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| Oct 6, 2026 | ‘Not a miracle drug’: GLP-1 meds not effective without plan, exercise | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Alan Zellner admittedly expressed some concerns about taking an unfamiliar medication.
However, faced with rising blood pressure and an expanding waistline, the 76-year-old Wilkes-Barre resident fo... |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Arboretum Raises $30 Million Series A And Launches Precision Medicine Platform | Arboretum LifeSciences has launched with $30 million in Series A funding to expand access to genetic testing for common diseases and build a molecular information platform supporting precision medicine and genomically stratified clinical tr... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | От PRD к evals: что мы нашли в вакансиях AI-продактов из 100+ компаний | Как в обычном бизнесе устаканивается роль AI-native продакта — от Walmart и Disney до Citi, Spotify и Optum
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Ещё недавно технически сильным продактом считался тот, кт... |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Get the picture: Our history through the lens of a camera | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Few things show our collective history like an image. There’s an authenticity in photographs, of moments captured and preserved. Each comes with a story — some historically invaluable — others part... |
| May 21, 2026 | AristaMD Appoints Rhiannon Perry as Vice President of Operations | AristaMD, a technology-enabled clinical services organization, today announced the appointment of healthcare veteran Rhiannon Perry, MPH, as Vice President of Operations. Perry brings over a decade of deep expertise in translating complex, ... |
| Mar 10, 2026 | A middleman model makes free patient tracking possible | |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Anterior Secures $40 Million to Propel Clinician-Led AI in Health Plans | Anterior closed a $40 million funding round. Total capital now stands at $64 million. This propels its clinician-led AI platform for health plans. The investment will expand deployments and new use cases. Anterior's "Forward Deployed C... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Anterior: $40 Million Funding Closed For Clinician-Led AI Platform | Anterior, a clinician-led artificial intelligence platform built for health plans, has closed a $40 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to $64 million. The oversubscribed financing included continued participation from ... |
| Jul 12, 2025 | Workplace mental health at risk as key federal agency faces cuts | Private industry and nonprofits may be able to fill some of the gap, but they can’t match the federal government’s resources. And some companies may not prioritize worker well-being above profits.
About 60% of employees worldwide say their ... |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Former Current Health CEO buys back company from Best Buy | Photo: Luis Alvarez/Getty Images
Christopher McGhee, the cofounder and former CEO of Current Health, has reacquired the company from Best Buy.
"I came back to build Current Health into a globally significant company. We have so much to... |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Early detection, constant communication key in dealing with prostate cancers | By the statistics, it can be considered quite a bit more intimidating.
According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 314,000 new cases of prostate cancers are estimated to be diagnosed in 2025. It also estimates prostate cancer-related d... |
| May 6, 2025 | The Northridge Group Appoints Two New Executives to Advisory Seats | Jill Billhorn, Executive Advisor and Ami Zumkhawala-Cook, Executive Advisor
The Northridge Group, a women-owned management consulting firm specializing in contact center operations, customer experience, and business process improvement, has... |
| Dec 4, 2024 | The Housing Dilemma: Baby Boomers Face a Crisis of Accessibility | The American landscape is shifting. Baby boomers, once the proud owners of homes that skyrocketed in value, now find themselves at a crossroads. As they approach their golden years, many are grappling with a harsh reality: accessible housin... |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Jimini Health: $8 Million Secured For Transforming Mental Health Therapy | Jimini Health – a digital health company setting a new standard in mental healthcare with its clinician-led therapy model augmented by responsible AI – announced its launch with $8 million in pre-seed funding, including from Zetta Venture P... |
| Oct 29, 2024 | Geisinger Deploys Opmed.ai’s AI-Powered OR Optimization Platform | What You Should Know:
– Opmed.ai, a leading provider of AI-powered healthcare solutions, has announced the successful first results of the implementation of its advanced platform at Geisinger, a top-tier health services organization renowne... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Revolutionizing Kidney Health: The Power of Technology and Community Engagement | Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a silent predator, lurking in the shadows of public health. It affects over 35 million Americans, yet 90% remain unaware of their condition. The statistics are staggering: one in three adults is at risk, yet ... |
