Clinical

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health says a new medical device discussion paper aims to spur conversation about reducing barriers and improving outcomes across diverse populations.

Sam Amory, managing director for Dedalus AMEA, says more patients should be open to sharing their healthcare data so they can better understand their own health.

As healthcare organizations (HCOs) move from fee-for-service care models to value-based care (VBC) models, data interoperability can provide a holistic view of the patient and provide the best possible care.

Interoperability standards were originally developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s to allow different clinical systems within hospitals to exchange data with the patient registration system. Infor Cloverleaf®, one of the original interface engines in use then, is still the core interoperability engine for more than one-third of U.S. hospitals.

External pressures like reimbursement reduction, clinical quality reporting mandates and price transparency rules further underscore the importance of bringing together diverse data sources.

A new retrospective analysis leveraged the American College of Cardiology algorithm to score cardiac arrest arrivals and predict unfavorable neurological outcomes. It's now available on the internet.

A prehospital health information exchange in Michigan that provides bidirectional interoperability will bridge ambulatory data gaps and enhance care coordination en route to the hospital and during post-discharge care transitions.

Lisa Hanselmann, Inria's European project manager, talks about how the FLUTE project is building a GDPR-compliant federated learning platform to allow researchers to share both real-world and synthetic data on prostate cancer.

Julie Harris, Children's Health Alliance senior director of population health, explains how giving providers more information at the point of care by tracking 35 key quality measures reduces their burdens in meeting value-based incentive targets.  

Offered in partnership with Novo Nordisk Foundation, the fellowship will focus on technologies that analyze vast amounts of data to increase diagnostic accuracy, speed personalized medicine and improve clinical trials.