Population and Public Health

The tech giant said it is making its virtual crowdsourced supercomputing platform, the World Community Grid, to researchers in the U.S. and Brazil for the OpenZika project. 

The health system is using eHosptial and eCMU to create command centers where clinicians gather to keep an eye on the sickest patients and, in turn, more effectively handle rapid response calls. 

Executive search firm Witt/Kieffer said that the drive toward clinical quality outcomes and patient engagement are giving rise to the CCO role as distinct from the chief medical officer. CCO attributes? Tech-savvy consensus-builders comfortable living in ambiguity, to start.

As patients learn to manage high-deductible plans and health savings accounts, convenience, accessibility and neighborhood connections are shaping patient's financial decisions.

Mortality rates have not improved, and obesity is on the rise, but there Is some good news.

Tennessee health system said it intends to will roll out one system across its entire care continuum.

Specific hospital ratings will be posted on the CMS Hospital Compare website soon.

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine say the new genome sequencing test to detect mutations can guide precision cancer treatment with more than 95 percent accuracy.

Wellcentive complements Philips’ health IT portfolio with cloud-based IT systems to manage clinical, claims and financial data to help providers deliver care that meets new quality requirements and reimbursement models, Philips said.

Population health management, EHRs and biosensing technologies were also among the top investment areas.