| Sep 10, 2024 | Healthy.io, Geisinger and Boehringer Ingelheim Reveal Milestone Data at AHA 2024 | The collaboration's research demonstrates how smartphone technology achieved a 2.5x increase in testing rates, offering a promising solution for early CKD identification
BOSTON, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a leap forward for chronic k... |
| Aug 29, 2024 | Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Rise of Intelligent Supply Chains and Homecare Solutions | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, technology is the compass guiding the industry toward efficiency and better patient outcomes. Two recent developments illustrate this trend: Clarium's innovative supply chain solutions and Homec... |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Clarium: Healthcare Technology Company Raises $10.5 Million | Clarium, a healthcare technology company transforming hospital supply chain operations, announced a $10.5 million strategic funding round. This investment was led by General Catalyst, with backing from Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medi... |
| Aug 21, 2024 | Clarium's $10.5M Boost: Revolutionizing Hospital Supply Chains with AI | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, efficiency is the golden key. Clarium, Inc. has just unlocked a new door with its recent $10.5 million funding round. This investment, led by General Catalyst and supported by notable players li... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Hospital supply chain automation company Clarium raises $10.5M, debuts AI-powered tool | Astra OS uses real-time data to improve visibility, collaboration, and resiliency
Healthcare data is notoriously fragmented across multiple systems, leading to inefficiencies and challenges in many areas. That includes inventory management,... |
| Aug 19, 2024 | PayZen: Revolutionizing Healthcare Payments with AI | In the vast landscape of American healthcare, a storm brews. Rising costs, staggering medical debt, and an intricate web of billing practices create a perfect storm for patients. Enter PayZen, a fintech company that aims to change the game.... |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Revolutionizing Healthcare: Moximed and PayZen Lead the Charge | In the evolving landscape of healthcare, two companies are emerging as beacons of innovation: Moximed and PayZen. Both are tackling significant challenges in the medical field, albeit from different angles. Moximed is addressing the physica... |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Using AI to help patients pay their medical bills, PayZen takes $232 million | The round included $32 million in equity and new $200 million credit warehouse
PayZen is a company that allows patients to pay off their debt in installments, rather than all at once. This comes as health spending in the U.S. increased by 7... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Cone Health to become part of Risant Health | Transformative vision to improve the health of millions of people by increasing access to value-based care and coverage extending to North Carolina.
WASHINGTON and GREENSBORO, N.C., June 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cone Health and Risant Healt... |
| May 31, 2024 | Oregon hospitals Legacy and OHSU to merge | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Legacy Health and Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) this week signed a binding agreement to merge.
Why it matters: The deal combines two of Oregon's largest health care systems under the OHS... |
| May 10, 2024 | Geisinger enrolls first patient in amyloid cardiomyopathy trial | DANVILLE, Pa., May 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiologist Brendan Carry, MD, and a team of Geisinger physicians have enrolled the first patient in the U.S. into a cardiac amyloidosis trial. The team is also the first to in the U.S. to screen... |
| May 7, 2024 | Geisinger Health Plan and OncoHealth to provide comprehensive cancer support to members | Leading cancer care platform will deliver fully delegated oncology value management and virtual supportive care services to GHP members
DANVILLE, Pa., May 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) with OncoHealth®, the leading pla... |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Damo And BigRio Celebrate The 2023 DigiM™ Digital Maturity Momentum Awards Recipients For Their Excellence and Contribution To Digital Transformation In Healthcare | DigiM™ Digital Maturity Awards 2023
DigiM™ Digital Maturity Momentum Awards celebrate individuals and organizations that have demonstrated outstanding commitment, innovation, and impact in advancing digital maturity within our industry. Thi... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Gail Airasian, Chief Strategy Officer at Kyruus Health, talks Google Cloud partnership | The suite of Kryuus Connect for Payers solutions was added to the Google Cloud Marketplace this week
Transparency and access in healthcare are two of the biggest problems, with 44% of members saying that a lack of price transparency prevent... |
| Apr 3, 2024 |
Pennsylvania doctor, lawmaker explain why aging in place ‘makes sense’ | A physician and a lawmaker, both based in the state of Pennsylvania, have come together to explain to area seniors why aging in place “makes sense,” explaining potential benefits from a regional healthcare system’s senior wellness program a... |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Risant Health completes acquisition of Geisinger | The organizations are dedicated to creating a new value-based care platform to improve the health of millions of Americans.
