Tampa General Hospital has launched TGH InnoVentures, a venture capital fund designed to help drive a “culture of innovation” at the large academic medical center. WHY IT MATTERS TGH InnoVentures will have three components: The TGH Innovation Lab will help with the creation and curation of ideas and tools to…
SPECIAL REPORT: Kuwait’s digital transformation journey
“At the moment the majority of healthcare services are provided by the public sector and Kuwait’s Vision 2035 is to diversify and also make the private sector a key player in providing health services to everybody,” explains Dr Dari Alhuwail, assistant professor at Kuwait University. Digital health transformation is a…
Using mental health software, practice reduces depression for 59% of patients
For quite some time, Commonwealth Pain & Spine, with 12 locations in Indiana and Kentucky, struggled with how to most efficiently and effectively address the mental health needs of its patients suffering from debilitating chronic pain. THE PROBLEM Staff witnessed the effects on their patients daily and have a commitment…
“Predictive, proactive, preventive care is not just a vision; it’s something that can be done”
Moving towards proactive preventive care, will require a new approach to data governance as there are privacy implications and interoperability considerations. These were discussed at today’s HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Event Evening Keynote: ‘Toward Precision Health – Pushing the Frontiers of Privacy, Interoperability and Digital Literacy’. The Speakers were: Mary…
Telehealth after dark: health systems can relieve clinician workload through nighttime virtual care
Smaller critical care hospitals may not have the patient volume to justify having a full-time physician for the night hours. This, said panelists during a recent HIMSS20 Digital presentation, can mean facilities leverage their daytime doctors for the job – leading, in turn, to burnout and decreased quality of care….
Telehealth resource centers nationwide aid providers at no cost
In 2019, the National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers received 4,039 requests, total, from providers looking for technical assistance or for more information about telehealth. This year, the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center, one of the 14 U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration-funded regional TRCs around the country, saw 439 inquiries…
Regenstrief launches initiative to disseminate SDOH data
The Regenstrief Institute and several collaborators within Indiana are launching a network to make social determinants of health information more widely available. The new entity, called the Indiana Network for Population Health (INPH), is expected to provide the secure exchange of comprehensive data, including SDOH information such as housing stability…
Mount Sinai seeks citywide engagement with app to track COVID-19 spread in NYC
To help better understand transmission patterns and help coordinate its own response to the COVID-19 outbreak proliferating across New York City, Mount Sinai Health System has enlisted its own data scientists, engineers and clinicians to develop a new app aimed at halting the spread. WHY IT MATTERS Mount Sinai is…
White House asks all hospitals to report data on COVID-19 testing
The White House Coronavirus Task Force and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are asking all U.S. hospitals to report critical data about their COVID-19 response. WHY IT MATTERS As part of what it calls an “unprecedented” expansion of data sharing, the Trump Administration is requesting that providers submit…
Cerner teams up with Uber to help patients get to appointments
Cerner and Uber are collaborating to help get patients to and from their doctor’s appointments – addressing a major social determinant of health that hinders the cost-effective management of chronic conditions. WHY IT MATTERS The Uber Health app will soon be available for integration into Cerner’s electronic health record, enabling…
HIMSS Machine Learning & AI Event: Call-for-proposals closes soon
The deadline to submit a speaking proposal for the HIMSS Machine Learning & AI for Healthcare event is 5 p.m. on Monday, March 18. The event will be held in Boston on June 13-14. Event Overview: The influence of machine learning and artificial Intelligence is being felt throughout healthcare, but…