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Doug L. Wood Details the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation
Medical Director Doug L. Wood sat down with Healthcare Analytics News to discuss how his institution is able to help other healthcare providers make the right care decisions.
Ezekiel Emanuel on Why Analytics and AI are "Substantially Overstated" in Medicine
The outspoken physician, healthcare administrator, and author does belive that machines will replace radiologists sooner rather than later, though.
How Hospitals Innovate Incorrectly, According to Clayton Christensen
The acclaimed author of The Innovator's Dilemma explained to hospital leaders what they need to do to disrupt rather than just sustain.
Avoid Becoming "A Slave to the Big Data"
Doug L. Wood, Medical Director at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, detailed the pros and cons of hospital analytics.
Peter Bach Talks DrugAbacus and Ways Tech Hasn't Changed Medicine
Despite being the creator of innovative drug pricing technology, he believes medical tech has remained somewhat static in the past 30 years.
Experts Agree: EMR Systems Need to Be Revamped
In a panel at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation's Transform conference, healthcare leaders went so far as to call current systems "crude" and "corrosive."
Doug L. Wood Explains Why Fee-for-Service Isn't Going Anywhere
"We continue to spend hundreds of billions of dollars trying to produce these measures, which for some people are irrelevant."
To Get Better Doctors, Teach Them to Think Like Designers
Burnout is a problem. This medical school dean says innovation and good old-fashioned empathy can help.
Why We Need to Look at Healthcare Innovation Differently
The man who ran Medicare and Medicaid under President Obama speaks out.
Machine Learning's Potential in a Comprehensive Community Data Set
The work is so inspiring, Laura Adams said, that sometimes she wishes she did not have to sleep.
Laura Adams on the Movement to Value-Based Care
The CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute described fee-for-service as a "toxic payment model."
RIQI CEO Laura Adams on Improving Outcomes for Opioid Abuse Disorder
Adams discusses how Rhode Island Quality Institute's efforts towards a statewide health information database have been applied to the opioid crisis.
Talking Value, Culture, and CAR-T with the CMO of Mayo Medical Labs
Curtis Hanson, MD, sat down to discuss the role of laboratory testing in the pursuit of value-based care.
C-Suite Q&A: Cureatr's William Winkenwerder, CEO and MD
"Your IT vision needs to relate to your business: who you want to be and how you want to perform. It’s always in service to that, not just an independent pursuit of gadgetry."
23andMe Gets Large Investment, Announces Survey Findings
The American public is interested in consumer DNA testing, but lacking in knowledge about genetics and privacy.
Meta-Analysis Shows Mobile Apps Can Help with Depression
Study shows certain apps may help manage mental health symptoms, but does not address speculation that smartphones may have negative mental health impacts overall.
Precision Medicine Treatments are Coming, but Who Will Pay?
Precision Medicine Group today launched its Precision Value & Health initiative to try to find ways to address that question.
HCSC Bets $5 Million on Cogitativo's Machine Learning Tech
“It’s a huge validation, coming from the country’s 4th largest insurance company," Cogitativo CEO Gary Velsquez said.
Mathieu Galtier Details Morpheo's Novel Approach to Medical AI
Open-source, collaborative, and blockchain constrained, Morpheo is starting with sleep disorders and looking far beyond.
"We must shift away from a fee-for-service system," Verma Writes
CMS has launched a survey, and Seema Verma has written an op-ed, intended on garnering new perspectives for the Innovation Center.
Oxitec to Build Massive Mosquito Egg Production Unit in UK
The unit will be capable of producing up to a billion genetically-modified mosquito eggs per week.
Physicians Call on ACGME to Use Evidence for Creating Shift Guidelines
Two physicians from UCSF call on the medical Accreditation Council to raise the bar on how it determines physicians can be trained.
Mayo Clinic Pairs with Amazon, Epic
The leading medical institution announced two partnerships to make its insight more accessible.
LifeMine Cashes in on Precision Medicine, Abbott Extends Deadline to Cash Out on Alere
LifeMine champions its “genomically-enabled drug discovery engine” that combines artificial intelligence with synthetic biology.
Are Predictive Analytics "a Bridge too Far" for Some Hospitals?
Marco Huesch speaks on “cozy duopolies and oligopolies” in regional healthcare markets, and what it may take for analytics innovation to thrive.
MIT Sloan Professors Develop Data-Based Model for Transplant Decisions
"It improves how kidneys are allocated, and it improves the rationalizations of doctors and patients."
FDA OKs Marketing of Mobile App for Substance Abuse Disorder
The application receives marketing authorization as a device, and is not intended for treatment of opiate dependence.
Target Extends Kaiser Permanente Partnership to 31 More Stores
As Amazon threatens both retail sales and a pharmacy play, Target seems to intent on building its own retail-pharmacy-provider ecosystem.
Pager and Horizon Health Services Announce Digital Health Partnership
Pager CEO Walter Jin spoke to Healthcare Analytics News about the goals of the partnership and his company's AI integration.
Apple Shifts Health Capabilities from Add-On to Intervention
The company’s announcements about the Watch's heart rate monitor may represent a shift from fitness convenience to medical device.