Accelerate Health
Unlock value and overcome systemic challenges around innovation.
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Bold thinking transforms care delivery
In healthcare, innovation isn’t an option — it’s a requirement. Embrace the power of bold thinking to transform care delivery with Accelerate Health, the innovation hub of HIMSS. Accelerate Health provides an active, supportive community to help organizations and market suppliers unlock value and overcome systemic challenges around innovation. Get an insider’s look at innovation strategy — where it’s happening, who’s leading the charge and how to get connected with the right people.
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Be part of an active, supportive community of unconventional thinkers and measured risk-takers.
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Explore resources for all stages of the innovation lifecycle, from ideation and development to adoption and scalability.
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Engage in year-round content, services and events, all focused on the power of big ideas to transform care delivery.
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Connect with thought leaders around the world and determine what’s next for the healthcare landscape.
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Our focus
Accelerate Health envisions a healthcare system that seamlessly incorporates connected care to reduce complexity and costs for consumers. We focus on three key categories of connected care:
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Chronic disease care and management
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Patient engagement
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Living independently throughout disability and aging
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U.S. Policy Working Group
Convened by Accelerate Health, the U.S. Policy Working Group is comprised of industry leaders, including providers, academics, government officials and tech vendors, that meet monthly to advance HIMSS innovation policy work. The group is committed to supporting, pursuing and expanding federal and state policies that advance evidence-based, interoperable connected care.
Objectives for 2020 - 2021
Improving healthcare value through adoption and coverage of evidence-based connected care:
- Quality, safety and outcomes improvement
- Health cost savings
- Administrative efficiency
- Interoperable exchange of actionable information between patients and providers
Supporting consumer engagement for improved health, wellness and independence through use of connected care technologies:- Simplify navigating healthcare delivery for patients
- Patient/caregiver-centered care and communications
- Engage patients/caregivers for self-care and health engagement strategies
- Bidirectional communication based on patient needs
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Our research
Accelerate Health’s quarterly research reports feature insights on emerging markets, consumer preferences, new models of care and overall healthcare innovation best practices to inform organizations’ market strategies, long-term planning and more.
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Listen to Accelerate Health’s changemakers and learn how they’re transforming healthcare.
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Hear from the experts
From the evolution of modern technology to telehealth policies, our Accelerate Health experts are thought leaders across every sector of healthcare — listen and learn today.
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Accelerating the Digital Doctor
Thursday, February 11, 2021 In this episode of the Accelerate Health podcast, host Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA, co-founder and president, Catalyst @ Health 2.0; senior advisor, HIMSS, discusses the evolution of modern technology challenges and successes over the past five years with Bob Wachter, MD, professor and chair of the department of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and author of The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine’s Computer Age.
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Accelerating Connected Health Policy
Thursday, January 21, 2020 In this episode of the Accelerate Health podcast, host John Sharp is joined by Jody Hoffman, senior partner at Republic Consulting, LLC, and connected health policy advisor for the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHA). Hoffman is an expert in health policy, and has advised PCHA members for a decade through her role in our U.S. Policy Work Group. Hoffman addresses many questions about the future of telehealth policy, remote patient monitoring, and other healthcare topics under the new administration.
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