Kaiser Permanente CIO: Time for fundamental rethinking of business models
At HIMSS17 last week, Richard Daniels spoke about healthcare transformation via a consumer-driven model.
Machine learning is the new “plastics” and four more HIMSS17 observations
Assume every EHR company will have a curated app store and sandbox for developer education/pilot testing within a year.
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.
‘Shark’ Herjavec gets health IT, O’Leary wants to but has reservations
The two investors capped a long week with an entertaining keynote to close HIMSS17.
Reform healthcare payment while interest rates are low, says ex-HHS Secretary Leavitt
If and when rates rise again, the cost of debt service will be competing with healthcare and a couple other major components of the federal budget for ever scarcer dollars, Leavitt explained at HIMSS17 this week.
Things I learned at HIMSS17
There's only so much HIMSS conference a publication like MedCity News can cover, so it's impossible to know everything that has gone on here in Orlando, but let's give it our best shot.
Soon-Shiong’s new cancer vaccine is the “culmination” of NantWorks’ science
After 15 years of research, Patrick Soon-Shiong has unveiled the Nant Cancer Vaccine, bringing together myriad biology and technology advances made throughout his NantWorks empire.
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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.
Houston EMS gets to ‘mobile integrated healthcare’ with telemedicine triage
The program outfits EMTs with 4G-enabled tablets that connect to 9-1-1 services, the University of Texas Health Science Center, a nurse help line, a network of primary care clinics (for the purpose of getting people into medical homes) and even to a taxi service for transportation.
Healthcare model: Choose Netflix over Blockbuster
Hospitals and the healthcare industry overall should learn from the thriving Netflix model, which empowers consumers to get their entertainment on demand over the bankrupt Blockbuster model.
Regenstrief commercializing NLP with help of Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst, of Salt Lake City, announced the commercialization agreement Tuesday at HIMSS17 in Orlando, Florida.
Now the government jumps on the blockchain bandwagon
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is co-hosting a two-day “Blockchain in Heathcare Code-A-Thon” with the Chamber of Digital Commerce.
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.
Is it fear or pragmatism to question the effect of disruptive technologies?
Healthcare is seeing the confluence of remarkable technologies that have the ability to herald a new future for humanity, but we would be remiss not to acknowledge the collateral damage and prepare to mitigate it.
Philips gets FDA clearance for inpatient continuous monitoring system
This was but one of several pieces of news the Amsterdam-based technology company discussed Monday at HIMSS17.
Mayo Clinic CIO on AI: This stuff is really real
Physicians and providers skeptical of AI should pay close attention to the experience of Mayo Clinic whose top representatives were on hand at HIMSS to describe the benefit of using IBM Watson in clinical trial matching.
IBM’s Rometty: ‘Cognitive healthcare is mainstream, it’s real and it’s here’
"Competitive advantage in healthcare will not come from digitization," Rometty said. "It's going to come from cognitive." But there must be transparency.
At HIMSS17, Integra Connect emerges from stealth with, um, 1,400 employees
Perhaps only at something as large as the annual HIMSS conference can an entity with more than 1,400 employees emerge from "stealth" mode, but that's what Integra Connect is announcing Monday morning.