When hospitals merge, culture matters, big time
There ’s value in integration, and IT plays a critical role. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Strategic Planning, Leadership Source Type: blogs
The Promised Land
For many years, when I lived in the Boston area, I was an activist for Palestinian rights. I haven ' t been involved in that work for some years now, and I don ' t really have the time or bandwidth to invest in it these days. But the recent confrontation -- sparked by efforts by the Israeli government to evict Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem -- does compel me to bring it up. Here in the U.S., the corporate media presents an entirely one-sided and distorted story, about an imperiled Israel beleaguered by irrationally hateful terrorists, motivated solely by bigotry. Quite the contrary, it is the project of the Isr...
Source: Stayin' Alive - June 11, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Let's Talk About Hospitals And Rural Healthcare (Particularly Mother-Baby Care): My Letter To The NC Government Commission/NC State Treasurer In Support Of Randolph County's Application For A Loan To Save Randolph Health
Author ' s Note: The lawyers have a saying, " Res Ipsa Loquitur " " . Translated from Latin, it means, " The thing speaks for itself " . This is the text of the letter I sent to theNC Local Government Commission (embellished with a few links and additional comments in red) . . .in support of the state of North Carolina granting a loan to Randolph County (via the NC Rural Healthcare Stabilization Act) . . . for purposes of assisting in the " rescue " of Asheboro ' s Randolph Health - in a bankruptcy Court-approved buy-out of Randolph ' s assets by American Healthcare Systems, LLC.On May 4th, afte...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - May 7, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Asheboro Atrium Health Bankruptcy Cone Health Duke Lifepoint LGC Medical Whistle-blower Mother-Baby Care NC Rural Heatlh NCDHHS Non-profit Randolph Health UNC Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: blogs
NIGMS Strategic Plan 2021-2025 Now Available
I’m pleased to announce the release of the NIGMS 2021-2025 Strategic Plan [PDF]. Like its predecessor [PDF], this plan sets the direction and priorities that the Institute will pursue over the next 5 years. It enumerates a series of goals, objectives, and implementation strategies that build upon the successful outcomes [PDF] of our prior plan, and it reflects key organizational values of the Institute. The plan also contains representative targets for each implementation strategy that promote both transparency and accountability to ensure that progress is tracked and periodically reported, and that any necessary cour...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 6, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages News NIGMS Strategic Plan Source Type: blogs
A Plan for Mental Health Research
This week, the National Institute of Mental Health unveiled its new NIMH Strategic Plan for Research. In this Director ’ s message, Dr. Gordon discusses the advances in knowledge and treatment that got us to where we are today and points to where we want our research to go in the future. (Source: NIMH Directors Blog)
Source: NIMH Directors Blog - May 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Joshua Gordon Source Type: blogs
Can A Four-Year Strategic Plan Be At Too Higher Level To Be Useful?
The Australasian Institute Of Digital Health released its 4 year Strategic Plan a few days ago. Here is the web announcement: https://digitalhealth.org.au/blog/aidh-strategic-plan/ AIDH Strategic plan Apr 15, 2021 | AIDH news, Publications The Australasian Institute of Digital Health strategic plan for 2021-2025 was launched today with a focus on advocacy and member engagement to drive workforce reform. AIDH CEO Dr Louise Schaper said the Institute was already working with many health professions on workforce advancement through accreditation and training. starting with the basics of digital health. The nursing and midwife...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 18, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
#Healthin2Point00, Episode 199 | Olive acquires Empiric plus raises by Medable & Papa
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, I air some of my grudges as we get into our deals for the day. In the third extension of their Series C, Medable gets another $78 million bringing their total to $217 million. Olive acquires Empiric Health, expanding into surgical data analytics – where does this fit in with Sean Lane’s five-point strategic plan? Finally, Papa gets a $60 million raise and Anthem, Blackstone and K Health launch a joint venture. —Matthew Holt (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health in 2 Point 00 Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt Anthem Medable Olive Source Type: blogs
Application and Funding Trends in Fiscal Year 2020
On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed into law. The appropriation provides NIGMS with a budget of $2,991,417,000, in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, a 1.8% increase over the FY 2020 appropriation. With this increased budget, NIGMS is committed to providing taxpayers with the best possible returns on their investments in fundamental biomedical research. As part of this commitment to stewardship, we regularly monitor trends in our funding portfolio.
