Healthcare innovation giving rise to the Chief Digital Officer
Pamela Dixon of SSi-Search on the emerging CDO role and how it differs from traditional CIOs, CTOs and other executive positions. Powered by WPeMatico
HHS Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergency in Virginia Due to Hurricane Florence
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar today declared a public health emergency in Virginia to prepare for potential impacts of Hurricane Florence. The declaration follows President Trump’s emergency declaration for the state and gives Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) beneficiaries and their healthcare providers and suppliers greater flexibility in meeting emergency ...
Secretary Azar Praises Unprecedented FDA Enforcement Actions Against Retailers and Manufacturers over Youth E-Cig Sales
On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued the below statement regarding the FDA’s largest coordinated enforcement effort in agency history. FDA issued more than 1,300 warning letters and civil money penalty complaints to retailers who illegally sold e-cigarettes to minors. “No child should be using any tobacco or nicotine-containing product. We commend the FDA for ...
Apple unveils Watch Series 4 with FDA-approved ECG
This is the first FDA clearance for Apple and pushes the Watch further into healthcare than ever before. Powered by WPeMatico
Alameda Health System hires Mark Amey as new CIO, citing Epic expertise
Oakland, California-based Alameda Health System has named its new chief information officer. Mark Amey will relocate to the Bay Area from San Diego, where he was most recently associate CIO at University of California San Diego Health. Powered by WPeMatico
Former VA Secretary Shulkin to join Sanford Health
Former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD will join Dakotas-based Sanford Health as chief innovation officer. Shulkin will serve as lead innovation administrator, focusing on research and Sanford’s Imagentics, Chip, Profile and World Clinic, the system said. He’ll also continue the development of the health system’s clinical development and will serve as ...
HHS Secretary Azar Declares Public Health Emergencies in North Carolina and South Carolina Due to Hurricane Florence
Following the lead of President Trump’s emergency declarations for North Carolina and South Carolina, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar today declared public health emergencies in the two states as Hurricane Florence continues its track toward the eastern seaboard. The declarations give HHS’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) beneficiaries and their ...
HHS Awards $21 Million to Support Health Center Participation in NIH’s All of Us Research Program
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $21 million to 46 community health centers to support their participation in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program. All of Us is a national effort to gather data from one million or more U.S. ...
Poll: Is the FDA Pre-Cert program an effective way to regulate digital health products?
The agency has reinvented the process for clearing digital health products but reviews are mixed. Powered by WPeMatico
AI predicts risk of death from heart disease more accurately than experts
The machine learning model uses 600 variables with patient’s data whereas human-constructed models made predictions based on 27, researchers say. Powered by WPeMatico