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Risant Health has announced the completion of its acquisition of Geisinger... |
| Mar 25, 2024 | There’s a Crucial Part of Tech Pilot Design That Many Health Systems Forget, Geisinger Exec Says | Before a healthcare provider launches an AI pilot, it’s crucial that they determine which metrics they need to track. A lot of health systems don’t really do this, pointed out Bill Fera — principal and head of AI at Deloitte — during an int... |
| Mar 7, 2024 | Tampa General Hospital balances tech tools and traditional acquisitions | Tampa General Hospital is threading a delicate needle as it looks to balance creative tech tools with traditional acquisitions, CIO Scott Arnold tells Axios.
Why it matters: The laborious and lengthy process of integrating new technology in... |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Exclusive: AI healthcare software startup Cohere Health just raised $50 million | Premium Tech Exclusive: AI healthcare software startup Cohere Health just raised $50 million
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| Oct 4, 2023 | PayZen Launches Care Card with Geisinger & UTMB | What You Should Know:
PayZen, a healthcare focused fintech company tackling healthcare affordability with AI-powered patient affordability solutions, today announced the release of its newest product, the PayZen Care Card, with its major la... |
| Sep 13, 2023 | Best Buy Health expands at-home care partnership with Geisinger | The two companies first teamed up last year and released the results of their initial pilot
Best Buy has been in the at-home healthcare space since buying Current Health, a platform that combines remote patient monitoring, telehealth, and p... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Value-Based Healthcare Battle: Kaiser-Geisinger Vs. Amazon, CVS, Walmart | Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA. Photo by Paul Weaver via Getty Images)SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images |
| Jun 15, 2023 | BJC Healthcare Eyes $10 Billion Union With Saint Luke’s Health System: Is Consolidation Healthy Or A Case Of ‘Too Big To Fail,’ Too Big To Care? | ST. LOUIS, MO: Barnes-Jewish Hospital on May 8, 2020 (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. |
| Apr 26, 2023 | M&A: Kaiser Acquires Geisinger, Forms Risant Health | What You Should Know:
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger Health are teaming up to launch Risant Health and a definitive agreement to make Geisinger the first health system to join Risant Health to expand access to value-based care in... |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Kaiser Permanente Is Acquiring Geisinger Health, Betting Big On Value-Based Care | Earlier today, two of the country’s most prominent health systems, Kaiser Permanente and Geisinger Health, announced a landmark initiative to promote better health outcomes and increase access to affordable care. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals... |
| Jan 8, 2023 | Глубокое обучение в диагностике: как AI спасает жизни и экономит средства на лечение | Разница между современными моделями ML и XAI. Источник: DARPA
Разрабатываемые сейчас решения XAI просты и находят ограниченное применение. Однако ожидается, что такие алгоритмы со временем станут доминировать в здравоохранении, поскольку он... |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Глубокое обучение в диагностике: как AI спасает жизни и экономит средства на лечение | «Симптомы никогда не лгут», — так сказал самый блестящий диагност, доктор Хаус, который, увы существует только в телесериале. В реальной жизни симптомы часто нелегко обнаружить даже лучшим специалистам, а ошибочные диагнозы признаны самыми ... |
| Oct 31, 2022 | Food insecurity is a healthcare issue. Here are 5 ways healthcare can proactively address food insecurity | According to USDA statistics, 41 million Americans are food insecure, which is directly related to living below the poverty line. 90% of those affected by hunger are children, and 10% by adults. Given the rising inflation and war in Ukraine... |
