Update below A discussion about wearable technology highlighted the need for hospitals to develop more effective ways of patient monitoring to avoid the grim reality of finding patients dead in bed from respiratory distress, for example. Covidien Vice President and General Manager of Patient Monitoring, Matthew Anderson, emphasized the needs in low acuity care for […]
There’s a panoply of alternative funding streams for healthcare startups out there — fledgling companies are seeking out avenues like prepaid revenue models, grant funding in lieu of venture capital, and the ever-popular crowdfunding approach. The outcomes can be a mixed bag, however, said a panel of speakers at MedCity News’ CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia today. Many corporations […]
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Hospitals and physicians need to seek out entrepreneurial partnerships beyond the once-narrow world of the healthcare industry to foster better patient experiences while harnessing the latest technology, such as telehealth, that can lead to better treatments and a more engaged patient. That was among the key takeaways from Dr. Stephen K. Klasko, president and CEO […]
It’s a grey, humid, and drizzly day outside, but Dr. Stephen Klasko had all the power and light we needed on the first day of CONVERGE. The President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and TJUH System had so many compelling ideas about how to improve healthcare that it was hard to keep track of […]
Working face-to-face or online isn’t an either-or proposition any more. Progress is about harnessing the power of everyone no matter where they are. That’s why we’ll bring the power of MedCityNews.com’s online audience to our CONVERGE conference this year. If you aren’t able to come to CONVERGE on Tuesday and Wednesday in Philadelphia, come back […]
Never mind reimbursement codes and getting doctors to adopt your new technology, patients are the ones who will make or break healthcare startups, according to one entrepreneur. Homero Rivas, MD, is not only co-founder of Apps4Patients, a small startup that has designed and created several mobile phone applications for patients. He is also a Google Glass […]
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With all the new technology flooding the healthcare system, it’s crucial to be able to use and understand it all. One of the speakers at CONVERGE, Kenyon Crowley will explain how he is helping providers get up to speed with the latest in health IT. At the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems (CHIDS), […]
Healthcare startups, and all startups for that matter, need investors and funding to stay alive. For this reason, MedCity is pleased to announce that investor Andrew Jay, MD, will be speaking at CONVERGE. Dr. Jay is the head of the medical solutions fund at HealthCare Fund at Siemens Venture Capital, which invests in companies focusing on […]
CONVERGE, taking place July 15-16 in Philadelphia, is MedCityNews.com's 3rd annual summit on innovation and healthcare convergence. CONVERGE is the one place you'll get the most accurate picture of where innovation is going, because it unites all of the sectors of healthcare in near-term, ROI-heavy conversations about healthcare opportunities and challenges.
Like most people with an engineering background one of the things that intrigues Andrea Ippolito is solving problems. The co-leader of MIT Hacking Medicine particularly likes using hackathons to find solutions for the pain points in healthcare and to bridge the gap between science and business. Ippolito is delivering a keynote speech at the CONVERGE […]
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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 […]
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 […]
When you think wearables, you probably don’t think about senior citizens using them. Satish Movva is changing that image by expanding the wearables market to the non-iPad generation. Movva is the founder and CEO of CarePredict, a startup company making the Tempo tracker. The watch-like device tracks the wearer’s daily patterns and records them in […]
MedCity CONVERGE is the only event that brings together all sectors of healthcare—payers, providers, medtech, pharma, digital health, investors, policymakers and their support systems—providing a unique opportunity to fully understand and address the challenges of the future of healthcare innovation.
When it comes to genomic technology, Carol Isaacson Barash is a go-to source. She is the founder of Helix Health Advisors, a consultancy specializing in integrating transformative genomic technologies at the point of care. She also has 25 years of experience in genetics/genomics technologies, bioethics and applications to clinical care. Barash will be speaking at 9:20 a.m. […]