Hard agree, and not just because I'm a spreadsheet nerd. Why are we all here? Isn't it in the service…
Morning Headlines 5/12/17
ONC names Genevieve Morris, MA Principal Deputy National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Morris has no clinical background, but worked on HIEs and Meaningful Use prior to taking on her new role.
NantHealth reports Q1 results: revenue up 16 percent to 22.5 million, adjusted EPS –$0.24 vs. –$0.18, missing expectations for both.
Microsoft bets big on AI data with new developer, user features
Cerner is reportedly interested in working with Microsoft’s AI-powered Custom Vision Service, which allows applications to learn the names of items in images users upload. Joe Quint, an director over app development at Cerner, commented “That was very interesting. Being able to use this broadly across a hospital and being able to do image extraction of videos would be very cool.”
Outbreaks, Evolution, and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Topol Talks to Pardis Sabeti
Eric Topol, MD interviews Pardis Sabeti, MD, Dphil, a professor with the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, where she develops algorithms investigating evolution in the genomes of deadly diseases.
Just what ONC needs a non-clinical, non-patient facing leader that helped spawn Meaningful Abuse and other burdensome gov reg activities. The cycle continues.
Interesting podcast episode of Ezra Klein show with VC Bill Gurley on transforming health care, who looked into investing into healthcare:
http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/vox/the-ezra-klein-show/e/vc-bill-gurley-on-transforming-health-care-50030526