| Oct 26, 2022 | 5 Tips for Building Your Revenue Cycle Metrics Constellation | Peter Angerhofer, Principal at TegriaRobert Dewar, Chief Revenue Officer at Geisinger Health
If you scan a bright, clear night sky, you will likely pick out familiar shapes. Depending on your creativity, you might see Ursa Major and Minor o... |
| Feb 15, 2022 | Season Health, Geisinger, CommonSpirit Health, Cricket Health Launches Anchor Partnerships to Scale Food as Medicine Initiatives | What You Should Know:
– Season Health announces anchor partnerships with Geisinger, CommonSpirit Health, and Cricket Health to scale Food as Medicine initiatives. Season is funded by LRV Health, 8VC, Bain Capital, Healthy.VC and Company Ven... |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Healthcare Inequities: Social Determinants of Health | As I was writing this blog one morning, a call came from my son's school. It was a call to schedule a meeting with one of the counselors on his team. As a mother of a child with special needs, this is not an uncommon occurrence for me. It s... |
| Dec 1, 2021 | NCQA Launches Pilot Program for Health Equity Accreditation Plus | Pilot Participants Include Health Systems for First Time in NCQA's 31 Years
WASHINGTON, Dec. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) launches a pilot program today to develop its Health Equity Accred... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | FDA clears first VR-based tool for for lower-back pain | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a VR-based platform intended to treat chronic lower back pain. On Tuesday, it cleared AppliedVR’s EaseVRx platform, to help reduce pain in adults ages 18 and older.
It would be AppliedVR’s firs... |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Geisinger Unveils AI-Backed, Customizable Approach to Medical Billing | What You Should Know:
– Today, Geisinger announced a new AI-backed, customizable approach to medical billing where patients have the power to select zero-interest payment plans that that can be paid over a timeline of their choosing.
– The ... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | INVEST Digital Health preview: What’s the recipe for a successful social determinants program? | INVEST Digital Health, a conference that brings together innovative investors across the healthcare spectrum, prominent industry players and the most promising digital health startups, is scheduled for September 20-23, and held in collabora... |
| May 25, 2021 | Geisinger launches virtual chronic disease monitoring system | |
| Apr 12, 2021 | Why Do Men Take So Long On the Toilet? | Why, Bro?
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There is a memorable scene in the 2012 film This Is 40, where Pete (Paul Rudd) is caught pretending to use the toilet so he ... |
| Mar 2, 2021 | Geisinger Health Plan, Tomorrow Health partner to make getting home care supplies easier | Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health Plan and Tomorrow Health announced Tuesday that they have entered into a partnership that will provide patients easy access to medical equipment and supplies at home.
This announcement underscor... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence Predicts Death: Echocardiogram Medical Imaging, Computer Models Detect COVID-19 Patient's Mortality | Giuliano J. de Leon, Tech Times 10 February 2021, 12:02 pm
Experts developed a new AI that could predict a person's death. Although it might sound creepy, its developers claimed that it uses accurate technology.
(Photo : Photo by Spencer Pl... |
| Nov 13, 2020 | 7 simple home remedies to help battle bloating | Peppermint helps relax stomach muscles which may help prevent bloating. Chiara Benelli/Getty Images
Home remedies for bloating include eating more fibre and less sodium, avoiding carbonated beverages, and adding more peppermint and probioti... |
| Nov 6, 2020 | Zooming into the next phase of care delivery: 10 emerging trends in a post-COVID-19 world | |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Geisinger Launches New Social Care Platform for Pennsylvania Residents | What You Should Know:
– Geisinger inks a partnership Aunt Bertha to launch a new social care platform, Neighborly for Pennsylvania residents.
