For our Friday Five this week, HealthcareNOW Radio reached out to Ginny Kwong, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer for Halifax Health, to share some information about sepsis and discuss Halifax’s innovative approach to leveraging new technology in the race against sepsis.
This week’s Friday Five gets us acquainted with Karen DeSalvo, former National Coordinator, current public health advocate and host of #healthITchicks Twitter Chat and Jennifer Dennard, founder of #healthITchicks. We also sum up some highlights from the chat, leaving some food for thought about the current state of the healthcare industry and where it’s going
This month’s #HITMC Twitter Chat was hosted by Colin Hung and the focus was on healthcare tradeshows and conferences. Our Friday Five rounds up some of the chatter around the five questions Colin asked participants.
The Steve Lieber Innovator Scholarship, sponsored by the HIMSS Foundation, recognizes the leadership and passion for innovation in digital health technology of its namesake, HIMSS president and CEO for more than 17 years.
There is a lot of innovation and hard work going on in healthcare today. If you stop and look around once in a while you are sure to find companies reaching their goals and boasting new achievements. This week’s Friday Five highlights some of the milestones reached by a few organizations making strides in their sector.
Nick Adkins first experienced the wonderful feeling and connection that comes from gifting back in 2010. He has been replicating that moment ever since with his pink socks. Check out our compilation of uplifting, inspiring #pinksocks tweets from around the world:
By David O’Keefe – Students across the country are cramming for finals, planning graduation parties, and preparing themselves for their first “real world” jobs. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) projects nearly 2 million students will graduate with their bachelor’s degree as the Class of 2017.
RAD Women (#RADxx), a networking group for the advancement of women in imaging informatics, announced a new online resource center for current and prospective members.
By Marcia Rhodes – “Story telling is the oldest form of teaching,” Matt Cavallo declared when we met on May 23. I couldn’t agree more. Great story telling has always intrigued me. Maybe that’s why I’m in PR. I have always believed that behind every organization is a zealous individual with an epic story waiting to be shared.
University of Utah’s Bench to Bedside program does it again! The unique healthcare innovation program developed by Dr. John Langell and his team at the University of Utah completed its 7th year in extraordinary fashion.
One year after graduating from the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator powered by Techstars, several health-tech startups are swiftly expanding their innovations into hospitals and other healthcare settings for the benefit of patients. New class applications due on June 9th.
By Brett Coughlin – It was a no brainer for the HHS Ventures Fund to include the CDC’s GHOST project in its latest round of funding. There are about 3.5 million Americans infected with Hepatitis C (HCV), which attacks the liver and can lead to cirrhosis and other serious health problems.
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