Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted Aaron Martin, Executive VP and Chief Digital and Innovation Officer, and Sara Vaezy, Chief Digital Strategy and Business Development Officer at Providence St. Joseph Health http://www.providence.org, for a virtual meeting with a small group of investors. (more…)
eHealth Exchange’s Key Initiatives
The eHealth Exchange https://ehealthexchange.org is the oldest and one of the largest health information networks in the country. The exchange active in all 50 states and used by 75% of all U.S. hospitals, is the principal network connecting federal agencies and non-federal organizations which enables them to work together to improve patient care and public health. (more…)
PCORI Approves Funds for Studies
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) https://www.pcori.org recently approved funding for studies that will compare the most effective ways to treat a range of health conditions. Three new projects were recently approved with contracts pending to study if the current level of care is successful. (more…)
Monitoring Platform for COVID-19
A contract award for $656,420 made to Sonica Health https://sonicahealth.com, by Biomedical Advanced R&D Authority (BARDA). The funding will be used to expand their partnership to identify COVID-19 symptoms and other respiratory infections in high risk clinical populations via wearable sensors. before the onset of noticeable symptoms. (more…)
FOA for Digital Health Interventions
NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) https://www.nimh.nih.gov along with other Institutes and Centers within NIH, have issued a Forecast to publish the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (NOT-MH-20-058). The goal is to solicit applications that will support research to determine the role and impact of digital health interventions. (more…)
CMS Creates New Office
CMS https://www.cms.gov created the Office of Burden Reduction and Health Informatics to unify the agency’s effort to reduce regulatory and administrative burdens. CMS’s ongoing efforts have been to eliminate duplicative, unnecessary, and excessively costly requirements and regulations. (more…)
Mt. Sinai’s Executive Shares Views
David Kerwar, Chief Product Officer & Health of Consumer Digital Innovations at Mount Sinai Health System invited by Credit Suisse, shared his views with a virtual group of investors. Mount Sinai is an integrated health system structured around seven hospital campuses and a single medical school with an extensive ambulatory network and a range of inpatient and outpatient services. (more…)