The Innovation Institute announced that it has signed an exclusive global agreement with the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE), a biomedical and healthcare innovation network…
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By John Halamka MD – I’m in New York City visiting Oscar Health, on my continuing quest to determine how best to integrate digital platforms, patient-family engagement, and care coordination in preparation for MACRA/MIPS and the transformation from fee for service to alternative payment models.
eHealth Initiative (eHI) announces second annual Innovation Challenge. The Challenge invites entrepreneurs and startups from around the world to submit proposals that tackle major healthcare…
Join the Webcast on Thursday, June 23rd, 9am ET – The Bipartisan Policy Center will hosts a discussion on the latest advancements in medical innovation legislation, as well as the release of new recommendations on the importance of using real world evidence to support finding safe and effective cures for Americans.
By Mike Sutter – As the chief innovation officer of Carle Foundation Hospital, my primary responsibility is to find the best cutting-edge technology to help alleviate our physicians’ biggest pain points. This can seem like a daunting task considering the sheer quantity of technologies being produced by innovative vendors to improve the healthcare industry.
By Miriam Kelly – The CDC has a mission to create the expertise, information and tools that people and communities need to protect and improve…
By John Halamka MD – Every year I walk the HIMSS floor and speak at HIMSS events with the hope that I can distill the conference sensory overload into a few key themes. In the recent past, big data, interoperability, personalized medicine, population health, and wearables were buzzwords in every booth. This year, the buzzwords were replaced by one overarching concept – providers and vendors must innovate or die.
By Bakul Patel – As Yoda might say: build a case for interoperability, we must. While we may not have yet realized the technological accomplishments of Yoda’s advanced world, today connectivity shows great promise for the future. From blood pressure to brain scans, today’s health care allows for the rapid transfer and use of information between and among different medical devices.
Dell has joined major players in health IT by participating in the HIMSS Innovation Center as an industry collaborator. Within the 30,000-foot facility on Cleveland’s…