Category: Analytics

Boehringer Ingelheim, a family-owned biopharmaceutical company, and Sutter Health, a not-for-profit health system in Northern California, today announced the start of a five-year research and health care innovation collaboration, which will explore and test the value of digital health solutions, mobile technologies, and insights from advanced data analytics in the delivery of health care. …read…

A smartphone boasting a video microscope and diagnostic app for scanning blood to detect parasitic worms in emerging countries is proving to be a viable approach for treatment in regions where traditional laboratory analysis isn’t feasible or cost-effective. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercemobilehealthcare.com/story/smartphone-video-microscope-helps-detect-blood-based-worm-parasites/2015-05-10?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss       

0 Most people likely assume that if a clinician enters a medication order of a wrong dosage or something that would cause fetal harm in a pregnant woman, the electronic health record would issue a warning or not allow the order to be placed. But as patient safety expert David Classen, M.D., pointed out in…

Usage of electronic health records (EHRs) does not lead to better quality of care or clinical outcomes for stroke patients, according to findings of a recent research effort. Usage of electronic health records (EHRs) does not lead to better quality of care or clinical outcomes for stroke patients, according to findings of a recent research…

Big Data, Small Data, Meta Data, See Ya Latah By Jim Fitzgerald It’s the RESTful, object store, file and block make me snore, it’s still bits and bytes to me……(sorry, Billy) I just got back from HIMSS. Big data, like savoir faire, is everywhere. The cynical side of me says that technology vendors just want…

At a Congressional hearing, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said that in order for the promise of precision medicine to be realized, electronic health records (EHRs) have to be fixed. At a Congressional hearing, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said that in order for the promise of precision medicine to be realized, electronic health records (EHRs) have…

IBM Watson Health made two announcements on May 5 to advance the use of cognitive computing for both genomic medicine and enabling electronic medical records (EMRs) to tap the power of IBM Watson. IBM Watson Health made two announcements on May 5 to advance the use of cognitive computing for both genomic medicine and enabling…

Fifteen years ago, hospitals and physicians in Virginia were just getting onto the electronic medical record (EMR) scene. Today, says MedVirginia’s CEO Michael Matthews, it’s about making that health information useful and making HIE a standard of care. Fifteen years ago, hospitals and physicians in Virginia were just getting onto the electronic medical record (EMR)…