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What does the "I" stand for? 3 CIOs talk innovation, information

By Jonah Comstock 04:27 pm September 26, 2016

CIO is something of a loaded acronym in healthcare these days. Whether your “I” stands for information or innovation can be perceived as a marker of the progressiveness of your organization. But is that fair? At the Health 2.0 pre-conference provider summit in Santa Clara yesterday, two chief innovation officers and a chief information officer went back and forth on the terminology, and how...

UPMC data chief: Integrated health systems have advantages in reducing readmissions

By Jonah Comstock 05:50 am November 9, 2015

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) describes itself as the second largest integrated payor-provider network after Kaiser Permanente. At the HIMSS Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum on Thursday, UPMC Chief Analytics Officer Pamela Peele talked about how being both a payer and a provider enables UPMC to address readmissions in a unique way. "Providers are trained to manage...

UPMC center showcases 'virtualization' of healthcare

By Neil Versel 12:17 am February 9, 2012

UPMC's Dr. Andrew Watson The long-awaited boom in home-based, wireless health monitoring devices might happen sooner rather than later. In fact, Dr. Andrew Watson, medical director of the UPMC Center for Connected Medicine in Pittsburgh, believes that it will start in the next six to 12 months. "Right now, the devices are so close," Watson says. And the biggest driver will be cost avoidance,...