Tuesday, November 12, 2023
🌟 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION VOTING OPEN! 🌟
We're excited to announce that the voting for our Presidential Election is now officially open! This is your chance to make your voice heard and impact our HHA community's future. Read more
Urgent: Cast Your Vote in the Presidential Election - Deadline Wednesday 12 PM PST
HHA Headlines: The Haas Healthcare Association's Bi-Weekly Publication
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The Demise of Pear Therapeutics: A refpection on the future of digital therapeuticsRead more
HHA Headlines: The Haas Healthcare Association's Bi-Weekly Publication
Thursday, April 5, 2023
Looking Back at Haas Healthcare Conference 2023 Read more
HHA Headlines: The Haas Healthcare Association's Bi-Weekly Publication
Wednesday, March 15, 2023Read more
HHA Headlines: The Haas Healthcare Association's Bi-Weekly Publication
Tuesday, January 31, 2023Read more
UC Berkeley Team Travels to India to Innovate mHealth Business Models
Last week, four UC Berkeley MBAs flew 8,700 miles to Bangalore, India, to innovate mHealth business models for the country’s remote hinterland. As part of a course in international business development, the Berkeley team is consulting with Foundation Research on Health Systems (FRHS), a not-for-profit NGO operating in Dehli, Ahmedabad and Bangalore. In operation since 1989, FRHS has been developing surveillance programs leveraging health information systems to monitor and care for women and children in rural India, focusing on strengthening the existing health system across the country. It seems intuitive that mHealth could augment the effectiveness of India’s healthcare given the rapid penetration of mobile devices and infrastructure disparities between densely populated cities and the rural countryside. Equally salient are the significant opportunities for business and social change if mobile app developers can meet the needs of hundreds of millions of rural inhabitants. Thus, it is in this promise for better patient access to care that the developing world holds valuable lessons about bringing health innovations to new markets. Read more
iHT2 Summit: Health IT Information and EHR Vendors Contribute
On March 22nd and 23rd, the Institute for Health Technology Transformation (iHT2) Summit in San Francisco held their seventh annual conference, bringing together local health system executives, health IT vendors and policy pundits.
After two days of panels and workshops addressing a broad range of HIT topics, the final panel, “New Models and Practical Approaches: Developing an IT Strategy for the next stages of Meaningful Use” attempted to tie these disparate topics together from a health system perspective. Read more
At the 5th annual UC Berkeley-Haas Business of Health Care Conference, 250 students, academics, industry professionals and pundits gathered at the Haas School of Business to discuss healthcare innovation. With topics ranging from genetic testing and medical devices to former California HHS Secretary Kimberly Belshe’s talk on the state health insurance exchange, the Conference was an opportunity to network with thought leaders and forecast the future healthcare environment. Among the many student-run panels, three on accountable care organizations (ACOs), mHealth and health information exchange (HIE) examined how systems and technology may evolve to build the future backbone of healthcare – if, that is, we can enable a business case for innovation. Read more