by The Health Care Blog | Jun 14, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Deborah C. Peele Adrian Gropper By ADRIAN GROPPER, MD and DEBORAH C. PEEL, MD Electronic health records (EHRs) are a polarizing issue in health reform. In their current form, they are frustrating to many physicians and have failed to support cost improvements. The...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 13, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Slide into Health in 2 Point 00 (or rather, Health 2.0 HIMSS Europe) with Jess and I today! On Episode 84, Jess asks me about the big news that CVS has now made it possible for employees to get reimbursed for Big Health’s Sleepio, an insomnia digital therapeutic, and...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 13, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By KEN TERRY Far more attention has been devoted to the ways in which industry consolidation has driven up health costs than to proposals on how to remedy the situation. But the introduction of Medicare for All and Medicare for More bills—however dim their short-term...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 12, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By ANDRÉ BLACKMAN There I was, my 10th-grade science fair. My mother made sure I had a tie that fit properly and a shirt that was perfectly pressed. I stood among my peers with our cardboard presentation displays highlighting what we did to make it to this point. I...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 11, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I are in Helsinki for Health 2.0 HIMSS Europe. In Episode 83, Jess asks me about Roche cheating on mySugr—Roche announced a new partnership with digital diabetes provider GlucoMe, about the new $100 million hospital venture fund...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 7, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By LUKE OAKDEN-RAYNER I’ve been talking in recent posts about how our typical methods of testing AI systems are inadequate and potentially unsafe. In particular, I’ve complainedthat all of the headline-grabbing papers so far only do controlled experiments, so we don’t...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 6, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on THCB Spotlight, Chris Gervais, Chief Technology Officer of Kyruus, tells us about what Kyruus is doing to improve patient access and help health systems match patients to the right providers. Health systems often don’t know enough about their providers, and...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 5, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Nikki Kent Dave Levin By DAVE LEVIN, MD and NIKKI KENT The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) have proposed final rules on interoperability, data blocking, and other activities as part of implementing the 21st...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 4, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By HANS DUVEFELT, MD You’re running late and many things didn’t go right today. You knock on the door and enter the exam room with an apology. If you’re like me, you have a few papers and an iPad or a laptop in your hand. You sit down and open the patient’s chart in...
by The Health Care Blog | Jun 1, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, I’m back (despite Jess’s attempt to replace me). In Episode 82, Jess asks me about Talkspace’s $50 million raise, Heal getting flack for adding telehealth to their house call service, and Apple acquiring Tueo Health last year—and we’re...
by The Health Care Blog | May 31, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By SAURABH JHA, MD What does it take to create a decision rule? In this episode of Radiology Firing Line podcast Saurabh Jha (@RogueRad) has a discussion with Robert W. Yeh MD MBA about the deep thought and complex statistics involved in creating a decision rule to...
by The Health Care Blog | May 30, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Our Experience on Facebook Offers Important Insight Into Mark Zuckerberg’s Future Vision For Meaningful Groups By ANDREA DOWNING Seven years ago, I was utterly alone and seeking support as I navigated a scary health experience. I had a secret: I was struggling with...
by The Health Care Blog | May 29, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
SPONSORED POST By JESSICA DA MASSA, WTF HEALTH With the application deadline for Bayer’s G4A Partnerships program coming up on Friday, I thought I’d throw out a little inspiration to would-be applicants by featuring an interview I did with one of last year’s program...
by The Health Care Blog | May 29, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
SPONSORED POST By CATALYST @ HEALTH 2.0 Nearly a decade has passed since Healthy People 2020 positioned social determinants of health (SDoH) at the forefront of healthcare reform. As defined by the report, SDoH are the “conditions in the environment in which people...
by The Health Care Blog | May 28, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By HANS DUVEFELT, MD How long does it take to diagnose guttate psoriasis versus pityriasis rosea? Swimmers ear versus a ruptured eardrum? A kidney stone? A urinary tract infection? An ankle sprain? So why is the typical “cycle time”, the time it takes for a patient to...
by The Health Care Blog | May 27, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By MIKE MAGEE, MD Today the notion that health is a preferred state of being, rather than a set of disconnected functions or services, is increasingly being embraced. A recent JAMA article promoted a health measurement system called the “flourishing index” focused on...
by The Health Care Blog | May 24, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Brian Van Winkle Shahid Shah By SHAHID SHAH, MSc and BRIAN VAN WINKLE, MBA In this two-part series, we examine several common misconceptions made by health tech start-up companies in working with Health Systems and offers advice on how to recognize and address each....
by The Health Care Blog | May 23, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Brian Van Winkle Shahid Shah By SHAHID SHAH, MSc and BRIAN VAN WINKLE, MBA Start-ups are an increasingly important “node” within the healthcare ecosystem. They are challenging status quo concepts that have long been ingrained in the healthcare system, like...
by The Health Care Blog | May 22, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, we have another takeover! Dr. Jennifer Schneider, president of Livongo, is here to give us her take on health tech news. On Episode 81, Jess asks Jenny about Daye, a startup developing cramp-fighting CBD tampons, which just raised $5.5...
by The Health Care Blog | May 22, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
SPONSORED POST By CATALYST @ HEALTH 2.0 GuideWell Innovation, in collaboration with Springboard Enterprises, is hosting an exciting new 10-week Scale Up Accelerator program for women-founded health tech companies (or those with at least one female key executive)...
by The Health Care Blog | May 21, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Popular wisdom claims 80% of our health is impacted by social determinants that can be barriers to the care we’re provided and the outcomes associated with the care we receive. And over the last four to five years, healthcare industry players – providers, health...
by The Health Care Blog | May 21, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today, THCB is spotlighting Lygeia Ricciardi. As the former Director of Consumer e-Health at the ONC, Lygeia tells us about patient access to health data and the ONC and CMS’s new rules on interoperability. But now, she’s the CTO of Carium Health, going from a...
by The Health Care Blog | May 20, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Jack Penner JP Mikhaie Margaret Cary By MARGARET CARY, JACK PENNER, and JP MIKHAIE Burnout is one of the biggest problems physicians face today. We believe that addressing it early — in medical school — through coaching gives physicians the tools they need to maintain...
by The Health Care Blog | May 17, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
By HANS DUVEFELT, MD A lot of Americans think they should be able to make an appointment with a specialist on their own, and view the referral from a primary care provider as an unnecessary roadblock. This “system” often doesn’t work, because of the way medical...
by The Health Care Blog | May 16, 2019 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, where am I?! In Episode 80, Bayer’s Eugene Borukhovich is here to answer Jess’s questions—but don’t worry, he’s channeling his inner “Matthew”. Get Eugene’s take on Jawbone’s $65 million raise after its relaunch and find out if he...
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