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NC Senators Highlight Role That Digital Health Can Play in Reducing Health Inequities
NC Senators Highlight Role That Digital Health Can Play in Reducing Health Inequities On a sweltering June 15th afternoon, the Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT) team were joined by health transformers from across the digital health ecosystem at Raleigh Founded, a networking hub fostering an inclusive community of entrepreneurs, to snack, drink craft beer, and engage in stimulating conversations surrounding the burgeoning health inequities that plague the NC health system and the United States at large. The evening was sponsored by Duke University's Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) program and discussions were driven by Senator Sydney Batch, a triple tarheel and Wake County representative who has worked as a family law attorney, child welfare advocate, and social worker for over a decade, and Senator Paul Lowe, a revered 20+ year clergyman representing Forsyth County who has served as the chairman of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus (NCLBC), adjunct professor at Shaw University Divinity School, and as a leader of the General Baptist Convention of North Carolina.
Novant Health CMO on the Power of AI in Healthcare
May 31, 2022 “Now is the time to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare” declared Dr. Erik Eskioğlu, [...]
Digital Transformation Leader at Blue Cross NC Highlights 8 Innovation Imperatives for Healthcare Disruption
Wow, it feels good to be back! On May 11th, 2022, we at the Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT) relaunched our Digital Health Happy Hour events for the first time since February 2020 just in time for our 5-year anniversary. Sponsored by digital health growth agency Bluedoor Group and headlined by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s Innovation Garage, DHIT hosted a thought-provoking networking event to reactivate our latent, in-person digital health community.
ConsenSys Health and DHIT Announce Alliance to Create Health Utility Grids (HUGs) to Transform Community Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | December 9, 2021 | New York, NY Today, ConsenSys Health, a company creating decentralized patient-centric healthcare networks, and the [...]
Virtual Incubator Announces Awardees for Remote Care Innovations
[Chapel Hill, NC, August 7, 2020] In May 2020, two Research Triangle-based organizations—the ASSIST Center (Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies) based at North [...]
DHIT Awarded Grant by NC Policy Collaboratory to Develop Community Confidence Tool for COVID-19 Reopening
[Chapel Hill, NC, July 29, 2020] As part of the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Act, the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has awarded the Digital Health Institute for Transformation [...]
DHIT Empowers North Carolina Communities to Reopen Safely with the Help of SafeGraph Data
We’re going a step further by measuring the tension between economic recovery and disease transmission. Everyone else is only measuring economic recovery. There’s [...]
DHIT Uses Opinions of NC Residents to Aid in COVID-19 Decision-making
– NC non-profit helps counties make data-driven decisions for reopening – [Chapel Hill, NC, February 11, 2021] North Carolina public [...]
Pfizer links with SidekickHealth for digital health solution
By Selina McKee | June 30, 2020 | pharmatimes.com Pfizer has linked with Nordic group SidekickHealth to launch a digital therapeutics platform designed to empower patients to [...]
Digital Health Unplugged: Contact-tracing app U-turn
By Andrea Downey | June 30, 2020 | digitalhealth.net The latest Digital Health Unplugged is now live, this time looking at the government’s decision to abandon it’s [...]
German healthcare market rich with potential for app developers
A recent Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) webinar examined how rising demand for digital health apps, regulatory changes and a novel ”fast-track programme” have made the German [...]
Uncovering The Value Of Digital Health When Access Is Restricted
David Cannington | Forbes.com | Jun 29, 2020 The novel coronavirus has put a unique spotlight on the value of digital health when access is restricted to [...]
How digital health has changed in the Covid-19 era
June 29, 2020 | Advisory Board On the Radio Advisory podcast, host Rachel Woods spoke with Tom Cassels and Megan Zweig from Rock Health, the first venture fund dedicated to [...]
How digital health solutions have prevailed during Covid-19 and set the stage for a digital-first future
By Juliet Silver | Jun 29, 2020 | bizjournals.com Health care providers and payors remain immersed in the pandemic. Deaths and hospital admissions hover well above normal [...]
