6 Mistakes Digital Health Startups Make When Seeking Funding or Customers
At ViVE, investors and health system executives shared their biggest pet peeves when it comes to pitches from digital health startups.
Hospitals and Health System Executives Say Change Management is Essential for Innovation
A panel discussion of hospital executives at the ViVE event last month offered insight into the challenges of implementing innovation and what they have learned from their experiences.
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.
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
How Cedars-Sinai, Evernorth & More Are Deploying AI Responsibly
While the dawn of a new AI age is certainly exciting, healthcare leaders are still concerned that the industry lacks a comprehensive framework to regulate these new tools. In the absence of these guidelines, healthcare executives are creating their own governance strategies to deploy AI responsibly, executives said during a panel discussion on Thursday at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas.
3 Tech Investment Lessons From Houston Methodist’s Chief Innovation Officer
Roberta Schwartz, Houston Methodist's chief innovation officer, has had years of experience overseeing technology adoption at her organization. At a conference, she highlighted how important it is for digital health tools to have strong EHR integrations and encouraged hospital leaders to not be afraid of starting various technology initiatives in unrelated areas.
What Houston Methodist hopes to accomplish at its 2nd innovation hub
Houston Methodist is opening a new innovation hub at the Ion, a 16-acre innovation district established by the city of Houston and Rice University. The health system will use the space to partner with local talent to develop new digital health tools for its eight smart hospitals.
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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.
Providers will likely face more lawsuits against vaccine mandates. But they are also more likely to win.
Providers' legal defense against lawsuits aiming to tear down vaccine mandates is wide-ranging, from making the argument that allowing an unvaccinated worker into their facilities could pose a direct threat to the worker to invoking a 1905 precedent set by the Supreme Court.
100+ workers sue Houston Methodist over mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy
The lawsuit alleges that the policy is akin to forcing employees to participate in a medical experiment as none of the vaccines available have received full FDA approval. But Houston Methodist rebutted these claims saying the vaccines are safe and effective, and requiring employees to get vaccinated is in the best interest of the patient.