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Population Health Initiative to Improve Chronic Disease Management

November 17, 2020 - The Johns Hopkins Health System and the University of Maryland Medical Center have received an award of $43 million over five years to improve population health and chronic disease management for individuals with type 2 diabetes. The Baltimore Metropolitan Diabetes Regional Partnership is a statewide initiative that will aim to increase the number...

University of Missouri Launches Precision Medicine Institute

June 26, 2019 by Jessica Kent

The University of Missouri (UM) System has launched the NextGen Precision Health Institute, a centralized facility that will advance precision medicine efforts, increase collaboration among...

How Academic Medical Centers Can Boost Population Health Management

June 03, 2019 by Jessica Kent

With the healthcare industry embracing a comprehensive, holistic approach to patient care, more organizations are seeking to improve their population health management efforts. While providers, payers,...

Deep Learning Can Support Personalized Predictions for Stress

May 02, 2019 by Jennifer Bresnick

In the quest to get ahead of costly health events for high-risk individuals, identifying elevated levels of emotional and psychological stress may be just as important as documenting more traditional...

Cleveland Clinic Creates Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center

March 13, 2019 by Jennifer Bresnick

Cleveland Clinic has established the Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence, an innovation hub focused on applying machine learning to healthcare. According to Crain’s Cleveland Business,...

IBM Watson Health Teams Up with Hospitals for AI, EHR Research

February 20, 2019 by Jennifer Bresnick

IBM Watson Health has announced a ten-year, $50 million investment in artificial intelligence (AI) research partnerships with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Vanderbilt University Medical...

How Big Data Analytics Underpins Every Healthcare Trend

July 31, 2017 by Jennifer Bresnick

While the concept of leveraging big data analytics has quickly moved from cutting-edge novelty to fundamental competency for healthcare organizations, many providers still struggle to turn information...

29% of Healthcare Providers Currently Use Precision Medicine

August 31, 2016 by Jennifer Bresnick

Close to a third of healthcare organizations participating in a HIMSS Analytics poll are currently employing precision medicine techniques in everyday care, indicating that a personalized approach to...

Which Vendors Lead the Healthcare Big Data Analytics Market?

November 19, 2015 by Jennifer Bresnick

Hospitals and health systems are snapping up big data analytics and population health management technologies at a breakneck pace as they prepare to meet the challenges of value-based reimbursement,...

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