
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Utilizing Blockchain in Healthcare: 3 Lessons Learned from Abroad

by Bo Vargas, CTO and co-founder of BitMed 11/26/2018 Leave a Comment

FDA Approves Blockchain/IoT Pilot to Track Specialty Prescription Drugs Across 3 States Blockchain in Healthcare_Next Stop for Data-driven Healthcare: Blockchain

According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, America is suffering from a serious trust issue, and one of the areas which Americans seem to have the least faith in is their healthcare system. According to a recent New York Times article, in 1966, more than three-fourths of Americans had great confidence in medical practitioners, compared to as little as 34 percent today.Many argue that the US healthcare system is deeply flawed and is designed to benefit medical providers and insurance carriers
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