The new report, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Center for Connected Medicine, surveyed 101 representatives of hospitals and healthcare systems. Nine out of 10 respondents said they were providing genomic or genetic testing or planning to.
The company, which is called Infectious Disease (ID) Connect, aims to virtually connect UPMC infectious disease specialists to other hospitals.
Rasu Shrestha, UPMC's chief innovation officer and executive vice president of UPMC Enterprises, will join Atrium Health as its chief strategy officer in February 2019.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was experiencing information technology-related problems. But with assistance from Colorado Springs, Colorado-based Cherwell Software, the health system was equipped to solve its IT service management issues.
The UPMC Enterprises funding will help researchers at Pitt and Carnegie Mellon build out technologies intended to improve patient safety, advance cancer diagnosis and provide personalized medicine,
In an attempt to better manage the seeming deluge of big data in healthcare, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have teamed up to form the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance. The three academic organizations aim to integrate more seamlessly data from EHRs, diagnostic imaging, genomic profiles, insurance […]
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.
There’s been a flurry of news related to telemedicine this week, with several notable developments in Mississippi and Silicon Valley. One of the more interesting aspects of telemedicine is that much of the innovation and focus of late has come from startups and vendors, while health systems have shown a bit of reluctance to deploy […]
Pittsburgh’s dominant health insurance company and its largest healthcare provider are, essentially, getting a divorce. For decades, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center worked together. But as the line between insurance companies and health care providers across the country blurs, these longtime allies are venturing into each other’s business and becoming […]
India is the latest country where it offers physicians the ability to consult with UPMC specialists in oncology, pulmonology and other specialty areas. It will also add Afghanistan later this month to a growing list of countries where it offers the service.
Although the HIMSS14 conference hummed with conversations about population health, applications for big data and tools for physicians to remotely monitor and engage patients more effectively, personal health records didn’t seem to be a significant talking point. That disappointed Dr. Andrew Watson, a surgeon at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who is also a CMIO […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
One aspect of the telemedicine business has focused on second opinions. MDLIVE is adding a second opinion service for children. It seems a logical move since parents would be likely to seek second opinions for their children, especially if their child’s symptoms eluded primary care physicians. It has added Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh as a […]
A year ago, Bernard Belisle was in a bad way. Pain throbbed in his legs all day, every day, and he was angry and irritable much of the time. Then, he enrolled in a novel study on preventing depression in older adults at the University of Pittsb...
Data entry staff. Statisticians. Analysts. All are critical to building a healthcare data analytics team that can deliver clean data and then process it. But there’s another critical hire to make sure the data delivered to executives actually gets read. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s data analytics team includes a professional journalist who takes […]
People who visit retail clinics for acute care may be less likely to see a primary care physician later on, according to a new study examining the care habits of privately insured Americans who visit retail clinics. Usually run by nurse practitioners and unaffiliated with health systems, retail clinics are expected to continue popping up, […]
Improving patient and family healthcare experiences through “shadowing,” taking a team-based approach to care and pairing transplant patients with a “guardian angel” are some of the practices that have been adopted and developed by healthcare facilities illustrated in a new book. “Pursuing the Triple Aim” takes its title from ideals developed by the Institute for […]
