By Adnan Mahmud – Local health officials are responsible for promoting the health of the populations they serve. However, they don’t always have access to the most effective tools for communicating about priority health issues. Obesity is one of the most critical health epidemics of our time, and health officers are working hard to address it right in the communities where they live.
By Gregg Masters – Emerging ACO management companies enabling physician led participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) aka Aledade (@AledadeACO). ‘Aledade Creating New Medicare Accountable Care Organizations in Seven States.‘ Meet Dr. Farzard Mostashari on PopHealth Week.
By Malini Sekhar – In a few weeks, we’re hosting our next Demo Day at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), featuring an introduction into innovation with the HHS IDEA Lab and a series of rapid-fire presentations from the teams currently being supported by the Summer 2015 HHS Ignite Accelerator.
Eko Core is the only stethoscope on the market to wirelessly stream heart sounds to a HIPAA-compliant smartphone app and the first to integrate heart sounds directly into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR), paving the way for clinicians to better address a cardiovascular disease crisis that affects 1 in 4 people worldwide.
High blood pressure is out of control for too many Americans. The latest data show that nearly 1 in 3 American adults—approximately 70 million—has high blood pressure, and only about half have it safely controlled.
Nurses will now be able to access the evidence-based nursing content from EBSCO Health through the Nursing Reference Center™ Plus app. The app is designed to allow nurses to find the information they need quickly and easily, anytime and anywhere.
The Innovation Institute is an independent, for-profit LLC structured to cultivate innovative solutions to transform healthcare delivery. The Innovation Institute is owned by non-profit health systems. This collaborative taps into physicians, employees, and industry business partners to incubate and commercialize new medical products and ideas.
Got a great idea to improve health or health care? Help make your dream a reality with the Mayo Clinic THINK BIG Challenge, sponsored by Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Mayo Clinic Ventures and AVIA.
By Susannah Fox – On June 30th, Secretary Burwell and Acting Deputy Secretary Wakefield announced the winners of this year’s HHS Innovates Awards. It was a celebration and a call to action.
Calling all new or early growth stage companies with big ideas in connected health. Push big thinking. Showcase your healthcare invention. Explore investment opportunities. Apply now to present at the Venture+ Forum during the 2015 mHealth Summit.
There are tons of great ideas out there in the medical space but most of them never see the light of day. Whether it is the finances or execution, dreams stay just those, dreams. But one company, Health Digital (HD), is taking a different approach to today’s business and health care market in order to make sure this doesn’t happen.
BeBop Sensors, Inc., the leader in smart fabric sensor technology, has won the 2015 Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation Award for its fabric sensor technology.
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