NIGMS maintains a diversified biomedical research portfolio, supporting a wide range of topics and investigators. NIGMS a...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 31, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Funding Outcomes Funding Policies MIRA NIGMS Strategic Plan R01 Source Type: blogs
Richard Aragon to Direct Division of Data Integration, Modeling, and Analytics
I’m pleased to announce that Richard Aragon is the new director of the Institute’s Division of Data Integration, Modeling, and Analytics (DIMA). He has been acting director of DIMA since January 2020.
Richard has ably led NIGMS’ strategic planning and evaluation activities and has served as our Congressional liaison since joining us in 2014 as chief of what was then our Office of Program Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation. In this role, he has evolved and expanded our capabilities to include predictive analytics, budget and fiscal modeling, and the use of artificial intelligence to enhance business processes. ...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 29, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Director’s Messages Job Announcements News NIGMS Staff News Source Type: blogs
The world of health and social care is changing — so are we
Care Quality Commission (CQC) - The CQC's draft strategic plan for the next five years is open for public consultation. It aims to make regulation more relevant, working with health and care services to find solutions to problems and improve outcomes for everyone. The CQC also wants to be more flexible to help manage risk and uncertainty. The consultation closes on 4 March 2021.Strategic planPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 11, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Do You Reckon This Firm Is Well Suited To Advise The ADHA On Its Operations And Delivery?
This note on a recent project for the ADHA appeared a day or so ago! Redesigning the Australian Digital Health Agency ’s Operating Model The Challenge The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) delivers digital healthcare systems and the national digital health strategy for Australia. To operate as effectively as possible, it sought to eliminate capability duplication, uplift its corporate capabilities and facil itate new ways of working. ADHA engaged the E&A team to ensure all business areas were aligned, working together and operating efficiently. Designing the Business To model how ADHA produces value for its sta...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 27, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Olive CEO Sean Lane on 2020 ’ s Big Numbers: 3 Funding Rounds, $450M, & a 5-Point Plan for the Future
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH
Arguably 2020’s hottest health tech startup, Olive (olive.ai) closed THREE funding rounds this year, totaling $450M and valuing the company at $1.5B. Backed by a “who’s who” of technology, healthcare, and health tech venture capital, Sean Lane, CEO, clues us in about just what makes Olive so damn fund-able. The company boasts a “healthcare AI workforce” that tackles all the back-office processes hospitals use to run their organizations. This is not sexy stuff — filing and tracking insurance claims, ordering inventory, managing suppliers, etc. What&...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa WTF Health Source Type: blogs
Remote Patient Monitoring Sets Up Big Tech to Revolutionize Telemedicine and Healthcare
By JAMES MOELLER
Remote patient monitoring has emerged as the next significant challenge for virtual healthcare and that challenge is creating significant opportunities for many companies largely outside of the traditional healthcare technology marketplace. In particular, it is potentially setting up an opportunity for Big Tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon, to revolutionize telemedicine and healthcare similar to what those companies have accomplished in mobile phones, Internet search, and retail.
Next Generation Remote Health Monitoring
Next generation remote healthcare monitoring will likely look ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology James Moeller Moeller Ventures remote patient monitoring Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
FlowSense Monitors Hydrocephalus Shunts: Exlusive with Anna Lisa Somera, CEO of Rhaeos
Hydrocephalus patients have an excess of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain, which needs to be drained away through a ventricular shunt. However, these shunts regularly fail, with potentially life-threatening results. At present, there isn’t an easy way to check that a shunt is still working, and clinicians typically use brain MRI/CT scans to see if a shunt is still draining correctly.
Not only are these imaging procedures inconvenient and expensive, but in the case of CT they may expose a hydrocephalus patient to significant amounts of radiation if regular assessments are required. To address this, Rhaeos, a company ba...
Source: Medgadget - October 13, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Materials Medicine Neurology Neurosurgery Source Type: blogs
Gastrointestinal Diseases in America: The Costly Impact on Employers and Patients
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By SAM HOLLIDAY
Medically reviewed by Jenny Blair, MD
Gastrointestinal diseases like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are more prevalent—and costlier—than many employers realize. Up to 70 million Americans are affected by gastrointestinal (GI) diseases each year—twice as many people as those living with diabetes (34.2 million).[1],[2] Overall direct healthcare costs for GI diseases are estimated to be $136 billion each year in the U.S., more than heart disease ($113bn) and mental health disorders ($99bn) [Figure 1]...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech gastrointestinal diseases Oshi Health Sam Holliday Source Type: blogs
