September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance have come together and formed the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance to lead in advocacy, research and support for patients and their families.
Jellyfish Health LLC is expanding operations and creating 100 new jobs at an annual wage of $70,000, the healthcare technology company announced. The majority of the new jobs will be focused on software development at an average wage that is more than 200 percent of the current average in Bay County, Florida.
The Innovation Institute announced that it has signed an exclusive global agreement with the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE), a biomedical and healthcare innovation network of over 25,000 international members, to collaborate on concepts, ideas, and solutions that will improve healthcare delivery.
With healthcare technology changing and improving everyday, precision medicine (PM), the medical model proposing customizing healthcare, including an individualized tailoring of all medical decisions, practices, and products to every patient, is also on the rise. Today’s Friday Five includes everything you need to currently know about precision medicine.
Immunization Registries have been a part of the public health objectives associated with the CMS EHR Incentive Programs. In stage 2, the objective is the capability to submit electronic data to immunization registries or immunization information systems except where prohibited, and in accordance with applicable law and practice.
In 2011 health care-focused accelerators began to emerge and have continued to grow all across our nation. Healthcare accelerators are helping to change the landscape of our healthcare system as we know it. We have chosen four such accelerators to highlight as they are currently accepting applications.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the participants in the Frontier Community Health Integration Project (FCHIP) Demonstration, an effort to increase access to care for Medicare beneficiaries in areas of the country where access to health services can be limited because of distance from providers.
August is National Family Month and Fruits and Veggies – More Matters (@Fruits_Veggies) has started a FAMILY FRUIT & VEGGIE CHALLENGE: Try a new fruit or vegetable every week then build a meal and /or snack around it. This week’s Friday Five will help you play along!
eHealth Initiative (eHI) announces second annual Innovation Challenge. The Challenge invites entrepreneurs and startups from around the world to submit proposals that tackle major healthcare system problems such as waste reduction, virtual infrastructures, and Improved consumer interfaces.
By Regina Holliday – This is the sixth year of the Walking Gallery of Healthcare. We now number over 400 members walking around the world with patient story paintings on our backs. We are attending medical conferences where often there isn’t a patient speaker on the dais or in the audience. We are providing a patient voice, and by doing so, are changing the conversation.
We are thru the first week of the Summer Olympics in Rio. Today’s Friday Five looks at fitness, food, and nutrition tips from top athletes, April Ross, Katie Ledecky, Ryan Lochte, and Kristin Armstrong. These Olympians are going for the gold or have already won gold in the Rio games.
For the twenty-seventh year, U.S. News and World Report released the #BestHospitals list. The 2016-17 rankings include hospitals from around the country known for their excellence in procedures, conditions, and specialties. The “best of the best” hospitals received points based on how many and how high they ranked in each of the 16 specialties. These 20 facilities are this year’s Honor Roll.
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