Apple vs. Android: Which does your hospital's innovation strategy resemble?
One has a moat surrounding its products no one can get through while the other offers an open operating system for all to use. Powered by WPeMatico
Microsoft launches 3D audio app for blind people in Australia
Microsoft and Vision Australia unveiled a new 3D audio app designed to give blind and vision impaired people greater independence to explore the world around them. Dubbed Soundscape, the software enables users to set audio beacons at destinations and landmarks, and through a stereo headset the 3D audio is perceived as coming from the point ...
SAMHSA’s Annual Mental Health, Substance Use Data Provide Roadmap for Future Action
Today the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration released the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The annual survey comprises highly anticipated data that help provide a statistical context for the country’s opioid crisis and other behavioral health matters. “SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health contains annual data that ...
How FDA is evolving to keep pace with innovation in healthcare
Though not without critics, the FDA has advanced regulatory processes for apps, medical devices, genomics and clinical decision support. Powered by WPeMatico
EHR interoperability for VA and DoD, who’s responsible? Lawmakers, officials can't agree
The first House VA Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing revealed that officials and congressional members are not on the same page when it comes to governance. Powered by WPeMatico
Former Allscripts CEO Glen Tullman: The future of innovation is patient empowerment not EHRs
Glen Tullman has served as the CEO of a major EHR vendor and the founder of a startup app maker focused initially on diabetes. That background gives him a unique insight into the possibilities and constraints of each. For our Focus on Innovation, I spoke with Tullman about the foundation EHRs have created for the ...
OCR Issues Guidance to Help Ensure Equal Access to Emergency Services and the Appropriate Sharing of Medical Information During Hurricane Florence
As Hurricane Florence makes landfall, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and its federal partners remain in close coordination to help ensure that emergency officials effectively address the needs of at-risk populations as part of disaster response. To this end, emergency responders and officials should consider adopting, as circumstances and resources allow, the following ...
Ransomware attack on fetal diagnostic lab breaches 40,800 patient records
The Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific was able to restore data from backups, and with help from a cybersecurity firm wipe the virus from the infected server. Powered by WPeMatico
TriHealth earns HIMSS Davies Award for pop health innovation
Data-driven partnerships with skilled nursing facilities helped the Ohio health system improve care outcomes and lower costs. Powered by WPeMatico
Biometric fingerprinting tool could help securely identify infants and children
University of California San Diego researchers have created a new biometric technology they say could help securely identify children and and even newborns with just the wave of a finger. Powered by WPeMatico