Starting in June 2014, Patriot Labs will conduct several trials of its new Technology Demonstration Suite Managed Service (D-Suite). The trials will allow us to refine the D-Suite service based on feedback received from participating government agencies, corporate enterprises, and small innovative companies. Next week, Patriot Labs will release a series of Calls-for-Innovation (CFI). Learn […]
“Accountable” is one of the most popular buzzwords in healthcare today. Whether an organization is striving to become an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or pursuing a less formal approach to delivering necessary, efficient and effective care, the term frequently comes up in today’s organizational strategy discussions. It’s more than just a buzzword, however. In fact, […]
Ron Garnett, Patriot Labs Executive Director, will be attending the HCI-DC 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Health Care System, a public conference that will be held at the Washington D.C. Omni Shoreham hotel on Feb. 6, 2014. The conference is co-hosted by the Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI) and the Office of the National Coordinator […]
The Uncoordinated State of ACO Care Coordination ACO care coordination in health care requires ensuring that the right information reaches the appropriate party at the optimal time to make patient care better, more efficient, and less costly. This coordination needs to occur among the various parties involved in a patient’s care. However, major problems in […]
We are pleased to announce that the Clinical Data Aggregation Working Group Virtual Summit has been scheduled for January 15, 2014. Beginning with the Virtual Summit, the working group will support a collaboration of like-minded individuals from pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and CROs that have come together specifically for the purpose of defining, developing and deploying reusable information […]
Mixed Results The results of the initial Pioneer ACOs are mixed at best – and suggest that ACOs will need to place more emphasis on establishing interoperability among desperate information systems and meaningful performance monitoring, measurement and management reporting systems. At the start of 2013, medical groups around the country began joining private ACOs with […]
When it comes to applying advances in technology to create innovation, a lot of the low hanging fruit has already been plucked and there’s even more folks crowding round the base of the tree. So going forward, it becomes necessary to invest time, energy, and money into solving the more challenging and larger-scale problems. While […]
Earlier this year Patriot Labs initiated a working group to outline an approach for improving health within underserved populations and eliminating health disparities using mobile communications technology. The result was HealthInfo, a health information communication, outreach and engagement platform. The aim of HealthInfo is to effectively engage underserved populations with locally accessible health service providers […]
The mHealth Information Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) working group is aimed at establishing a comprehensive resource for accessing culturally and ethnically attuned health information through a wide range of mobile applications and consumer devices. More than just a collection of health content, the Clearinghouse will serve diverse underserved minority populations with multilingual, culturally competent, and low literacy […]
Patriot Labs has established a working group in response to the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) grant opportunity to “develop a product, process or service for commercialization” with the aim of reducing health disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes. The Eliminating Health Disparities Working Group will focus on accelerating the […]