Applications of digital technology in COVID-19 pandemic planning and response
Sera Whitelaw, BSc Prof Mamas A Mamas, DPhil Prof Eric Topol, MD Harriette G C Van Spall, MD Open Access Published:June 29, 2020 | TheLancet.com Summary With [...]
How Baltimore’s ICmed used telemedicine to help NYC’s frontline doctors during the COVID-19 surge
The company's platform helped doctors jumping in to help crowded ICUs get guidance from specialists in Maryland and North Carolina. It's a look at how telemedicine can [...]
Investors predict the winners and losers in America’s shift to digital health during the pandemic
PUBLISHED SAT, JUN 27 202010:30 AM EDT | Christina Farr | cnbc.com KEY POINTS Digital health has been widely heralded by investors as a sector that will [...]
Livongo: Digital Health Platform Of The Future
By Richard Durant | Jun. 12, 2020 4:44 AM ET | SeekingAlpha.com Summary Livongo's growing member base can be used as a platform for a broad range [...]
Innovation in substance use disorder treatment: 5 Keys to Impact
Flare Capital Partners reviews the current landscape of substance use disorder treatment and highlights some early-stage tech companies tackling the ongoing opioid epidemic. By Sofia Noori and [...]
Digital Health Market Demand to Hit $639.4 Bn by 2026: Global Market Insights, Inc.
The digital health market from telehealthcare segment is forecast to expand at 26.2% CAGR over 2020 to 2026 owing to increasing usage of telehealth services and video [...]
Conversa Health raises $12M Series B for its digital health platform
By Frederic Lardinois | @fredericl / 9:00 am EDT•June 11, 2020 | TechCrunch.com It’s no surprise that the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the digital health space, and so it’s [...]
Digital health’s biggest buyers are eyeing safe, comprehensive solutions during COVID-19
Large health tech customers are more cautious and overwhelmed than ever, which means that many younger digital health startups will face an uphill battle selling their products [...]
S3E4 Consumer-Focused Care
In the United States and Canada, cases of COVID-19 are on the rise. With an increase in gatherings over the recent holiday, this trend may continue to worsen.
S3E3 Virtual Pediatric Care
By Olivia R. Weidner, DHIT Global Intern | November 9, 2020 On Friday, November 6th, [...]
S3E2 Aging in Place
By Olivia R. Weidner, DHIT Global Intern | October 24, 2020 On Friday, October 23rd, [...]
S3E1 Mental Health in the Digital Age
“The challenges of treatment selection go beyond mental illness into other aspects of health more generally. What we’re [...]
How do academic institutions create the healthcare workforce of the future, equipped with the technologies and tools that digital health has to offer? In this episode, listen to Todd Telemeco talk about some of the unmet healthcare needs in rural North Carolina, how the University of North Carolina at Pembroke is establishing a regional healthcare workforce to address them, and how digital health will transform educational programs.
Michael Levy, President and Co-founder of DHIT, shares time with Dr. Michael Ruhlen, VP of the Division of Medical Education at Atrium Health & Director of the Charlotte Area Health Education Center. Through his vast experience in immersive technology, Mike sees a future where virtual and augmented reality will be game changers — even in the treatment of obesity.
Michael Levy, President and Co-founder of Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT), talks one-on-one with Anika Gardenhire to unearth what drives her and the appeal of her personal motto, “the ripple effect.” We’ll discover how Anika’s career path evolved from a registered nurse into her current role as Assistant Vice President for Digital Transformation at Intermountain Healthcare. Anika reveals her vision for the future of healthcare, and we’ll see that it is based on understanding the profound power of a caring nurse reaching out and simply holding a patient’s hand.
On the surface, Yonnie Butler had it all: an impressive resume of positions in leadership and accomplishments from some of the most elite universities in the country. He saw a future with similar opportunities just waiting at his doorstep. But Yonnie took a surprisingly different route and headed to his rural hometown instead. Michael Levy, President and Co-founder of Digital Health Institute for Transformation (DHIT), sits down with Yonnie Butler, Executive Director for Alamance Community College’s Biotechnology Center of Excellence to discover the “why” behind his shifting path and uncovers some surprising – and truly impressive – achievements and initiatives that just might change the future of higher education in healthcare.