The Accesso Technology Group www.accesso.com has signed a partnership agreement with the Henry Ford Health System www.henryford.com to enable the health system to utilize “The Experience Engine” (TE2) platform www.theexperienceengine.com developed by the Accesso Technology Group. (more…)
Advancing Health Equity
The Health Affairs briefing “Advancing Health Equity” held at the National Press Club, focused on reducing inequities in the health system. The March “Health Affairs” issue https://www.healthaffairs.org/toc/hithaff/current provides vital data from a number of journal authors on programs that could help effectively advance health equity. (more…)
Advancing Robotic Capabilities
Researchers from the University of California Berkeley are creating smart robots that are teachable and able to learn new skills without pre-programming, The research team led by Pieter Abbeel has also formed a startup called “Embodied Intelligence” to develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) software with the goal to enable robots to learn from humans to perform complex tasks. (more…)
Surgeons Benefit from Virtual Reality
Stanford’s Department of Neurosurgery http://med.stanford.edu recently established a new Anatomy Lab as a prototype lab. The lab equipped with new technology worth more than $1.5 million, is presently in a temporary location situated next to their Virtual Reality (VR) Center. (more…)
Allscripts Launches New EHR System
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions www.allscripts.com presented their new EHR called Avenel™ at HIMSS 2018. Avenel creates a community-wide shared patient record, uses machine learning to reduce the time needed for clinical documentation, and is designed to work like an app instead of traditional software. (more…)
Mobile Tech to Improve Heart Care
The Veterans Administration’s Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Service https://www.hsrd.research.va is conducting a study on how to use mobile health technology more effectively to improve medication adherence for veterans with heart disease. (more…)
Grants to Support Rural Health
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) https://www.ncdhhs.gov recently issued the Request for Applications (RFA) titled “Rural Health Centers Support: Medical Access Plan, Innovation, and Planning and Implementation Grants AFY 2018-2019” through their Office of Rural Health (ORH) https://www.ncdhhs.gov/divisions/orh. (more…)