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30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

by Fred Pennic 12/30/2020 Leave a Comment

30 Executives Share Top Healthcare Predictions & Trends to Watch in 2021

As we close out the year, we asked several healthcare executives to share their predictions and trends for 2021. Kimberly Powell, Vice President & General Manager, NVIDIA Healthcare Federated Learning: The clinical community will increase their use of federated learning approaches to build robust AI models across various institutions, geographies, patient demographics, and medical scanners. The sensitivity and selectivity of these models are outperforming AI models
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Human API CEO Talks Data Privacy Concerns in Employee Wellness Programs

by Fred Pennic 12/23/2020 Leave a Comment

Human API CEO Talks Data Privacy Concerns in Employee Wellness Programs

Andrei Pop, Founder, and CEO of Human API, A recent BBC article discusses the rise in employee health tracking via wearable devices and highlights a number of concerns around data privacy. To try and prevent health tracking schemes from crossing ethical lines, and eroding trust between employee and employer, some industry figures believe that organizations need to work with third-party vendors who specialize in managing wellbeing data. These vendors would hold the data independently under
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Medical Device Design: 4 Ways Designers Can Create Medical Devices That Work for Everyone

by Stuart Karten, Founder/President, Karten Design 12/16/2020 Leave a Comment

Karten Design: Design Must Play a Larger Role in Healthcare

Stuart Karten, Founder/President, Karten Design Medical device design has been going through sweeping changes over the last decade.  Ten years ago, medical device companies weren't concerned with delivering consumer-level design: Devices that are both attractive and intuitively easy to use by a wide variety of users.  Then the Affordable Care Act was passed, and adherence and healthy behavior change became a regulatory requirement.   Our firm, which has been a
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Ready Raises $54M to Become The Uber of On-Demand Healthcare Services

by Jasmine Pennic 09/16/2020 Leave a Comment

Ready Raises $54M to Become the Uber of On-Demand Healthcare Services

What You Should Know: - Ready, a company described as the “Uber” of on-demand health service, just raised $54 million in its Series C funding round. - Ready’s on-demand care model is evolving the healthcare industry with customer service and mobility, just like Uber did for ride sharing and Postmates for food delivery. Ready, an New Orleans, LA-based on-demand healthcare service, today announced that it closed $54 million of new funding to finance the expansion of its operations and
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Uber Health Launches Contactless Prescription Delivery in Seattle and Dallas

by Fred Pennic 08/21/2020 Leave a Comment

Uber Health Launches Contactless Prescription Delivery in Seattle and Dallas

What You Should Know: - NimbleRx and Uber Health launches contactless prescription delivery from pharmacies in Seattle, WA, and Dallas, TX, and soon, other parts of the country. - Following the initial launches in Seattle and Dallas, Nimble and Uber Health are already working to expand the partnership in additional regions across the United States. To date, Nimble has completed over 15,000 deliveries via the partnership with Uber Health. NimbleRx, a Redwood City, CA-based platform
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COVID-19: Why Designers Must Play A Larger Role in Healthcare’s Future

by Stuart Karten, Principal of Karten Design 07/07/2020 Leave a Comment

Karten Design: Design Must Play a Larger Role in Healthcare

Stuart Karten, Principal of Karten Design The coronavirus outbreak has brought epic casualties as more than 7.3 million cases have been confirmed globally and more than 413,000 people--and counting--are known to have died. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown flaws in our medical system, from basic preparedness to the coordinated distribution of medical equipment.  Within this global tragedy, there are stories of heroism and renewed mind power and energy addressing
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NYC Hospitals Leverage Taxi App to Transport Frontline Health Workers, Patients During COVID-19

by Fred Pennic 06/18/2020 Leave a Comment

Taxi App Curb Integrates with Ride Health’s Patient Transportation Platform

What You Should Know: - Curb, a taxi platform that connects two-thirds of the city’s yellow and green taxis, has partnered with organizations like NY Langone, Mount Sinai, American Cancer Society, and the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene to provide frontline workers with a safe alternative to public transit and rideshares like Uber. - Launched during the pandemic, the partnership has enabled Curb to power more than 100,000 taxi rides for doctors,
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The New Normal: Rethinking Healthcare Delivery in a Post-COVID World

by Mansoor Khan, Sc.D., co-founder and CEO of Persivia 06/11/2020 Leave a Comment

The New Normal: Rethinking Healthcare Delivery in a Post-COVID World

Mansoor Khan, Sc.D., co-founder and CEO of Persivia  It’s becoming clearer that, while we are all hoping that things are going to go back to the way things were at the beginning of the year, the COVID-19 crisis will result in a new normal. That’s especially true in healthcare, due to four issues that are being wildly amplified by the COVID-19 crisis. Namely:  1. The US government has huge deficits, and healthcare is a major driver of the unsustainable increase in these deficits. 2.
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Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation in the Medicare Population

by Anne Davis, Director of Quality Programs and Medicare Strategy at HMS 04/09/2020 Leave a Comment

Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation in the Medicare Population

Anne Davis, Director of Quality Programs and Medicare Strategy at HMS In recent years, the healthcare industry's understanding of social determinants of health (SDoH) and their impact on patient outcomes has grown dramatically. Researchers and practitioners now recognize that social isolation and loneliness fall under the SDOH umbrella. In response, many payers and providers are exploring initiatives to address social isolation among members and patients. The health effects of social
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Can EHRs Stand Up Marketplaces for Innovation?

by Seth Joseph, Managing Director at Summit Health 02/26/2020 Leave a Comment

Can EHRs Stand Up Marketplaces for Innovation?

Seth Joseph, Managing Director at Summit Health The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) continues to advocate for improved data exchange, with the interoperability and information blocking rules being the latest federal push.  One of the ONC’s goals with its latest guidance is to establish an ecosystem of innovation, with electronic health records (EHRs) serving as the foundation -- i.e., the platform enabling application development and user access.  But
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