– Powered by Aunt Bertha, Geisinger’s Neighborly platform provides residents in Pennsylvania the a... |
| Jan 3, 2020 | 3 AI Trends for 2020: Moving Beyond Dazzle to High-Impact Collaboration | Jordan Bazinsky, EVP and Administrative Officer for Cotiviti
From the first artificial skin to driverless cars that navigate busy streets with ease, 2019 brought a dazzling array of artificial intelligence (AI) discovery. In 2020, the progr... |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Geisinger Launches Solution for Women to Request, Store, and Share Breast Health Records | – Geisinger has selected Life Image’s Mammosphere solution to enhance its breast health care offering for women.
– Mammosphere is a digital tool that allows women to request, store, and share their breast health records, including prior mam... |
| Oct 29, 2019 | Kaiser’s Food for Life program seeks to boost food security | While CalFresh provides enrollees up to $192 per month to buy food, the program is underused. Kaiser wants to help change that.
“Each day in America, there are approximately 37 to 39 million citizens who are going to bed without a meal,” sa... |
| May 30, 2019 | Pitching accuracy rates of over 99% for multiple cancer screens, Thrive launches with $110 million | For more than 25 years the founders of Thrive Earlier Detection have been researching ways to improve the accuracy of liquid biopsy tests.
The fruits of that labor from Dr. Bert Vogelstein, Dr. Kenneth Kinzler and Dr. Nickolas Papadopoulos ... |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Through partnership with Color, 10K NorthShore patients will get whole genome sequencing | The initiative will involve between 8 and 10 of NorthShore’s primary care practices, Kristen Murtos, NorthShore’s chief administrative and strategy officer, said in a phone interview. Via the health system’s patient portal, eligible individ... |
| Nov 14, 2018 | Google gobbling DeepMind’s health app might be the trust shock we need | DeepMind’s health app being gobbled by parent Google is both unsurprising and deeply shocking.
First thoughts should not be allowed to gloss over what is really a gut punch.
It’s unsurprising because the AI galaxy brains at DeepMind always ... |
| May 23, 2018 | Inside Geisinger Health System’s plan to offer DNA sequencing to patients | The test will look for mutations in at least 77 genes that are associated with dozens of medical conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer, as well as variability in how people respond to pharmaceuticals based on heredity.
“We’re givi... |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Geisinger CEO discusses telehealth, precision medicine and more | This exchange has been lightly edited.
Telehealth has been a hot topic in 2017. What has Geisinger been up to in the space?
We’ve done a lot in telehealth. We have an eICU we’ve been operating for a number of years.
At the very other end, w... |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Geisinger chief innovation officer: 3 areas of healthcare that are ripe for innovation | In June, Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger appointed Karen Murphy executive vice president, chief innovation officer and founding director of the Steele Institute for Healthcare Innovation.
She began her position earlier this month.
Mo... |
| Jan 13, 2017 | CMS tries new model for rural health in Pennsylvania | The stated purpose is to provide predictable funding to allow rural hospitals to “deliberately redesign the care they deliver.”
Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, praised the program, describing it as “designed to address the challenges faced by ru... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | Geisinger Health System CEO launches population health initiative | The program launch was part of a wider panel discussion on building innovation hubs with the panelists reaching a similar conclusion — that hospitals and health systems need to work with their communities to transform themselves or risk bei... |
| Jul 13, 2016 | Geisinger drives patient engagement with an internal survey | Nursing attire. Could patients easily distinguish between RNs, LPNs, and nursing assistants based on their physical attire?
