The Stanford Center for Digital Health recently released the Stanford Center for Digital Health Landscape Report, a first of its kind, comprehensive analysis of digital health efforts across Stanford. The report includes a deep dive into academic literature, detailed research trends, and unique institutional insights from a variety of stakeholders throughout the Stanford ecosystem. The report focuses on four core elements: 1. Literature review of Stanford’s digital health
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CareAsOne Summit 2020 Kicks Off Discussing Healthcare Transformation
This three-day virtual summit hosts over 40 industry experts discussing the challenges and transformation in healthcare. CareAsOne, a virtual healthcare professional community, officially kicked off its first-ever, global CareAsOne Summit. With Microsoft and AWS as technology partners, the community’s conference joins healthcare experts from all over the world to discuss the most healthcare pressing issues of today and perhaps tomorrow. Speakers started sharing their wins, challenges,
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Stanford Children’s Health Resumes Procedures Delayed by COVID-19
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
- The new Stanford Hospital opened its doors to patients on November 17, 2019, that includes 368 private patient rooms, 20 operating rooms and four acres of gardens. - More than 1,600 staff members and faculty help support the transition of around 200 patients into a new 824,000-square-foot hospital in 3.5 hours. On Sunday, Stanford Health Care officially open its doors to the new Stanford Hospital and safely transporting around 200 patients to the new facility across the sky bridge that
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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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