Older adults are some of the heaviest users of the healthcare system, and at a global level, the 85-and-over population is projected to increase 351% between 2010 and 2050. Not only is there an increased lifespan, but there is an increased health span compared to...
Doctors are colloquially known to operate by the mantra “do no harm” and when American’s seek medical care, they expect their provider to be making decisions in their best interest. Doing no harm to patients includes not putting them through unnecessary treatments. However, a May...
I was intrigued with the new post by Paul Muret from Google Health’s development team who cited last week the problem a 2016 Annals of Internal Medicine paper noting that clinicians spend half their day on a computer navigating electronic health records (EHRs) and other systems. I...
As of January 1st, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that all hospitals receiving federal funds comply with the CMS hospital pricing transparency requirement. Hospitals must now post price information on the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they...
This week is #NationalPharmacyWeek and is an opportunity to recognize the vital contributions that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians make every day to patient care, particularly during this public health emergency. Thank you to all pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians for all that you do to make medication safety...
Innovations Horizons in partnership with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center is undertaking a project to improve health communications. The project, titled " A Prototype Solution to Facilitate Patient Navigation in Support of Pancreatic Cancer Care" had its official launch yesterday 🎉!...
Innovation Horizons, LLC has been award a contract by the District of Columbia for services offered under the Service and Supply Schedule Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS) Contract No. CW 82357. ...
Innovation Horizons was awarded a contract to support the District of Columbia (DC) Department of Health to support educational needs among health professionals for evidence-based practices in pharmaceutical prescribing. DCRx – the DC Center for Rational Prescribing provides information about medications and other therapeutic options. The DC Department of Health...
The following is cross-posted from HIMSS. This year, HIMSS is proud to be a collaborating partner in the 10th anniversary of Health Datapalooza – AcademyHealth’s annual convening on health data and technology. The collaboration furthers HIMSS commitment to meaningful transformation of data into new capabilities that deliver...
This issue brief explores the topic of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the basis for its current surge in applications across the health care sector. Here, we explore IoT, specifically for medical applications, from a historical perspective, terms and definitions, the major science and...