Patient communications. How do patients prefer to be addressed by nursing staff? How do patients prefer nursing staf... |
| Jun 21, 2016 | Incoming Geisinger CMO enthused about data, pop health, precision medicine | “I’ve been a fan of Geisinger for a while,” said Ryu, who currently serves as president of integrated care delivery at health insurer Humana. This goes back to when he was at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Since then, Ryu a... |
| May 20, 2016 | The next major advance in medicine will be the use of AI | Over the last few decades, medical research has shifted from treating transient illnesses to curing long-term disease. This work, which built on the efforts of men like Lister, Pasteur, and Salk, has been slow and difficult, with many promi... |
| Jan 5, 2016 | You have a possibly faulty gene. Should your doctor tell you? | Your genes are your destiny, right? Not necessarily, according to a report in Tuesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. The study’s bottom line: In a general population, only a small percentage of people with gene variants link... |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Geisinger hits Jersey Shore with AtlantiCare merger | The Geisinger Health System empire has hit the Jersey Shore, and it is bringing its model of value-based care with it.
Geisinger, of Danville, Pennsylvania, has completed its takeover of Atlantic City, New Jersey-based AtlantiCare, after a ... |
| Oct 27, 2014 | Geisinger launches genomic data patient portal linked to NIH effort | The portal will be coupled with patient-entered health information and clinical laboratory data to form a database that aims to help clinicians and researchers better understand the impact of genetic variations on patients’ health. It will ... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | This is why clinicians need to partner with patients instead of seeing them as subjects | Geisinger’s project involves developing a way for sharing genetic lab results with patients. It’s in the first year of a three-year project. Michele Bonhag, a patient investigator, developed questions for the team of researchers to pose to ... |
| Oct 9, 2013 | Early detection of heart failure gets the big data treatment in NIH study with Geisinger Health, IBM | If patients are identified as being at high-risk for heart failure, physicians could help motivate a patient to make potentially life-saving lifestyle changes and test clinical interventions to potentially slow or possibly reverse heart fai... |
| Jun 25, 2013 | How are hospitals responding to startup queries to use de-identified patient data? Cautiously | Penn Medicine is a partner in the DreamIt Health accelerator, along with Independence Blue Cross, so it stands to reason that Penn would be getting more queries from startups.
Although he declined to say how many queries it is fielding, Wel... |
| May 21, 2013 | Grownups speak to startups: We’re not into technology just because it’s cool | SAN FRANCISCO — Representatives from the AARP and Geisinger Health System make no pretensions: They’re not into technology just because it’s cool.
While the 50-and-over population and doctors appear to be dissimilar markets, selling to eith... |
| May 21, 2013 | Grownups speak to startups: We’re not into technology just because it’s cool | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SAN FRANCISCO — Representatives from the AARP and... |
| Feb 4, 2013 | Geisinger launches startup with $40M backing to help health systems implement reform | Among the services it will offer are ProvenHealth Navigator, a patient-centered medical home with data-embedded case management. It will also provide consulting, population health data analytics, patient- and population-focused care managem... |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Mayo Clinic expertise travels to patients through growing electronic consultation program | After three hours of difficult labor, the new mother had a vaginal injury unlike any that Dr. Michael Brown had seen before. It wasn’t life threatening, but it was uncomfortable. The obstetrician turned to his computer and searched the medi... |
| Jun 7, 2012 | Geisinger takes part in national diabetes database | Diabetes-related health improvements achieved from self-management education interventions are not sustained long term.
The SUPREME-DM DataLink will provide a resource for researchers to carry out clinical trials and population-based diabet... |
| Mar 30, 2012 | Personalized medicine’s promise and challenges discussed at Duke forum | Green was among the speakers at a March 29 personalized medicine symposium at Duke University. Duke’s Center for Personalized Medicine coordinated the program entitled “At the Interface of Clinical Research and Clinical Medicine.” The sympo... |
| Mar 9, 2012 | Esophageal cancer risk test developer gets new funding | The Danville, Pennsylvania company said the reason why its test is significant is that current endoscopic tests may fail to detect dysplasia. According to the company, half of the patients first diagnosed with esophageal cancer were negativ... |
| Aug 11, 2010 | Mobile app to teach St. Jude docs about OCT | A small, web-based healthcare education company is building a “highly interactive simulation” to teach doctors and radiologists at St. Jude Medical Inc. (NYSE:STJ) about optical coherence tomography.
