Authors


Andrew Smith

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Smartphones Could Screen Millions for Atrial Fibrillation

A large trial from Hong Kong suggests that a combination of wireless electrocardiograms and common smartphones may be an effective, economical way to screen large populations for AF.


Sumeet Kanwar, CEO

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What Pfizer, GSK and Merck Could Learn from Lou Gerstner's IBM of the 1990s

Can pharma leverage data and analytics to transform healthcare?


Ryan Black

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The Importance of Copy Number Variants in Genetic Testing

Invitae just published a study that it says shows the necessity of looking for dupications and deletions when testing.


Curtis Ross

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Big Data, Analytics Ready to Meet Health Care Challenges

Learning to handle issues around an aging populace and a reduced health care workforce.


Jack Coleman

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Intermountain Forms Castell to Ease Transition to Value-Based Care

While value-based care is appealing, a lackluster support system can cause hesitance. Castell hopes to assuage concerns.


Scott Herbst, SVP & General Manager, Availity

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Meeting the Hospital Revenue Cycle's Biggest Challenges in 2019

Healthcare providers can pick up save money and time in this unexpected place.


Ryan Joseph

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Selecting Startup Partners Can Be Hard for Health Systems. Here Are Some Tips.

We examined the early days of health data company Carium for insights on how hospitals can choose young vendors.




Lauren Santye

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Using Big Data to Keep Cancer Patients Out of Emergency Departments

“Good doctoring is pattern recognition,” Tracey Evans says, “so to have all this data here and not use it is ridiculous."


Sebastien Boire-Lavigne, General Manager, Data Solutions, XMedius

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FoIP: How the Faithful Fax Is a Modern Solution

Fax machines might not be long for the world, but healthcare can still use them.


Jeanne Venella

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Rage Against the Machines

Preserving the art of nursing in a high-tech age.


Elizabeth Gardner

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Watson for Oncology is Learning Daily, but Still Lacking Validation

“Sometimes we realize, 'Watson got that one right and we got it wrong," one of its trainers at MSKCC said. Still, it has work to do.




Ben Zaniello, M.D., MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Collective Medical

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Behavioral Health Integration as an Approach to Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

Clinical stakeholders don’t talk to each other enough. By opening the lines of communication, healthcare can fight substance abuse.


Ellen Kurek

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Fighting Diabetic Vision Loss with an LED Sleep Mask

Ultra-efficient, bright, and versatile, LEDs have changed various industries. A study recently deemed the promising new device "ready for large clinical trials."


Jim Higgins, Founder & CEO, Solutionreach

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Change the Way You Communicate, Not How You Practice

Health systems can use these 3 tools to increase patient engagement.


Matt Yuill, MD, Vice President, Quality

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Why Continuous Interpretation of Clinical and Genomics Data Is the Future of Healthcare

EHR adoption has come a long way, but how can healthcare leverage the resultant trove of data?


Talbot McCormick

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In Rural Kansas, Telemedicine Boosts Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

A doctor and CEO explains how telemedicine can improve hospital care as the number of non-physician clinicians rises.


CEO, Call9

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Why High-Tech, High-Touch Healthcare Is Crucial for Delivering Patient Value

Digital solutions can’t solve this problem without some help from humanity.


Carlett Spike

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As IBM Moves Forward, Study Finds Promise in Watson Health Decision-Making

Physicians changed their treatment decisions in 13.6% of cases thanks to Watson for Oncology.


by Jack Murtha

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Hunting for the Heart of a Changing Community

Neighborhoods nationwide are facing new shocks ranging from spiking suicide rates to surging populations. Health systems can manage these swings with high-tech tools.


Lori Tauber Marcus

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What Cancer Treatments Can Take from Major Retailers

People with cancer are consumers of healthcare. Should they not get customized treatment plans?


Shereese Maynard, MS, MBA

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How Should Health Tech Hold Its KOLs Accountable?

Key opinion leaders influence important decisions in healthcare, but perhaps too little attention has been given to the ethics of this situation.


Lee Ann McWhorter, Director of Strategic Alliances, First Databank (FDB)

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Fixing Common Medical Device Supply Chain Break Points

10 realities that healthcare organizations must understand about the data that fuel their technologies.


Harshal Shah (Contributor)

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How IoT Can Help Detect and Control Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Real-Time

Detecting an infectious disease is almost, by definition, an after-the-fact-activity, but halting its spread is more possible than ever.



Harshal Shah, Senior Director of Healthcare, Persistent Systems

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Patient 360: Bringing Disparate Information into One View

What a patient-driven, spherical view of data means for the future of healthcare, and how to make it a reality.


Baha Zeidan

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What Rural Health Facilities Need to Survive in 2018 and Beyond

There’s no time like now for rural healthcare providers to consider ways to strengthen their practices.

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