Bernie Monegain
Hospital says 8 percent more patients using the app were alive after 180 days than those not using the software, which alerts clinicians when heart failure conditions become more advanced.
Farzad Mostashari's startup gives physicians the tools and assistance to build accountable care organizations.
Health Share of Oregon and analytics specialist Health Catalyst announced an arrangement to jointly create a tool that predicts the risk of opioid abuse.
The framework's five categories include data governance, quality, operations, platforms and standards.
Siemens Healthineers bought Fast Track Diagnostics to build out its precision medicine technologies.
Adding Fast Track Diagnostics molecular-testing technologies enables hospitals to target conditions such as respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, meningitis, hepatitis, infections of the immunosuppressed, tropical diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and early childhood diseases.
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The tests can detect more than 140 viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi.
Siemens Healthineers head of Molecular Diagnostics Fernando Beils said that the acquisition expands its precision medicine portfolio, while Fast Track Diagnostics CEO Bill Carman added that combining the technologies can help customers improve outcomes for patients.
Fast Track has about 80 employees in Luxembourg, Malta and India. Siemens did not disclose terms of the acquisition.
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Data analytics and tight cybersecurity are among this Stage 7 hospital's highest priorities.
CIO credits an atmosphere of respect for exceptional work on projects like an EHR rollout for satisfied IT pros.
Merger with Hackensack Meridian Health opens new opportunities for patient care at population health management.
The hospital works to foster a collaborative environment in which it doesn’t matter if you’re a doctor, nurse or IT pro because everyone is “a Beebe.”
The current CEO of Commonwealth fund also asks if hospitals and nursing homes are facing extinction.