Rocky River, Ohio-based MultiWeb Communi... |
| Dec 9, 2009 | University Hospitals aims at cost-efficient growth in uncertain health care environment | Now, UH is growing. To accommodate the growth, Zenty separated clinical operations, system administrative services and system staff functions, hiring a new “chief” and promoting two more, while promoting one president and creating anoth... |
| Geisinger Health Plan, Tomorrow Health partner to make getting home care supplies easier | Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health Plan and Tomorrow Health announced Tuesday that they have entered into a partnership that will provide patients easy access to medical equipment and supplies at home.
This announcement underscor... |
| Geisinger chief innovation officer: 3 areas of healthcare that are ripe for innovation | In June, Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger appointed Karen Murphy executive vice president, chief innovation officer and founding director of the Steele Institute for Healthcare Innovation.
She began her position earlier this month.
Mo... |
| Early detection of heart failure gets the big data treatment in NIH study with Geisinger Health, IBM | There is a great deal of interest in using big data to make predictions or earlier diagnoses of health problems from diabetes to readmission. Heart disease, the greatest killer in the U.S., is the focus of the latest research effort with th... |
| Geisinger Health System CEO launches population health initiative | From left: Steven Krein (moderator), Esther Dyson, Dr. David Feinberg, and Dr. Richard Zane
Geisinger Health System CEO Dr. David Feinberg used the StartUp Health Festival to launch its population health initiative, Springboard Health durin... |
| FDA clears first VR-based tool for for lower-back pain | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a VR-based platform intended to treat chronic lower back pain. On Tuesday, it cleared AppliedVR’s EaseVRx platform, to help reduce pain in adults ages 18 and older.
It would be AppliedVR’s firs... |
| This is why clinicians need to partner with patients instead of seeing them as subjects | The desire by patients to take control of their data combined with the growth of personalized medicine raises an interesting question? What’s the best way for doctors to give patients genetic test results? Readmission is also a vexing issue... |
| Geisinger drives patient engagement with an internal survey | Mark Williams, nursing operations manager at Geisinger Shamokin Area Community Hospital, wears Geisinger’s uniform for registered nurses.
Patient engagement at Geisinger Health System isn’t just a pie-in-the-sky goal. It’s a daily reality, ... |
| University Hospitals aims at cost-efficient growth in uncertain health care environment | CLEVELAND, Ohio — Expecting to be challenged in the next five years as never before, University Hospitals is streamlining its clinical and non-clinical operations, and bringing in some new faces to lead continued growth at the regional hea... |
| Esophageal cancer risk test developer gets new funding | A molecular diagnostic testing company has received $55,000 from a Pennsylvania economic development agency to develop a test to determine a patient’s risk for esophageal cancer if they have Barrett’s esophagus.
The company is collaborating... |
| CMS tries new model for rural health in Pennsylvania | “Still not done,” Andy Slavitt, acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, tweeted as another item — the launch of the Pennsylvania Rural Health Model — was scratched off of his punch list Thursday.
CMS announced that ... |
| Mayo Clinic expertise travels to patients through growing electronic consultation program | After three hours of difficult labor, the new mother had a vaginal injury unlike any that Dr. Michael Brown had seen before. It wasn’t life threatening, but it was uncomfortable. The obstetrician turned to his computer and searched the medi... |
| Extreme heat causes more deaths than storms, fires, and floods in the US. Cities are responding by naming heat czars and looking for ways to cool urban areas. | Heat is the leading weather-related killer in the US, yet most of the deaths are preventable. More urban areas are taking action to address heat. ugurhan/Getty Images
Extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death in the US.
Lea... |
