Despite IT spending growth increasing by over 5 percent per year over the last 10 years, we’ve actually seen the healthcare labor pool and service environment become less efficient. Why?
The Greeks leveraged the sneaky Trojan Horse tactic to win the war after 10 years of futile war making. That can be a model for innovation in healthcare.
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.
The overall collaboration is part of a state-funded pilot project at Texas A&M called Healthy South Texas, which focuses on preventing diabetes, asthma and infectious diseases in 27 counties in South Texas.
MGMA President and CEO Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright said the organization also is "flirting with the idea" of creating a tech incubator on the site.
Daniel J. Hilferty, president and CEO of Independence Blue Cross, is a fan of Philadelphia and a fan of Thomas Edison. He sees parallels between the work Edison did on the lightbulb and the way healthcare innovators are trying to disrupt their industry.
The staid Journal of the American Medical Association is getting into the field of healthcare innovation. JAMA won't be bankrolling startups or conducting medical research, but rather will spend 2016 highlighting innovations specifically in healthcare delivery.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Instead of just building apps that people may or may not use, healthcare innovators have started taking lessons from counterparts in other industries by testing their ideas first, according to University of Pennsylvania researchers.
The notion of disruption in technology is practically mainstream by now, and healthcare is simply the latest target to enter into the cross hairs of would-be disruptors across the globe who emulate Clayton Christensen’s theory, especially in Silicon Valley. But what if it’s not the best approach after all? What if, within healthcare especially, a […]
A health system CEO imagined what education and care will look like in his system in 10 years. Investors explained how new models of early-stage funding are paving opportunities for healthcare startups. Insurance executives shared what innovation looks like in the payer sector. And a medical device giant illustrated the challenges of disruptive thinking in […]
With telemedicine beginning to take over healthcare, it’s perfectly fitting for MedCity to have Julie Hall-Barrow speak at CONVERGE. She is Senior Director of Healthcare Innovation and Telemedicine for Children’s Medical Center Dallas, and in her current role in the Population Health Division of Children’s, Dr. Hall-Barrow is pioneering the use of telemedicine to reach medically […]
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
As the current Executive Director at Cleveland Clinic Innovations with more than 30 years of technical and executive experience in the software industry from leading companies from start-up through acquisition, Gary Fingerhut knows how to help startups turn their ideas into reality. MedCity is pleased to have Fingerhut speak at CONVERGE and explain how to […]
The Cleveland Clinic’s New Ventures Healthcare Challenge, which is searching high and low for an early-stage Health IT company, has extended its first round deadline to Monday, June 30, 2014. The challenge’s panel of experts will be looking for innovative ideas that will revolutionize the world of healthcare. According the the challenge’s website, “Whether your technology will […]
by Jay J. Cohen, MD, Senior Vice President, Optum and Glenn D. Steele, Jr. MD, President and CEO Geisinger Health System Lost in much of the debate over the federal health care law are the surprising powers that reside in states to reduce health care costs and improve quality. With 46 state legislatures set to […]