Latest California Healthline Stories
IBM Hopes CVS-Watson Partnership Leads to More Connections in Cloud
IBM officials hope a new partnership with CVS pharmacies will create a platform in the Watson Health Cloud to allow many organizations and agencies to collaborate with the goal of eventually improving the country’s health care delivery system.
Telehealth Niche for Special-Needs Kids
Better care for the 1.4 million children in California with special needs could come through telehealth, according to a new report.
Fixes for Health Information Exchange
Experts gathered for an annual health information technology conference in Sonoma County last week to outline predicaments and predictions for the future of health infomration exchange.
State Gets Federal Grant To Improve Info Exchange During an Emergency
Federal officials are giving California a $2.75 million grant to improve exchange of heath information, both daily and during a public emergency.
‘Visionary’ Pilot Targets Palliative Care
Instead of simply extending hospice services to palliative patients, a rural pilot program is using telemedicine and team training in a different approach.
Three Major Systems Join San Diego Health Connect, Giving HIE Big Boost
Nearly two million San Diegans will soon be signed up to participate in San Diego Health Connect, a health information exchange giving area providers access to patient medical records housed at competing health systems.
Telehealth Project Aims To Improve Health Care Access for Inland Empire Tribes
Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, a system serving nine American Indian tribes in the Inland Empire, has rolled out a telehealth project that could serve as a model for tribes statewide.
How Open Data Can Shape Public Policy
California public and private health care leaders are embracing the growing open data movement in hopes of improving outcomes and shaping public policy.
New UC Medical Center Supports Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative
UC-San Francisco’s new $1.5 billion hospital complex at Mission Bay opened its doors Feb. 1 with plans to use new technology and patient-centric care to pursue its mission to expand precision medicine, one of President Obama’s fast-track initiatives.
Disruptive Technology Main Focus at Clinton Health Matters Conference
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and technologists weighed in on how the nation’s health care system can be improved with “disruptive technology” at the Clinton Foundation’s Fourth Annual Health Matters Activation Summit last week in Riverside County.