This Just In: Special One Hour Show
This Just In will be airing a special one hour show next week beginning at a special time – 2pm ET. Hear host Justin Barnes and his guest Vista Growth’s founder Steve Beshara.
Key Statistics about Breast Cancer – #ThinkPink
What are the key statistics about breast cancer? Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. About 1 in 8 (12%) women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.
Hackensack University Medical Center CIO Named CHIME Innovator of the Year
Hackensack University Medical Center is at the forefront of adopting technology solutions aimed at arming clinicians and patients with information that can help them make better decisions, as well as reduce healthcare costs. Dr. Shafiq Rab, VP and CIO at HackensackUMC, was awarded the College of Healthcare Information Management Executive’s 2015 Innovator of the Year Award.
A Big Data Approach Leads to Undiscovered Insights into ALS
This summer nine Master / PhD students from various disciplines travelled to New York, Boston, Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands with the goal to develop new insights into ALS in order to speed up the discovery of therapeutics.
Ways to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer – Pass it Along
Many factors can influence your breast cancer risk, and most women who develop breast cancer do not have any known risk factors or a history of the disease in their families. However, you can help lower your risk of breast cancer in the following ways.
Hearst Health & Jefferson College of Population Health Introduce the Hearst Health Prize
This week tune in to PopHealth Week at 4:30pm ET weekdays. Hear David Nash, MD, MBA from Jefferson College of Population Health and Gregory Dorn, MD from Hearst Health discuss the Hearst Health Prize.
New York Digital Health Accelerator Announces Selected Companies for 2015 Program
A select group of six innovative healthcare startups were chosen to participate in the third annual New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA), a four-month program run by the Partnership Fund for New York City (Partnership Fund) and the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC).
HIMSS President/CEO Stephen Lieber Honored
Leadership style varies among executives. For HIMSS President and CEO H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, change and innovation highlight his skillful approach, and he has now been tapped to as a judge for the inaugural Heart Health Prize of $100,000.
FDA Clears Next Generation Stethoscope
Eko Core is the only stethoscope on the market to wirelessly stream heart sounds to a HIPAA-compliant smartphone app and the first to integrate heart sounds directly into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR), paving the way for clinicians to better address a cardiovascular disease crisis that affects 1 in 4 people worldwide.
2015 Million Hearts Hypertension Control Challenge
High blood pressure is out of control for too many Americans. The latest data show that nearly 1 in 3 American adults—approximately 70 million—has high blood pressure, and only about half have it safely controlled.
EBSCO Health Introduces New Nursing Reference Center Plus App
Nurses will now be able to access the evidence-based nursing content from EBSCO Health through the Nursing Reference Center™ Plus app. The app is designed to allow nurses to find the information they need quickly and easily, anytime and anywhere.
ZibdyHealth offers a Simple and Secure Way to Consolidate and Manage Health Records
According to a CDC survey, over 96% of Americans would like to share their medical history with their immediate family. With ZibdyHealth, users gain ownership of their medical records and the ability to share them with anyone.
