Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
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A Philadelphia story: Read about this gene therapy company’s journey from spinout to acquisition
A company’s journey from launch to acquisition is rarely a straight path. It involves overcoming many challenges and obstacles, especially for a pioneering gene therapy company. In this special report, Spark Therapeutics’ journey offers some interesting insights into the evolution of a life science business and how it finds an exit.
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Jorie Healthcare CEO Shares Why Automation is Critical to Revenue Cycle Management
The revenue cycle management business is using AI tools to automate cumbersome tasks to help hospitals operate more efficiently. It’s beginning to attract the attention of major healthcare organizations.
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Four intriguing biopharma developments this week
Here’s a look at some of the most intriguing biopharma news developments this week from an investment in a new approach for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to reports highlighting flaws in the FDA’s accelerated drug and device approval programs.
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Why collaboration is crucial to curing cancer
Simply put, working together is better than working alone. At MedCity CONVERGE, three panelists discussed an organization based on the idea of collaboration: the Philadelphia Coalition for a Cure, which is seeking to put an end to brain cancer.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups
Ostiio wants to improve quality of life for kids with craniofacial defects
Ostiio has developed a distractor device used in distraction osteogenesis to increase bone for children with craniofacial defects.
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Aetna teams with CHOP for its first pediatric ACO
The ACO will cover more than 1,100 Children’s Hospital of Philadephia physicians who care for Aetna commercial plan members up to age 19 in the greater Philadelphia area.
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CONVERGE: Pediatrics needs telemedicine, CHOP innovation chief says
Perhaps like children themselves, pediatrics often is misunderstood by others in the healthcare industry. “People think the pediatric market is small,” Patrick K. FitzGerald, the first-ever vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said Tuesday at MedCity CONVERGE in Philadelphia.
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia focusing on entrepreneurship
Innovation is becoming as important as research to academic medical centers all over the country, which is why the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia brought in Patrick K. FitzGerald to the newly created position of vice president for entrepreneurship and innovation last month.
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Navigating Healthcare’s Data Revolution: Priorities, Opportunities, and Challenges for Health Systems
Arcadia recently partnered with HIMSS Market Insights to survey executives, IT, technology, and clinical leaders. Here’s what we found.