At the annual World Health Care Congress this week near Washington, D.C., Verizon Communications announced a partnership with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks. As their first order of business, the two companies will build a system called the Cancer Action Knowledge Network to supply physicians with current cancer treatment protocols at the point of care.
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For some reason whenever I get to meet with George Halvorson, the CEO of Kaiser, I get this feeling of being at a fireside chat. He’s such an impressive force within healthcare yet he’s so personable. We met yesterday at the World Health Care Congress in DC and discussed a variety of topics that have been on my mind recently. I’m continually amazed at his ability to pull recent studies and data to respond to questions without any preparation. (I’m sure I’m in good company as even Todd Park who was on a panel with him discussed his “fan boy” feeling.) (You can see an older post about his book which I met with him about last time.)
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For hospital providers and executives, the ability to align various technology initiatives in order to reach multiple goals can help solidify a facility's reputation as an IT leader.
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That’s what Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Prize-winning economist who proliferated the concept of microcredits, will tell you about most diagnostic medical devices. He recalls arguing with now-Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) CEO Omar Ishrak as they worked together to create a smaller ultrasound device for rural areas in Bangladesh. Ishrak brought back a tablet-sized product and Yunus said it was too small.
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I had the opportunity to listen to some heads of HR a few weeks ago and then sit in on an employer session yesterday at the World Healthcare Congress here in DC. It was interesting the common themes that clearly were emerging from the presentations by PEBTF and CalPERs along with the event I was at before.
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Yesterday, I sat down with Laurel Pickering, MPH who is the President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health. This was a great follow-up to the session she moderated with PEBTF and CalPERs and allowed me to validate my list of focus areas for employers. (Note: I did not use a tape recorder and have translated our dialogue into the discussion below so while it is based on my discussions with Laurel these should not be considered specific quotes.)
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As the healthcare industry shifts to value-based purchasing (VBP), there's "no silver bullet" to achieve better value, according to Shari M. Ling, deputy chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the 9th Annual World Health Care Congress in National Harbor, Md., yesterday.
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An Indian hospital group that started a joint venture with TriMedx to service medical technology in India is pushing a high-volume, low-cost model to make health care more accessible for the poor.
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Oxon Hill, Md.— A Chrysler Group LLC official said Monday the automaker is keeping its health care costs in check by emphasizing preventive care and wellness — and urging workers and spouses to get annual physicals.
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By the end of this year, the planet Earth will have more mobile devices than people, one of several factors driving telecommunications companies to make a big bet on wireless health, according to a telecom executive.
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On Tuesday, Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam addressed the World Health Care Congress and pledged to keep Verizon on the front lines of mobile’s connection to healthcare in the 21st century.
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A young woman might not have gone to Mayo Clinic to undergo a special technique for treating a wrist injury if it hadn't been for a live Twitter chat facilitated by USA Today, the hospital's social media guru told attendees at the World Health Care Congress' mobile health innovations talk on Monday morning.
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Much like the way people buy gossip magazines in the checkout line of the supermarket, most people who get a flu shot at Target's retail clinics or pharmacies do so on impulse: about 70 percent hadn't planned on getting a jab before they walked in the door, according to the company's medical director.
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Consumers think of healthcare as a complex web," said Joshua Riff, M.D., chief medical director at Target at today's World Health Care Congress event. The company known for customer engagement sees healthcare as a potential new horizon.
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Jonathan Gruber, an economics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently wrote a comic book that explains the health reform law so it is easy to understand.
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16 March 2012
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Doctors eager for iPad 3, but data security remains a concern
The iPad 3 release means doctors' use of the popular Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) tablet may be about to take off. But patient data security is a concern among small health care operations, and CIOs are clamoring for medical iPad apps with new security features.
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A panel of healthcare technology leaders discussed innovation for population and economic health during the inaugural eHealth Innovation conference.
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“There’s a bandwidth limitation,” said Ray Campbell, Esq, MPA, executive director and CEO of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, speaking March 14 at the inaugural eHealth Innovation Conference and referring to the limits facing healthcare technology innovation.
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