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Less than one month left until the Market Insights Meeting!GE Healthcare receives Carequality certificationMerck Foundation announces diabetes care initiativeThermo Fisher Scientific, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute partner on Applied Biosystems Axiom Africa ArrayAMA launches Integrated Health Model InitiativeAbrazo Maryvale Campus to closeHighmark Health, Allegheny Health Network to invest $1B in renovations, new constructionRegional Health now called Astria HealthHealth Stocks| From the Publisher | Less than one month left until the Market Insights Meeting!
The Market Insights meeting will be held November 9-10, 2017 in Miami, Florida. The Market Insights meeting focuses strongly on the inner working of the healthcare supply chain, with speakers from IDNs across America and market experts throughout the healthcare arena. Attendees will experience deep-dive discussions into providers’ supply chain strategies, the most effective way for suppliers to work with IDNs to ensure optimal outcomes, as well as a panel of the top-ten supply chain leaders to watch from The Journal of Healthcare Contracting.
Confirmed Speakers:
-- Joe Walsh, EVP operations, Pensiamo
-- Christine Torres, system VP, supply chain and biomedical engineering, Main Line Health
-- Beth Vinson, director, strategic sourcing supply chain management, Yale New Haven Hospital
-- John Horne, SVP and chief supply chain officer, OSF Healthcare
-- Raymond Davis, VP supply chain, Universal Health Services
-- Premier Inc
-- Phil Profeta, associate VP and chief supply chain officer for supply chain services, University of Miami Health
-- Rick Laird, senior healthcare manager, Florida, Lexmark
-- Tom Stafford, VP and CIO, Halifax Health
-- Mark Campbell, VP of materials management and process improvement, Tampa General Hospital
-- David Gillan, SVP, supply chain aggregation services, Vizient Inc
Click here to register for the Market Insights meeting!
For questions or more information please contact Anna McCormick at amccormick@sharemovingmedia.com. | | | -back to top- | | Manufacturer News | GE Healthcare receives Carequality certification
GE Healthcare received Carequality certification to enable seamless data sharing by its ambulatory EHR customers with thousands of hospitals, physician practices, payer networks, vendors, and consumer services nationally. The criteria to participate in the Carequality Interoperability Framework include legal, policy, and technical qualifications for interoperability. GE also achieved effective integration of connected data and data exchange processes into clinician workflows by introducing Centricity Healthcare Connections Hospital Connect for Centricity Practice Solution and Centricity EMR customers, with a strong emphasis on usability. | | | -back to top- | Merck Foundation announces diabetes care initiative
The Merck Foundation (Kenilworth, NJ) launched a a five-year initiative called Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care. The program, which will provide $16 million in funding over five years, is intended help improve diabetes care and health outcomes for vulnerable and underserved populations in the United States. It will foster comprehensive approaches that bring together high-quality medical care with services and resources drawn from outside of the health care system to address the many factors that influence diabetes outcomes. To read more and see a list of grantees, visit http://www.mrknewsroom.com/news-release/corporate-news/merck-foundation-launches-five-year-initiative-improve-diabetes-care-vul. | | | -back to top- | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute partner on Applied Biosystems Axiom Africa Array
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announced the commercial launch of the Applied Biosystems Axiom Africa Array for medical and population genomics. The array provides capture of genome-wide variation in African populations, as well as Asian and European populations. Because populations from Africa have the greatest diversity in their genomes and the highest numbers of continental and population-specific genetic variants, there is a need to build new genetic tools to enable medical and population genetic research studies across the region in order to maximize opportunities for discovery, biological insights into disease, and to reconstruct population history of the region. | | | -back to top- | | Government News | AMA launches Integrated Health Model Initiative
The American Medical Association launched the Integrated Health Model Initiative, which will develop a framework for the industry to collect, organize, and share health data. The AMA seeks to foster patient-care models that achieve better outcomes, and achieve technical innovations to address poor interoperability. Organizations including including Cerner Corp, IBM, Intermountain Healthcare, and the AMIA have already signed on to collaborate with the project. Epic Systems Corp also plans to join the collaboration. | | | -back to top- | | Hospital and IDN News | Abrazo Maryvale Campus to close
Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Dallas, TX) announced plans to close 232-bed Abrazo Maryvale Campus (Phoenix, AZ) by the end of 2017 due to dwindling patient volumes. The hospital will remain open until December 18, but will no longer admit patients after December 1. | | | -back to top- | Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network to invest $1B in renovations, new construction
Allegheny Health Network and its owner, Highmark Health, both based in Pittsburgh, PA, together plan to spend more than $1 billion to construct new facilities and renovate existing medical buildings over the next four to five years. Highmark will use $700 million to fund renovations at the network's existing facilities, a new 160-bed hospital in Pine Township, PA, and four neighborhood hospitals in partnership with Emerus (The Woodlands, TX). The plan will create more than 800 new jobs. Construction of the new hospital requires regulatory approval and is expected to begin in 2018. The facility will open in 2021. The neighborhood hospitals will offer services including emergency departments, 10 to 12 inpatient beds, and clinical services. | | | -back to top- | Regional Health now called Astria Health
Regional Health (Sunnyside,WA) rebranded as Astria Health. The new name reflects the organization's commitment to growth, excellence, and innovation in services throughout the region. All of the system's hospitals will be renamed to reflect the change. | | | -back to top- | | Stock Watch | Health Stocks
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