HHS Announces Health Data Provenance Challenge Winners
Phase 2 winners of the “Oh the Places Data Goes: Health Data Provenance” Challenge were announced. Congratulations to 1UpHealth and RAIN Live Oak Technology.
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Paying Hospitals To Keep People Out Of Hospitals? It Works In Maryland.
By Jay Hancock – Saturdays at Mercy Medical Center used to be perversely lucrative. The dialysis clinic across the street was closed on weekends. That meant the downtown Baltimore hospital would see patients with failing kidneys who should have gone to the dialysis center.
Forgotten A/R: 3 Steps to Getting Beyond “Low Hanging Fruit”
By Paul Allen – Low hanging fruit. You likely hear the term nearly every day in the business world. It refers to something easy to reach and therefore should be “picked” first.
Telemedicine News & Updates 3-28-2018
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Butterfly Network Inc., Royal Phillips, Innovative Imaging Technologies, MDLive, swyMed, Novartis and more.
Improving the Continuity of Care
By Lee Horner – The continuity of care is defined as the integration and coordination of medical information and care across a patient’s specific providers and related settings / facilities.
HIM Professionals Advocate for Increased Access to Information, Patient Safety
AHIMA called on Congress to support legislation to ensure healthcare professionals have access to their patients’ entire medical history – a move that could help address the opioid crisis in the US while maintaining the privacy and security of patient information.
HATA Meeting to Address Blockchain, Cures Act, and Interoperability
Healthcare Administrative Technology Association (HATA) to Address Blockchain, 21st Century Cures Act and Interoperability During National Meeting
A Health Plan ‘Down Payment’ Is One Way States Try Retooling Individual Mandate
By Rachel Bluth – As President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans tirelessly try to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, a number of states are scrambling to enact laws that safeguard its central provisions.
Sorting out AI, ML, DL, and NLP
This is the first of our ongoing reporting on how AI is being integrated into healthcare technology. We are seeking out the thought leaders and innovations that are moving the needle forward.