Nebraska

How Nebraska’s HIE Is Leveraging Real-Time Data to Improve Maternal, Postpartum Health

The next generation of HIEs must think beyond the transfer of information and explore how they can use real-time health data to improve population health outcomes, according to the CEO of Nebraska's HIE. A key way that her HIE is seeking to improve population health outcomes is through a program it launched six months ago to improve equity in maternal and postpartum care through identifying high-risk patients and sharing real-time information with providers.

By Katie Adams

Social Determinants, Health IT

HIEs uniquely positioned to advance social determinants of health efforts

Healthcare information exchanges could provide the missing link between providers, payers and community-based organizations working to address social determinants of health. Efforts in Nebraska and Ohio show the ways in which HIEs could advance care coordination and interoperability.

By Anuja Vaidya

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.

Social Determinants, Health IT

Unite Us, Nebraska HIE expand social determinants partnership

After a launching their social determinants of health partnership in Nebraska over the summer, technology company Unite Us and the Nebraska Health Information Initiative have plans to expand it to six more states.

By Anuja Vaidya

Payers, Policy

Nebraska gets approval to add work requirements to Medicaid expansion

After Nebraskans cast their vote for Medicaid expansion in 2018, the state is finally expanding coverage to more residents. As part of the state’s rollout, it split its expanded Medicaid plans into two tiers, with work and other requirements to access dental and vision coverage.

By Elise Reuter

BioPharma

NIH opens Phase II coronavirus trial with Gilead drug at University of Nebraska

The randomized, placebo-controlled study of Gilead's remdesivir has been posted online and has enrolled the first patient, one of the passengers on a quarantined cruise ship docked off of Yokohama, Japan, who was repatriated to the U.S.

By Alaric DeArment

Policy, Pharma

Nebraska legislator urges Pfizer to sue state in bid to stop execution

Ernie Chambers cites case of Alvogen suing Nevada as grounds for lawsuit to stop use of its products in lethal injection.

By Alaric DeArment

Health IT

Nebraska CIN selects Innovaccer to integrate data

UniNet Healthcare Network, an Omaha, Nebraska-based clinically integrated network, will utilize Innovaccer's InData platform to bring data from various sources together.

By Erin Dietsche

Hospitals, Health IT

Philips, Children’s Hospital & Medical Center launch 10-year partnership

Philips will help Omaha, Nebraska-based Children's Hospital & Medical Center with its technology innovation. The collaboration will focus on various areas, including diagnostic imaging, patient monitoring, clinical informatics and respiratory solutions.

By Erin Dietsche

Health IT

Nebraska Medicaid program gets revamped with the help of Edifecs

With the help of Edifecs, a Bellevue, Washington-based company, the state of Nebraska's Medicaid program implemented and went live on a new electronic data interchange platform.

By Erin Dietsche

Health Services

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.

By Build My Health and MedCity News

Payers

Aetna to drop from all ACA markets in 2018

Hartford, Connecticut-based Aetna has bid adieu to the Affordable Care Act exchanges. On Wednesday the insurer revealed plans to withdraw from the Nebraska and Delaware markets.

By Erin Dietsche

Health IT, Hospitals

University of Nebraska Medical Center breaks ground on $118.9 million VR training facility

With the development of a new facility, the University of Nebraska Medical Center is leveraging virtual and augmented reality to educate healthcare students.

By Erin Dietsche

Startups, Health IT

A telepsychiatry startup geared for people with severe mental illness raises $1M round

Prairie Ventures is one of the investors for the company, which works with long-term care facilities.

By Stephanie Baum

Hospitals, Patient Engagement

Watch pediatric cancer patients control hospital telepresence robot (video)

Life can be isolating and challenging for pediatric cancer patients, so Nebraska Medicine in Omaha brought in a telepresence robot to help improve the quality of life for some young warriors.

By Neil Versel

Devices & Diagnostics, Startups

Virtual Incision gets $11.2M for robotic surgery tool that works from the inside out

Nebraska startup Virtual Incision just raised $11.2 million for its robotic surgery device that embeds a robot in the body - letting surgeons work from the inside, out.

By Meghana Keshavan