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DHIT Welcomes CrossComm as an Ecosystem Partner
Bringing Innovative Software Development and Technologies to Transform Healthcare [Durham, NC, June 28, 2019] DHIT (Digital Health Institute for Transformation) is pleased to announce that Durham-based [...]
DHIT Legislative Update – June 2019
DHIT Legislative Update | June 2019 Legislative Happy Hour Calls for More Disruption in Healthcare Wednesday, June 19th brought together digital health stakeholders [...]
#nextgenmindset :: Discover First!
by Michael Levy, DHIT | April 21, 2019 Why is digital health transformation failing? More to the point, why is digital transformation, [...]
Quebec Shows North Carolina the Way to Build a Next Generation Digital Health Ecosystem
By Michael Levy, President, DHIT | April 13, 2019 Last week, as I traveled to Montreal and the Province of Quebec for [...]
Announcing New Course Collaboration between The Graduate School & DHIT Institute
Press Release - The Graduate School at UNC, Chapel Hill | April 3, 2019 The Graduate School at the University of North [...]
Digital Health Legislative Update: What to Expect in the 2019 NC Legislative Session
By Tony Solari, Solari Government Solutions | January 31, 2019 The first meeting of the North Carolina General Assembly took place on [...]
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.
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Biometrics in Healthcare: How It Keeps Patients and Data Safe
Simple scans boost security, speed check-ins and reduce errors. By Kevin Joy | HealthTechMagazine.net With a touch, a glance or a few spoken words, a person’s physical [...]
These are the digital health predictions we got right in 2019
By Zoë LaRock | Business Insider | Dec 24, 2019 At the end of 2018, we drummed up five predictions for digital health in 2019. And looking back on [...]
This is What the Future of Healthcare Looks Like
Written by Built In Staff | BuiltIn.com | December 23, 2019 Developers across every industry are encouraged to be innovative in their approach to work. In healthcare, however, [...]
These AI-Powered Digital Health Devices Debut At CES 2020
By Jennifer Kite-Powell | Forbes.com | Dec 19, 2019 In a 2018 Accenture Digital Health report, 75 percent of respondents said technology played an essential role in managing their [...]
This app matches marginalized communities to therapists who share their background
Teletherapy app Ayana matches users to licensed professionals based on their culture, race, and experiences. Can it help close the mental healthcare gap? BY RINA RAPHAEL | FastCompany [...]
Digital health predictions for 2020 from industry experts
More scrutiny, regulation, open standards: 16 specialists tell us what they expect to see in 2020. By Leontina Postelnicu |December 17, 2019 | HealthCare IT News Over [...]
How hacking the human heart could replace pill popping
By Gemma Church | 16th December 2019 | BBC.com A new generation of “smart” implantable devices could replace traditional medication to treat a range of chronic conditions, [...]
The Community HUG :: A World Without Health Inequities
Health inequities are a problem for us all — the burden of disparities in health adversely affects our nation's children, business efficiency and competitiveness, economic strength, standing [...]
Partners HealthCare launches five-year $100M digital health initiative
by Heather Landi | Dec 13, 2019 10:31am |FierceHealthcare Boston-based Partners HealthCare—now known as Mass General Brigham—plans to spend more than $100 million on a five-year initiative to boost digital [...]
Fragmentation, regulations pose unique challenges for Europe’s digital health market
By Laura LovettDecember 06, 2019 | mobihealthnews.com This week at the EIT Health Summit in Paris entrepreneurs, industry players, regulators and investors came together to discuss the [...]
Digital health tech is changing the consumer experience
By By Scott Wooldridge | December 11, 2019 at 10:04 AM | BenefitsPro.com The appetite among consumers for digital applications has never been stronger. A new report [...]
FDA approves etectRx ‘digital pill’ as rivals struggle
By Richard Staines | December 10, 2019 | pharmaphorum.com The FDA has approved an ingestible event marker from the privately-held digital health company etectRx, as its rival [...]
Good governance is the missing prescription for better digital health care
By Linying Dong | December 10, 2019 12.51pm EST | theconversation.com Recently Ontario released its Digital First for Health strategy — aiming to further digitize health care and end [...]
How to Engage Seniors with Digital Health
By Bryan AdamsSherri Gerber-Somers | December 10, 2019 | ManagedHealthCareExecutive.com Engaging older adults in their healthcare can be challenging, particularly when engagement means adopting technology that feels [...]
A glimpse into Japan’s digital health developments and beyond
By Dean Koh | HealthCareITNews.com | December 04, 2019 02:37 AM Hear from Japanese and international speakers about the latest developments in digital health at the HIMSS [...]
Digital health, Fortune 500 health companies see more female leadership, but still far from reaching parity
By Laura Lovett | MobiHealthNews | December 03, 2019 The digital health field saw an increase in women leadership in 2019, but the pace of change remains relatively slow, according to [...]