The FDA’s new guidance on digital health paves way for more tools that aim to support physicians and patients.
Expect to see a slew of new software programs and tools aimed to support clinicians and patients to make informed treatment decisions, after the Food and Drug Administration released its long-awaited draft rule last week on clinical decision support (CDS) systems. Continue reading
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It seems like every week there’s a new press release about a new health innovation center opening up shop.
Since passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, which emphasized the transition from patient volume to value, innovation centers have been popping up all over the country. Becker’s Hospital Review has identified at least 50 hospitals with innovation programs. Continue reading
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Now that Senate Republicans have delayed action on their Obamacare “repeal and replace” bill until after the Independence Day recess, let’s take a moment to talk about innovation.
One underlying objective of the Affordable Care Act was to spur adoption of value-based care and technology-driven care coordination – in tandem with providing free preventive care. Continue reading
One feature of the Affordable Care Act that doesn’t get a lot of ink was the creation of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Innovation Center. With the very real prospect of an ACA repeal, the Innovation Center’s future is in doubt. As Neal Versel noted in his column for Fortune on the Republican replacement bill to the ACA, the new bill is remarkably thin on the subjects of health IT, innovation and new care delivery models.
The CMS Innovation Center has been responsible for funding new ideas and technology systems that help hospitals and other providers manage the health of populations. Continue reading
Andy Slavitt
Andy Slavitt, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told D.C. health reporters he tries to be as direct and honest as possible when testifying in hyper-charged congressional hearings about the Affordable Care Act.
“I think of congressional oversight and my relationship with the media as very much an exercise in, ‘you guys see things I don’t,’” Slavitt said during an Oct. 6 panel discussion for AHCJ’s D.C. chapter, held at New York University’s D.C. campus. Continue reading
