Healthcare Innovation Bulletin
  Complimentary from Health Policy Publishing, LLC         January 2019  
       
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  "We've seen the promise of innovation in products like artificial intelligence software that can help alert physicians to a potential stroke and smart watches that can help identify atrial fibrillation. Today, we’re announcing that, based on the Pre-Cert [Digital Health Precertification Program] pilot, we’ve drafted a regulatory framework to test new approaches for the review of digital health device applications."

- Scott Gottlieb, M.D., FDA Commissioner, January 7, 2019.
 
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  "Ochsner Health System reduced patient falls across all its medical-surgical units in 11 hospitals by 51%, "by rolling out a remote telesitter program, enabling trained patient safety assistants to monitor up to 57 patients each shift via mobile cameras rolled into the rooms of at-risk patients."

Excerpted from: HealthLeaders Media, January 25, 2019, "Ochsner Reduces Patient Falls By 51% With Telesitters."
 
 
What's News
  Seattle startup 98point6 wants to be Amazon Prime of primary care: 7 notes
Becker's Hospital Review, January 28, 2019
 
     
You can now buy an actual hospital room on Amazon
CNBC, January 25, 2019
  Aetna, other health insurers team up with IBM on blockchain project
Reuters, January 24, 2019
 
  SAP launches blockchain platform to reduce counterfeit Rx
Becker's Hospital Review, January 23, 2019
 
  DNA testing company 23andMe says FDA has approved colorectal cancer test
Chicago Tribune, January 22, 2019
 
     
  Verily Study Watch Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for ECG
Verily Blog, January 18, 2019
 
     
Walgreens, Microsoft Ink Strategic Deal to "Transform Healthcare Delivery"
Healthcare Informatics, January 15, 2019
     
  AI approach outperformed human experts in identifying cervical precancer
National Institutes of Health News Release, January 10, 2019
 
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The Truths of Transformation

In a live webinar hosted by Envera Health, we brought together sought-after outside industry leaders and innovators who shared their change experience and challenged the way we think about the future of healthcare. Weaving in examples from other verticals such as retail and financial technology, these transformation stories will empower you to begin imagining what's possible for the future of healthcare.

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Cardinal Health: 5 ways healthcare innovation will move forward in 2019

1. The interoperability race is underway.
2. Data fidelity is the vital power source for AI and machine learning.
3. Patients continue taking the reins of their own data and healthcare.
4. We're still in early phases with genetics.
5. Telehealth is gaining speed.

Source: Health Cardinal Health, January 11, 2019

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Insights
  Industry Voices—Healthcare industries are underinvesting in AI patenting
FierceHealthcare, January 25, 2019
 
     
  How Primary Care Can Drive Innovation in Care Delivery
HIT Consultant, January 22, 2019
 
     
  5 Issues Impeding Healthcare Innovation Progress
HealthLeaders Media, January 18, 2019
 
     
  Fostering a culture of innovation: 5 CIOs share insights
Becker's Hospital Review, January 17, 2019
 
     
  Will these new tech replace blood tests and other diagnostic tools?
MDLinx, January 11, 2019
 
     
  Top 6 Digital Transformation Trends In Healthcare For 2019
Forbes, January 3, 2019
 
     
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