Mercy Health invests in cloud PACS, teleradiology company NucleusHealth

20. September 2018 Health 0
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health announced this week that it is investing in San Diego-based NucleusHealth, developer of cloud-hosted picture archiving communications systems and teleradiology services. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Mercy Health implemented the technology this past year, and apparently liked it so much that it’s decided to become a minority investor in the ...

HHS Deputy Secretary Hargan Announces Collaboration to Accelerate Innovation and Investment in Healthcare

20. September 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan announced the creation of the Deputy Secretary’s Innovation and Investment Summit (DSIIS). The DSIIS will be a yearlong collaboration between healthcare innovation and investment professionals and HHS personnel who will meet quarterly to discuss the innovation and investment landscape within the healthcare sector, emerging opportunities, and ...

HHS Awards Over $1 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis

20. September 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
HHS Awards Over $1 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisis
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded over $1 billion in opioid-specific grants to help combat the crisis ravaging our country. The awards support HHS’s Five-Point Opioid Strategy, which was launched last year and enhanced this week. New data unveiled recently by HHS suggests that efforts are now yielding progress at ...

NHS unveils new developer programs to spark innovation for patients

19. September 2018 Health 0
The National Health Service in England announced two new innovator programs to accelerate the use of digital health tools that benefit patients and remove barriers slowing adoption of innovation in the NHS. Part of a wider effort led by NHS England and the Academic Health Science Networks, NHS England says innovations eligible for the program ...