StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Read about news from healthcare startups Bright.MD, Science 37, NexEos Bio and more.
Neuroscientists take baby steps towards better prosthetics
Advanced neuroprosthetics, with the potential to restore touch, movement, and sight, are not going to happen this year – or five years from now – but they are coming.
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The 5 Best Software to Buy for Managing a Spa Franchise
Choosing the right software translates directly into better client management, operational efficiency and growth for your spa franchise. Discover which tool is best for your business.
University of Utah Health, Intermountain win $3.8M NCI grant to create cancer screening tool
Via a grant from the National Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health, Intermountain Healthcare and the Huntsman Cancer Institute are developing an advanced cancer screening tool.
These healthcare leaders resigned this year amid tumult at their organizations
We're not six months into 2017 yet. But already, a number of healthcare leaders have turned in their resignation letters due to significant problems at their organizations.
Intermountain, U. Utah to open cybersecurity center with 3 others
Intermountain Healthcare CIO Marc Probst dropped this news — but not the names of the other partners — Monday at the 13th annual World Health Care Congress in Washington.
AMIA: Opening up records helps acute patient engagement, too
Based on early research presented Monday at the American Medical Informatics Association annual symposium, clinicians initially were apprehensive about opening up so much information to their patients, but most eventually came around to see the benefits of this kind of patient engagement.
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How to Improve Employee Benefits While Reducing Insurance Costs
Balancing healthcare benefits and insurance costs requires research. From becoming a Difference Card member to offering wellness resources, there are many ways to improve healthcare at low cost.
Hospital CIOs dealing with ‘intense’ landscape
With all the rapid change occurring within health IT — from Silicon Valley and tech jumping feet first into healthcare with promises of disruption to Meaningful Use and ICD-10 to interoperability — the role of hospital CIOs is increasingly resembling that of an embattled soldier. So much so that Jim Turnbull, CIO for University of Utah Heatlth […]
It’s not Pixar, but Molecular Flipbook gives researchers an animation tool to visualize microscopic processes
If a picture is worth a thousand words, an animation could be worth countless more when it comes to the intricate molecular processes that scientists have spent decades trying to unravel and understand. Janet Iwasa, a biochemistry professor at the University of Utah, gave a fascinating TED talk on the utility of a basic animation in […]
University of Utah crunches patient survey results and reality-based cost data to measure success
Hospitals and health systems can use patient satisfaction data and carefully calculated outcome-focused metrics to both improve the patient experience and achieve the best possible health results, according to Vivian Lee, CEO of University of Utah Health Care. Speaking at MedCity News’ CONVERGE conference in Philadelphia, Lee detailed how Utah’s biggest health system has built […]
Utah hospital’s ‘perfect care’ standards trim $2.5 million in fat from budget
SALT LAKE CITY – When a car rolls off an assembly line, the automaker knows exactly what parts, labor and facilities cost. Not so in health care, and now some health executives are trying to change that. Although U.S. hospitals account for the single largest chunk of the nation’s $2.7 trillion in health spending, few […]
Tackling Rising Drug Costs and Growing Popularity of GLP-1’s
See how Quantum Health is providing the steps to help their members tackle the cost of specialty medications and other drugs.
Could a catheter using a narrow spectrum light ward off hospital-acquired infections?
A medical device startup co-founded by five University of Utah graduates and students has taken on the challenge of combating the 100,000 deaths from hospital-acquired infections transmitted from catheters each year. They developed a bacteria-killing catheter that uses light to cleanse the catheter. Veritas Medical’s winnings from the International Business Model competition will help lay […]