Data and Information

Device Connect for Fitbit aims to help healthcare and life science organizations use and analyze data from Fitbit's health-tracking wearables.

The Community Care Outcomes Maturity Model (CCOM) is a new measurement tool to replace O-EMRAM. Natasha Ramontal of HIMSS and Raed AlHazme of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, explain.

Also, digital health company RaphaCure has launched its mobile corporate wellness app.

nference said researchers can use the de-identified clinical data to develop new therapeutics and diagnostics.

Smart stethoscope company Eko received a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, and Halo raised $2.6 million for its research and development collaboration tool.

LifePoint Health announced a partnership with Google Cloud to use its Healthcare Data Engine, and the National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years to accelerate the use of AI in biomedical and behavioral research.

Hopes for a Senate telehealth bill passage, public health infrastructure modernization and the European Health Data Space are just a few of the priorities on the HIMSS agenda, says Tom Leary, the group's senior VP and head of government relations.

Health information technology officer for Connecticut's Office of Health Strategy Sumit Sajnani discusses how data improves healthcare access by allowing agencies and providers across the state to build a holistic view of a patient's needs.

Redesign helps build, launch and find funding for digital health startups, including home-based care startup MedArrive, cancer care-coordination platform Jasper Health and hybrid mental health company UpLift.

Healthcare institutions will be successful if they unite clinical medicine and data science, says Simon Philip Rost, CMO at GE Healthcare Enterprise Digital Solutions.