What You Should Know:
- Stanford Children’s Health announced they are ramping up services again six weeks after postponing non-emergent medical procedures due to the state-mandated suspension.
- The health system will continue ongoing safety precautions including robust PPE standards; widespread access to COVID-19 and serology testing for all employees; testing all hospital patients; as well as using telehealth tools to reduce in-person visits whenever possible, among many other actions
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New Stanford Hospital Officially Opens Its Door to Set New Standard of Care
Sridhar Seshadri, Chief Administrative Officer, Destination Service Lines, joins Judith Wood, Administrative Director of Imaging Services, Sam Gambhir, Chair of Radiology, and David Entwistle, President, and CEO of Stanford Health Care and members of the Radiology team in cutting the ribbon on the Radiology Department at the new Stanford Hospital./Steve Fisch Photography.
- The new Stanford Hospital opened its doors to patients on November 17, 2019, that includes 368 private patient rooms, 20
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2 Healthcare Supply Chain Priorities Supporting Value-Based Care to Watch in 2020
- GHX Survey finds healthcare supply chain data and standardization key to accelerating healthcare’s shift to value-based care.- The survey highlights the role of healthcare supply chain data will play during the year(s) ahead in solving the cost-quality-outcomes equation.Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a healthcare business and data automation company has announced the results of a survey conducted among its Best 50 provider organizations regarding healthcare supply chain priorities for
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Incredible Health Raises $15M to Transform The Way Nurses Get Hired
- Incredible Health raises $15M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to solve America’s looming health care labor crisis.
- Founded in 2017 by a former physician and an MIT alum from a family of nurses, the company has pioneered a new custom matching algorithm that personalizes a hospital’s hiring experience.
- The platform empowers hospitals to apply to nurses seeking permanent positions, matching their needs to skilled professionals who fit the bill.
Incredible
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AI vs. Humans: AI Solution Beats Stanford Radiologists in Chest X-ray Diagnostics Competition
JF Healthcare, a Nanchang, China-based medical diagnostic startup is the first organization in the world to beat Stanford University radiologists in a competition designed by the Stanford Machine Learning group to compare the capability of artificial intelligence (AI) to human experts in interpreting chest x-rays.Standard Chest X-ray Diagnostic Competition ResultsThe AI team from JF Healthcare recently achieved an average AUC score (a measure of diagnostic accuracy) of 0.926 and is currently
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Stanford, Sutter Health to Explore Joint Cancer Care Services in East Bay
Stanford Health Care and Sutter Health have signed a letter of intent to explore opportunities to jointly provide cancer care for patients and their families in the East Bay region of the San Francisco/Oakland metropolitan area. The intent of the collaboration is to increase access to high-quality cancer care for patients as close to home as possible by building on the strength of Stanford’s leadership in cancer care and clinical research, the Stanford Medicine network and Sutter’s integrated
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Stanford Opens Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
Stanford University announced it is opening the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) with the mission to advance artificial intelligence (AI) research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition. The institute will work closely with companies across sectors, including technology, financial services, health care, and manufacturing, to create a community of advocates and partners at the highest level.
Formally launched at a symposium
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New Study Reveals Personalization is Key to Diabetes Management
New study led by Livongo demonstrates that personalization is key to diabetes management and short periods of intensive coaching when people get stuck on their way to their glucose and weight goals can be helpful. A new study reveals that use of Livongo for Diabetes significantly improves the health of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to recent findings reported in the Journal of Diabetes Research. Researchers also found pairing participation in Livongo for Diabetes with lifestyle
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Stanford Researchers Develop Algorithm to Diagnose Heart Arrhythmias
Stanford researchers from the Machine Learning Group have developed an algorithm that is able to outperform cardiologists in arrhythmia detection, according to research published on arXiv. The new deep learning algorithm can diagnose 14 types of heart rhythm defects, called arrhythmias and has the ability to sort through data from rural locations where people do not have routine access to cardiologists. Traditionally, patients suspected to have an arrhythmia will often get an electrocardiogram
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Ochsner to Measure Digital Health Outcomes in Clinical Studies
InnovationOchsner (iO), an innovation lab and accelerator created by Ochsner Health System is teaming up with Evidation Health to conduct robust clinical studies to determine the real-world impact of digital health outcomes on the health of patients and the cost of care.
The partnership will pair Ochsner Health System’s medical expertise and diverse patient population, iO’s digital health capabilities, and Evidation Health’s technology platform, data analytics engine and health outcomes
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