Health data should belong to patients, Topol argues
What constitutes health data is no longer so easily defined. Neither is how the information is used.
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With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
Can data mining improve health information on Wikipedia?
DocGraph will share the data it collects with WikiProject Medicine, a collaboration that works to improve health and medical content on Wikipedia.
Are you afraid of the health data challenge? I say bring it on
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Why patient-generated health data is critical to the process of care
While some providers fear the volume of data generated by patients outside of office visits, others are demonstrating how it can be integrated into clinical workflow through tools like Apple HealthKit and integration companies like Validic.
Qualcomm acquisition continues health data integration parade
Qualcomm Life, the health and life sciences subsidiary of communications giant Qualcomm, has purchased medical device and health IT integrator Capsule Technologie for an undisclosed sum.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
Death and complication rates for many doctors have now been calculated and put in one spot – the Surgeon Scorecard
Many people opting for a surgical procedure look to make sure the hospital is considered good, but statics for each doctor within that hospital can vary greatly.
Getting your hands on your own health data collected by apps might be harder than you think
Even though fitness trackers show users their data, most of them don't provide easy access for users to export their health data for their own analyzation.
Debating the value of an all-payer claims database
Nearly a decade before the Affordable Care Act, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and a few other states began creating all-payer claims databases (APCDs). Acting as trusted third parties, they required all commercial insurance carriers within their borders to hand over their claims data, including the prices paid. In the last three years, the number of […]
10 key takeaways from Health Datapalooza 2014
Early June is Health Datapalooza time, and this year’s event was again a whirlwind of energy, insights, and over 2,000 very motivated and passionate health data enthusiasts (health datapaloozers doesn’t sound right). The hallway conversations provided tons of of pragmatic, productive and engaging conversations, inspired by keynotes and presentations from Todd Park, Bryan Sivak, Jeremy Hunt, […]
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
‘We are not now consumer, then patient:’ 9 thought leaders on technology & patient-centric care
PSFK Presents The Future of Health from Piers Fawkes on Vimeo. Game therapy. Do-it-yourself diagnosis. Embedded vital sign monitors. PSFK Labs and Boehringer Ingelheim identified these as three of 13 healthcare technology trends that will shape the future of patient care in a new Future of Health Report. The research firm tapped more than a […]
From analytics brokers to simulation software: A healthcare data pro’s innovation wish list
Technologies that turn healthcare data into knowledge make up a market that’s projected to grow more than 20 percent over each of the next five years. It’s quickly become a crowded space with startups and big players alike, but according to Pamela Peele, there are still some pain points left to be solved. Peele is […]
CMS Medicare data dump shows why transparency is only half the battle
As transparency advocates are applauding CMS's data dump, many doctors, it seems, are yielding lots of questioning phone calls. That could be both good and bad.
To spark cancer discoveries, several Big Pharma companies are sharing idle clinical trial data
Big Pharma spends billions of dollars each year researching, developing and testing new treatments for cancer. In the meantime, it’s also collecting millions of data points that figuratively sit on a shelf and collect dust once a clinical trial is complete. A consortium of Big Pharma companies and research organizations are attempting to give that […]
Visualizing Health is a library of graphics that make health risk data easier to understand
As the ocean of healthcare data gets bigger and bigger, the difference between accessing data and understanding data is becoming increasingly clear. As many as 35 percent of U.S. adults lack intermediate health literacy – for example, the ability to read instructions on a prescription label and determine what time to take it. How can […]