Philly should pool precision medicine resources in Brookings Institution assessment
A Brookings Institution assessment team made a series of recommendations of how to better position Philly as an innovation city.
Beltway insiders struggle to predict what will happen to health insurance exchanges, essential benefits
The civil war in the Republican party is making it tough to figure out how healthcare reform will move forward.
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What should healthcare do about its cybersecurity problem?
Healthcare might want to take some cues from the financial industry.
Study: 23 percent of all data breaches occur in healthcare
Healthcare data is more valuable than many other forms of personal identification because information such as birth dates, Social Security and insurance ID numbers don’t change and criminals can charge premium prices on the black market.
Exciting Friday activity: Listen to this day-long Brookings webcast on FDA Breakthrough Designations
Your browser does not support iframes. The Brookings Institution is holding a day-long series of broadcasted panel discussions on Breakthrough Designation with the FDA. It’s running from 9:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. It’ll talk about the criteria that qualifies companies in the biopharma industry for breakthrough therapy designation – a status launched in 2012 by […]
Farzad Mostashari to join Engleberg Center at Brookings after four years at HHS
@_bakulpatel keep up the good fight for innovation and safety, with good @ONC_HealthIT colleagues @Jacobr @JodiDaniel — Farzad Mostashari (@Farzad_MD) October 4, 2013 Dr. Farzad Mostashari leaves his job as the head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT at HHS today. His next step: joining the Engelberg Center for Healthcare […]
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How PDPM Optimization Improves Facility Financial Performance
Transitioning to PDPM models significantly shifted the healthcare industry. By replacing the RUG system, healthcare providers cut waste and more accurately reflect the care each patient received.
I-Q Corridor is the stuff of dreamers. Oh, but what a dream!
Ever heard of the I-Q Corridor? Unless you’re an economic development geek, probably not. The concept, first penned in a little-noticed Wisconsin Technology Council white paper, envisions an economic superhighway of sorts connecting the Twin Cities, Madison, Wis. and Chicago along interstates 90 and 94. The “I” stands for ideas, innovation, investment, intellectual property while […]
Night Read (Ohio): Brookings Institution report calls for VC fund for Great Lakes states
Ohio and its neighboring states need a massive venture capital fund that pumps money into businesses, says a white paper, Turning up the Heat: How Venture Capital Can Help Fuel the Economic Transformation of the Great Lakes Region, released today by the Brookings Institution.