Innovation/New Models of Care
SHSMD鈥檚 annual conference will help those in the strategy professions 鈥 such as strategic planners, marketers, business developers and communicators 鈥 sharpen their skills in creating new experiences, forging innovative partnerships and driving organizational change and success.
New HIMSS Media research shows where hospital leaders think technology innovation is most needed and what's getting in the way.
Now that Jack Stoddard, former Comcast general manager of digital health, has taken over as chief operating officer of the Amazon.com Inc.-Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-JPMorgan Chase & Co. health care venture, the heavy lifting begins.
Continuing its health care venture activity, Cigna has put up $250 million to fund early- and growth-stage startups. Overseeing these investments, Cigna Ventures will target nine business lines across three sectors: insights and analytics, digital health and retail, and care delivery and management鈥
Hospital and health care leaders from more than 40 countries will assemble in Brisbane, Australia Oct. 10-12 for the International Hospital Federation鈥檚 42nd World Hospital Congress.
Also in this roundup of health care news: Epic inches toward interoperability; Comcast shepherds health care disruption to keep its own costs low; and San Francisco uses data to get a bigger picture of its homeless population.
In an effort to further advance health in America, the 黑料正能量 Association today officially launched the AHA Center for Health Innovation to support hospitals and health systems as they respond to and proactively lead change.
The Center for Health Innovation will harness the work of Health Forum, the Health Research & Educational Trust, AHA鈥檚 Data Center and The Value Initiative to provide tools and resources that can help members innovate as they continue to redefine the 鈥淗.鈥
In 2014, a group of stakeholders in Kansas City 鈥 including representatives from law enforcement, hospitals, courts, city government, mental health, and homeless shelters 鈥 started convening monthly to determine how to provide appropriate help to individuals with behavioral health issues who don鈥檛鈥
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday announced a new payment and service delivery model as part of a multi-pronged strategy to combat the nation鈥檚 opioid crisis.