Digital Health
JANUARY 22, 2018
Iya Khalil is a woman who’s always been ahead of her time. In middle school, she was captivated by the writing of Stephen Hawking. After graduating school at Cornell with a PhD in physics, while colleagues were heading to Wall Street to be quants, or to Silicon Valley to launch the next Webvan, she was […].
Health Blawg
JANUARY 22, 2018
Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin
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TeleMed2U
JANUARY 22, 2018
In developed countries like the United States, stroke is still the third leading cause of death. In fact, each year stroke occurs in more than 700,000 patients, leaving many with disabilities and unable to resume a normal life. When a stroke occurs, every second counts. The sooner a stroke victim is treated with medication that […]. The post Telemedicine Trends: How Telemedicine Can Help Stroke Victims Faster appeared first on TeleMed2U.
Health Blawg
JANUARY 22, 2018
Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin
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Insulin Nation
JANUARY 22, 2018
As far back as 2011, Congressman Pete Olson (R-TX) and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have championed legislation to create an office within the federal public health apparatus to focus exclusively on fostering diabetes research and improving access to quality care. Last fall, in the 115th Congress, they succeeded, with final passage in the House on October 11 of Senate Bill 920, signed into law on November 2, tasking a panel of public health officials and diabetes care
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ACA Times
JANUARY 22, 2018
It’s been a tumultuous year for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). From insurers withdrawing from providing health insurance on government exchanges to spiking premiums in the face of financial losses to Congressional legislation to repeal parts of the ACA, 2017 was a crossroads of sorts for the fate of the health insurance marketplace. Several counties scattered across the country were reporting little to no options for coverage on the Marketplace as insurers only migrated to regions of guaranteed
Health Blawg
JANUARY 22, 2018
Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin
Insulin Nation
JANUARY 22, 2018
In the last few decades, there has been an explosion of patient narratives within the public sphere. Not only are patient narratives topping best-seller lists (think, for instance, of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air or Nina Riggs’ The Bright Hour) , some medical schools are encouraging trainees to read these texts to better discern the experiences of their patients.
Health Blawg
JANUARY 22, 2018
Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin
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Effective collaboration among all care team members is critical to delivering better patient outcomes. A key element to achieving effective collaboration is through the implementation of a clinical communication and collaboration platform. In a fast-paced, high-stress and critical environment, people tend to do whatever gets the job done. Therefore will scramble and use the systems, people, or processes around them to get an outcome more quickly - which can often be at the expense of quality.
Health Blawg
JANUARY 22, 2018
Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin
Health Blawg
JANUARY 22, 2018
Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. You should follow him on Twitter: @RasuShrestha. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC. Rasu describes his north star as the best interests of the person — the consumer, the health plan member, the patient — and he sees that as being distin
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