Cue Health https://www.cuehealth.com, a healthcare technology company, has been awarded up to $30 million in base funding and options from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) https://www.phe.gov/about/BARDA/Pages/default.aspx within HHS. (more…)
Big Data Helps Disaster Response
When a natural disaster strikes, government agencies quickly activate a decentralized and often disparate network of response teams to collect, analyze, and operationalize all types of data and information. However, current data management strategies and traditional epidemiological methods are not well-equipped to deal with the growing complexities of today’s disaster landscape. (more…)
Telemedicine Helps Transport Patients
The 44th Medical Brigade and Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg in North Carolina https://www.wamc.amedd.army.mil are testing the “Medical hands-free Unified Broadcast” (MEDHUB) system. This system uses wearable sensors, accelerometers, and other technology cleared by FDA to improve the communication flow between patients, medics, and field hospitals when receiving patients. (more…)
Brookings Event Discusses MIPS
With the passage of the “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act” (MACRA), which was combined and reformed to create the “Merit-Based Incentive Payment System” (MIPS). Paul Ginsburg, Director of the USC Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy introduced the discussion “Can MIPS be salvaged?” at Brookings. (more…)
Cleveland Clinic & Luye Collaborating
The Cleveland Clinic https://my.clevelandclinic.org and the Luye Medical Group https://www.luyemedical.com/en are collaborating to bring patient-centered healthcare to the Shanghai New Hong Qiao International Medical Center. Luye owned and operated by the Luye Medical Group and the regional healthcare services arm of the Luye Life Sciences Group is headquartered in Singapore. (more…)
Axia Women’s Health Using MPI
Axia Women’s Health http://www.axiawh.com, a large integrated OB/GYN healthcare provider is using the Verato http://www.verato.com Universal ™ Master Patient Index (MPI) to improve patient matching across the organization. The Verato Universal MPI is a cloud-based services using a Referential Matching approach to deliver accurate patient matching. (more…)
Addressing Social Determinants in Health
For the past two decades, the impact of social isolation on health outcomes, longevity, and healthcare spending has emerged as a critical public health concern, especially in preventing social isolation among the rural aging population. “Lack of human contact has serious physiological consequences, including increased risk of functional decline, mobility loss, and clinical dementia,” reports Bill Frist MD, BPC Senior Fellow. (more…)