Healthcare workers at Stanford Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital ratified a new agreement that increases their wages by 15% over the next three years. It's been good month for nurses unions in Northern California — Kaiser Permanente nurses recently ratified a new contract that increased wages by 22.5% over four years and included provisions for improved staffing.
Based in San Francisco, Allermi aims to create a national market for a customizable approach to allergy relief pioneered by a California doctor.
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.
During a panel discussion at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, three physicians from Stanford Medicine discussed the investment opportunities that can help accelerate innovation in healthcare in the coming year.
The company just announced strategic alliances with Novartis, Otsuka, Pfizer and Sanofi to develop new clinical research programs utilizing the Project Baseline platform across therapeutic areas ranging from cardiovascular disease to oncology to mental health.
According to findings presented at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting, 0.5 percent of the more than 400,000 study participants received a notification about irregular pulse and 84 percent of participants who received irregular pulse notifications were found to be in atrial fibrillation at the time of the notification.
"We’ve shown in a number of studies that every one point increase in burnout [as measured by a survey] increases the risk of a medical error in the next three months," said Dr. Tait Shanafelt, Stanford Medicine's chief wellness officer.
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.
A new survey of 521 licensed primary care physicians found 21 percent are somewhat dissatisfied with their current EHR and 13 percent are very dissatisfied with it.
Apple COO Jeff Williams noted that the company has been working on improvements to its heart rate monitoring technology over the past couple of years and claimed that Apple's heart rate monitor is the most widely used in the world.
The report draws some interesting conclusions on the impact virtual visits, wearables, and predictive analytics will have on how healthcare is delivered in the future.