The increasing availability of big data from the likes of CMS to get a better handle on population health patterns is a growing trend in healthcare. Health IT startups such as Social Health Insights and Konnectology are just a couple of examples of that in action. But what could it do to improve understanding for […]
“Value” may be the single most overused term in healthcare in 2013. It can pretty much mean anything, and everyone wants it. No one turns down valuable objects or services and so every stakeholder in healthcare is trying to define what value is in healthcare. Accountable care organizations say value is obtained by slowly replacing […]
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Aetna (NYSE: AET) is testing out the patient-centered medical home model with cancer patients at an oncology practice in Philadelphia. Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology was the first oncology practice to get recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a patient-centered medical home. It currently has three offices in the Philadelphia area. […]
With the cost of drug development hitting the $5 billion mark and 94 percent of drugs failing at some point in clinical development, pharmaceutical companies have been turning to new tools to help clinical trial design: computers and robots. A couple of Wall Street Journal articles highlight this trend. One notes that in June, the […]
If you dug George Orwell’s 1984 or Animal Farm (or the Where the Wild Things Are movie) and are invested in the future of healthcare, this book’s for you. Grab this fiction book to take on the plane or kick back with during the holidays if you’re seriously interested in digital health and big data. Dave […]
Mix an mhealth service and telemedicine breakthrough with a dash of sci-fi dystopian transparency and fluidity (a la The Circle) and you get Google Helpouts: a HIPAA-compliant, secure, pay-per-use version of Google Hangouts (i.e., fancy video chats). According to Venture Beat, “This service marries the video chat features of Hangouts with the payment processing of […]
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It would be tough to assemble a group of investors, entrepreneurs and healthcare technology professionals in one room and not produce at least a few memorable insights on medtech innovations, healthcare industry trends and the future of healthcare. Here’s a list of some of the comments from the Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit that resonated with […]
Big data may be about to overwhelm the healthcare system. A little healthcare business intelligence tip: Data by itself won’t drive value and outcomes. Smart healthcare analytics will. In Deloitte’s DBrief, “Big Data Revolution: Unlocking Healthcare Analytics,” healthcare industry experts talked about the opportunities and barriers for industries across the care continuum to harness data, […]
Thompson Reuters will lend some of its scientific and clinical data and analysis methods to power startup NuMedii’s mission to find new uses for old drugs through a new strategic partnership. Stanford University spinout NuMedii has developed an analytics system that identifies high-potential new indications for FDA-approved drugs. It works with CROs to validate promising […]
Type 2 diabetes is viewed as one of the biggest drivers of healthcare costs partly because of the complications that can arise from the condition. Diabetes costs in 2012, for example, reached $245 billion. One complication — hypoglycemia — can cause diabetic coma if it remains untreated. WellDoc is working on a way to predict […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
This post is sponsored by LifeScience Alley. As life science companies look to control costs and adapt to new healthcare regulations and models, effectively managing supply chains is critical. On November 20, at the 2013 LifeScience Alley Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, experts from 3M Health Care, FedEx Healthcare Solutions, Medtronic, Inc. and Mayo Clinic will […]
Corporate venture capital investments in healthcare hit a five-quarter low in Q3, down in both deals and funding, according to a new report out from CB Insights. Compared to the quarter before, deals and funding decreased by 41 percent and 27 percent respectively. The tried-and-true players fared well: California, Massachusetts and Minnesota grabbed the CVC […]
The healthcare startups in the race to launch an approved noninvasive, bloodless glucose meter for the growing diabetes patient population is on. While each company etches out its value proposition and aims for commercial launch, a look at what the devices with potential for success in this space have in common. What the successful breakout […]
Now that the electronic medical records market is maturing, healthcare industry trends around innovation in IT big data are shifting, too. In a Q4 market analysis, investment banking firm Triple Tree observed that the next step in the “journey from EHR deployment to informed healthcare” seems to be the organization and analysis of not only […]
Big data and crowdsourcing were the dominant themes at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s pioneer pitch day in New York Wednesday. Three groups were selected from the eight finalists to have a longer conversation with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation staff than the five minutes allotted for their presentations. Those conversations could lead to funding. Laura Esserman […]