A New Orleans startup focused on healing holes in the eardrum without surgery has found early validation and funding from two business plan competition wins within the last week. Tympanogen has taken home more than $70,000 in winnings from the Rice University Business Plan Competition and the Tulane University Business Model Competition. Each year, nearly […]
The government’s incentives program offering funds to spur providers with Medicare and Medicaid patients to switch over to electronic medical records has led to 80 percent of providers agreeing to comply with government deadlines to prove Meaningful Use for EMRs by 2014. The goal of the program is to reduce medical errors and improve patient […]
FASENRA® (benralizumab) injection, for subcutaneous use, 30 mg is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). FASENRA provides a treatment option for HCPs to consider when managing this challenging disease.
Alarm fatigue is generally associated with healthcare professionals working in environments like an ICU, where the constant drone of beeps and bells emitted by medical devices in a mix of low level warnings and high level warnings causes the risk that the sound of a high level warning will get drowned out and be missed. […]
The healthcare industry’s growing adoption of practices associated with the hospitality and retail industry seems to be percolating to the health IT industry too with a money back guarantee sales pitch from telehealth and remote monitoring company AMC Health. In its sales pitch at HIMSS, AMC Health promises to return providers’ money for a program […]
The development of speech-enabled commands and searches have been a budding trend in the electronic medical records sector. Health IT company M*Modal has developed an algorithm that responds to voice commands to search unstructured data in electronic health records that offers a less cumbersome way for physicians to access the unstructured data to find the […]
The multitude of approaches to improve the exchange of patient data is a big trend at HIMSS 2013. One facet of the government’s drive towards achieving that is through the SMARt project. Short for Substitutable Medical Apps and Reusable Technologies, it’s made up of a group of researchers from Harvard University Medical School working with […]
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The creation of the CommonWell Health Alliance announced at HIMSS13 yesterday underlined the fact that the exchange of patient information to improve outcomes and reduce medical errors is entering a new phase. Providers are moving beyond directed exchanges that transmit patient information such as lab results and discharge summaries in secure emails and advancing to […]
The announcement by McKesson, Cerner, athenahealth and Allscripts that they have formed an alliance to advance the exchange of patient information with two other health IT companies was greeted with a mixture of optimism, bemusement and skepticism from an industry accustomed to the spectacle of splashy announcements at the annual healthcare IT conference HIMSS. The […]
The largest annual healthcare IT conference has kicked off in New Orleans. I’m talking about HIMSS 2013 of course. For those who can be there, unfolding developments abound from accountable care organization initiatives to patient engagement, telemedicine and interoperability issues. For those who can’t be there, there will be some sessions that can be viewed […]
Growth through strategic collaborations has fueled the expansion of many a company involved in the health care space such as Intermountain Healthcare System and McKesson to add new technologies and markets relatively rapidly. The forms these partnerships take vary according to need and size. Although frequently between smaller and larger companies, it can also be […]
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
With less than a week to go before the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans, it’s time to strap on your comfortable shoes and don some beads. As we begin to gear up for the healthcare IT conference at least one event, the Health IT Venture Fair and Strategic Partner Forum, offers a sense of […]
The Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, based in New Orleans, is releasing the first-of-its-kind iPhone app that is targeted at women recently diagnosed with breast cancer and those who have undergone a mastectomy. The free app enables these breast cancer patients to learn about the newest and most advanced breast reconstruction techniques that are available […]
In a competition intended to spur healthcare innovation that addresses the needs of a population 50 years and older, two companies were picked among the 10 finalists that focused on behavioral health and locating caregivers. The winners were highlighted in a podcast from Senior Care Corner. The AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch, held in New Orleans […]