The Mercom Capital Group http://www.mercomcapital.com released their report on M&A activity for the Healthcare Information Technology/Digital Health sector for the first quarter of 2017. This is the initial look into how the markets have reacted to the change in administrations particularly with the GOP-led Congress and President Trump’s stated goal of repealing/replacing the Affordable Care Act. …Continue reading
NY’s Actions on Telemedicine
Legislatively the use of telemedicine may move forward since New York State Senator Sue Serino www.nysenate.gov/senators/sue-serino sponsored a bill passed in March in the N.Y. Senate with the potential to dramatically increase access to healthcare for seniors living in senior living residences. …Continue reading
Exploring Team-Based Approach
To help patients, Christiana Care Health System www.christianacare.org located in Delaware is using a new personalized approach to primary care by using a model called “Patient-Anchored Care Teams” (PACT). Each patient is provided a team to provide care that consists of a registered nurse, two or more medical assistants, and usually a nurse practitioner or resident physician. …Continue reading
Applying ECHO Model to Cancer
The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) www.bms.com awarded the ECHO Institute http://echo.unm.edu a five year $10 million grant as part of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center http://hsc.unm.edu program. …Continue reading
Communicating with Providers
Summit Health Care’s www.summithealthcare.com Provider Alert System, a clinical event notification and data exchange solution, has been adopted by several hospitals. It operates as a web-based mobile application that allows hospitals to deliver real-time patient specific data and critical documents to area providers regarding significant hospital events. …Continue reading
eICU Reduces Patient’s Stay
In a report created by Abt Associates for CMS, it was found that Emory’s eICU program www.emoryhealthcare.org/centers-programs/critical-care-centers reduced the length of patient stays in the ICU which has resulted in fewer readmissions, lowered costs by millions of dollars, and helped solve the shortage of critical care physicians who work primarily in ICUs. …Continue reading
Mass General Helping in China
Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) www.massgeneral.org and Jiahui Health Network (JHN) www.jiahui.com have announced that they are collaborating to create the Jiahui International Hospital (JIH) in China’s Shanghai Province. This agreement resulted when clinical and operational learning opportunities along with workshops were held in the U.S and China. …Continue reading