At the 2014 Health Datapalooza conference, the Smart Health Hero app was crowned the winner of the Code-a-palooza challenge. Coming in second place was MyHealth.io, developed by karmadata. MyHealth.io lets patients find the best nearby surgeon based on the surgeon’s volume and the hospital’s quality data. The website uses open data sources, private pharmacy claims […]
The percentage of physicians participating in accountable care organizations has increased by nearly 20 percent from 2011 to 2013, according to the Medscape’s 2014 Physician Compensation Report. The report is based on responses from nearly 24,000 physicians in 25 specialties. Here are eight statistics on physician participation in payment models in 2011 and 2013 Not […]
The worldwide market for mobile health applications, and the services that go with them, reached $2.4 billion in revenue in 2013 and will grow to $26 billion by the end of 2017, according to a recently released report from research2guidance, a German market research firm. Apps related to fitness monitoring show the greatest business potential […]
The Department of Health & Human Services is giving some $110 million to health care organizations that have come up with innovative ways to deliver high-quality care at lower cost. Last May, the department announced that it was seeking applicants for as much as $1 billion in federal money for the projects. In addition to […]
NEHI report details dilemma for health care innovators as volume of data raises more questions than it answers “Big Data” generated from electronic medical records holds promise to transform healthcare and benefit patients, but a host of challenges threatens to derail the effort to lower costs, improve quality, and improve health care, according to a […]
According to the World Health Organization, more than a billion people across the globe suffer from more than 600 neurological disorders, ranging from epilepsy to Alzheimer disease. A new iPad and iPhone app offering a novel approach to learning the neurological physical exam has been launched by the University of California at San Francisco. The […]
Every ACO wants to achieve the triple aims of improving the patient experience of care; improving the health of populations; and reducing the per capita cost of health care. The question is often “how” to best achieve these aims. UPDATE: MSSP, IPA and ACOs interested in working with the ACO Working Group should contact […]
Omada Health, a San Francisco startup that makes digital health therapy programs for people with type 2 diabetes and other serious but potentially treatable issues, has raised $23 million in new funding. The new investment, which is Omada’s Series B, was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Andreessen Horowitz partner Balaji Srinivasan joining the startup’s board […]
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 […]