Contact: Caroline [email protected] PORTLAND, Maine – MaineHealth is making a $500,000 investment in health-tech innovation over the next three years by partnering with the Roux Institute at Northeastern University and Northern Light Health in The Future of Healthcare Founder Residency. This first-of-its-kind program aims to bring 30 early-stage health-tech companies […]
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BCBS Massachusetts signs value-based contracts incorporating equity measures
Photo: FatCamera/Getty Images Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is touting itself as the first in the state, and one of the first in the country, to create a financial payment model rewarding health systems and physicians for eliminating racial and ethnic inequities in care. Four of the state’s largest […]
CMS estimates 41.5M people affected by innovation center models since late 2020
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: More than 41.5 million people have been impacted by or received care in CMS innovation center models in the past two years, according to a new estimate from the agency. […]
TWO NPHI MEMBERS COMBINE FORCES TO BENEFIT FLORIDA FAMILIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI) extends congratulations to our colleagues at Chapters Health System and Hope Healthcare on today’s announcement of their affiliation. The joining of these two outstanding programs is an incredible opportunity for the communities they serve and […]
HCA Healthcare Expands Surgical Recovery Program
HCA Healthcare Inc. has rolled out an Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) program enterprise-wide. What the company calls a “patient-centered, research-based, multidisciplinary approach to surgical recovery” has been adopted by 167 HCA Healthcare facilities. Nashville-based HCA, which has 182 hospitals and approximately 2,300 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding […]
Southern New Jersey Health Systems Plan to Merge
Two southern New Jersey health systems — Cooper University Health Care and Cape Regional Health System — have announced plans to merge. Cooper, which includes the MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, is based in the City of Camden and is southern New Jersey’s only academic health system and Level […]
Q&A: Exploring Healthcare Innovation with Rich Sanders
As the healthcare sector continues to face headwinds impacting the cost of care, clinician burnout, patient experience and more, leaders are responding with innovative care models and technologies that have potential as scalable solutions. Leading national medical group Envision Healthcare is particularly focused on how innovation can empower its 25,000 […]
Chicago ARC Connects the Dots Between Healthcare Innovation and Community Support
A newly launched venture collaborative in Chicago aims to bring together health systems, corporate partners, innovative startups, and community resources to tackle health inequity. A lot of the conversation in healthcare innovation these days centers around new partnerships to address health equity. In Chicago, a unique venture collaborative is forging […]
CloudWave Acquires Sensato Cybersecurity | Healthcare Innovation
On Nov. 28, Marlborough, Mass.-based CloudWave, a healthcare data security company, announced via a press release that the company has acquired Red Bank, N.J.-based Sensato Cybersecurity, a managed cybersecurity services company that focuses on protecting healthcare providers from cyber threats, including ransomware. The press release states that “Sensato developed a […]
Self-driven healthcare ecosystems could help improve health outcomes and control costs
A vision for building sustainable, self-driven healthcare spanning primary care, secondary care and the wider health and social care system has been set out by medical innovators writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Self-driven healthcare (SDH) is an umbrella term introduced by Innovate UK, the UK’s […]