By John Halamka MD – When my father died 3 years ago, my comments at his funeral noted that the greatest aspiration any of us can have is to make a difference in the world. My father’s life made a difference. I’m always self critical and analyzing my own life. I moved to Boston 20 years ago this month.
The American Diabetes Association and IBM Watson Health announced a long-term collaboration to bring together the cognitive computing power of Watson and the Association’s vast repository of clinical and research data. Collaboration Will Include Developer Challenge to Catalyze the Creation of Cognitive Apps.
Connecticut Innovations (CI), the leading source of financing and ongoing support for Connecticut’s innovative, growing companies, announced the launch of VentureClash, a $5 million global investment challenge for early-stage digital health and financial technology (fintech) companies.
By Warren Kibbe, PhD – Health data enthusiasts of all stripes arrived in Washington, DC, for an annual event known as Health Datapalooza. Incredibly smart participants from government, academia, companies, startups, and patient groups meet to share ideas and brainstorm about how to share and unleash health information to improve health outcomes for all.
The fifth annual AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch, a one day pitch competition for emerging startups in the healthy living space with a focus on caregiving, was held on April 27th at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA. Check out some of the highlights from the event, hear the pitches, and find out who the winners were in our special edition Storify recap.
The fifth annual AARP Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch – Wednesday, April 27 2016 at Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, CA. Innovation@50+ is a one day pitch competition for emerging startups in the healthy living space with a focus on caregiving.
By Darrell Hurt PhD – Because I lived overseas in 1986, I was not among the millions of school children who witnessed the Challenger space shuttle disaster on live TV. But President Reagan’s use of John G. Magee’s poetry to describe how the seven NASA astronauts…
By Miriam Kelly – The CDC has a mission to create the expertise, information and tools that people and communities need to protect and improve public health. To achieve it, we need to understand the massive amounts of data that we collect in order to communicate vital information to keep people safe and healthy.
The 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition (#HIMSS16) announced Sansoro Health (@SansoroHealth) as the winner of its 10th annual Venture+ Forum (#HITVenture) pitch competition for startup companies.
By Yasmin Kloth – Health Datapalooza (May 8-11th) is pleased to announce and host a code-a-thon using non-governmental de-identified administrative claims data and electronic record clinical data with the goal of establishing algorithms to predict clinical response to rheumatoid arthritis management.
ConCert by HIMSS announced that four products have received the ConCert by HIMSS mark after completing a comprehensive pilot program that tests and certifies electronic health record (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE) vendors.
The American Heart Association (@American_Heart) recommends healthy eating, weight management, and physical activity to help prevent heart disease. MyFitnessPal can help you with your journey on the road to #hearthealth.
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