Change Healthcare (CHNG) https://www.changeheealthcare.com on a post quarterly conference call with Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com, reviewed their FY 1Q21 results. Management noted that volumes seem to be holding at the level of down 8% vs pre-COVID level. (more…)
GAO’s New Report on IT Acquisitions
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) https://www.gao.gov released their report Information Technology: Key Attributes of Essential Federal Mission-Critical Acquisitions dated September 2020. (more…)
Symposium Discusses COVID-19
On August 24, top speakers joined Health Affairs https://healthaffairs.org Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil for the virtual Symposium Promoting Innovation & Equity as COVID-19 Vaccines & Treatment Emerge. (more…)
Eye-Tracking Helps Manage Concussions
The technology known as the Fusion Brain Assessment System tracks eye movements in individuals. The technology shows promise as an objective measure to diagnose and manage service members with concussions, according to researchers at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) https://dubuc.dcoe.mil. (more…)
Companies Partnering on Virtual Care
Atrium Health https://atriumhealth.org and Navicent Health https://navicenthealth.org have partnered to bring new virtual care to Georgia. One primary objective was to invest capital and implement treatment models such as virtual care and telepsychiatry to provide more behavioral healthcare for Georgians. (more…)
Partnership to Accelerate Innovation
Allscripts https://allscripts.com and Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, https://shebaonline.org, a 2,000 bed hospital with state-of-the-art facilities, have formed a partnership to accelerate the pace of artificial intelligence technologies and improve patient care throughout hospitals. The Accelerate, Redesign, and Collaborate (ARC) Center, the innovation arm of the Sheba Medical Center, has the vision to transform healthcare by 2030. (more…)
Home Telehealth Responds to COVID
Parks Associates https://www.parksassociates.com highlighted virtual care solutions at their 7th Annual Connected Health Summit: Consumer Engagement and Innovation held September 1-3, 2020. Parks Associates research shows that the use of telehealth services have nearly tripled year-over-year with 41% of U.S broadband households using telehealth services in the last 12 months. (more…)