KevinMD

MARCH 4, 2018

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke that has escalated to alarming rates in recent years, affecting nearly 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. In an attempt to reduce its prevalence, the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC-8) released a set of hypertension management guidelines. However, various concerns arose regarding the recommendations and as a result, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2018

On July 18, 2017, Neil Gomes, Chief Digital Officer at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, tweeted this: When I saw this tweet, I was especially struck by Gomes’s phrase, “Designed & developed with heart/love by my @DICEGRP.” That’s Jefferson’s health solutions group that focuses on digital innovation and consumer experience.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 4, 2018

HIMSS18 is finally here and we've got a rundown of eight sessions you don't want to miss, plus a review of the four keynote speakers. Plus, news about another cyberattack against Nuance, UCSF's partnership with Samsung and why big pharma wants your health data.

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Health Intersections

MARCH 4, 2018

In discussions with implementers, one question that has come up quite a lot recently is whether you should store FHIR resources natively in your database or not. In principle, FHIR resources (like all HL7 specifications) are designed for exchange between systems, rather than as a database storage format. That doesn’t mean that we won’t consider utility or design requests intended to meet storage use cases, just that we will always prioritise design priorities around robust exchange.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 4, 2018

In New York state, with a population of nearly 20 million and home to the most populous city in the nation, only 2% of civilian physicians and other medical providers are capable of providing quality care in a timely manner to veterans, according to a new study by the RAND Corp. New York has the fifth largest veteran community of any state.

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