Public Health Surveillance in the VHA: evaluation of the PraediCo surveillance system

Public Health Surveillance in the VHA: evaluation of the PraediCo surveillance system Early threat detection and situational awareness are vital to achieving a comprehensive and accurate view of health-related events for federal, state and local health agencies. Key to this are public health and syndromic surveillance systems that can analyze large data sets to discover… Continue reading Public Health Surveillance in the VHA: evaluation of the PraediCo surveillance system

Genomic Sequencing of Covid-19 in LTC Facilities

The role of viral genomics in understanding COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities (From an article published in the Lancet) Many studies of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have reported high mortality. Possible explanations for this finding include recognised risk factors such as increased age and comorbidities. The drivers for the introduction and transmission of SARS-CoV-2… Continue reading Genomic Sequencing of Covid-19 in LTC Facilities

CDC announces $2.1B investment into infection control, surveillance

CDC announces $2.1B investment into infection control, surveillance The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced plans Friday for a $2.1 billion investment into public health infrastructure for infection prevention across healthcare facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, dialysis clinics and ambulatory surgery centers. Bankrolled by the American Rescue Plan, the investments are an… Continue reading CDC announces $2.1B investment into infection control, surveillance

Bitscopic and Picis Partner to Bring Advanced Clinical Surveillance to VA Hospitals

Bitscopic and Picis Partner to Bring Advanced Clinical Surveillance to VA Hospitals Integration provides streamlined data sharing and helps to create actionable insights from medical data on a more timely basis WAKEFIELD, MASS. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 07, 2021 Picis Clinical Solutions, Inc. (Picis) and Bitscopic have announced a new partnership to provide Veterans Administration hospitals with advanced clinical intelligence. “Picis… Continue reading Bitscopic and Picis Partner to Bring Advanced Clinical Surveillance to VA Hospitals

Forbes names Bitscopic a leading innovator in healthcare

Bitscopic Listed one of ’15 Innovative AI Companies Driving Exponential Shifts in Their Sectors’ by Forbes Bitscopic was listed in the August 27, 2021 edition of Forbes Magazine as an Innovative AI Company Driving Exponential Shifts in Their Respective Sectors. As the article explains, “a future built upon AI-powered technologies clearly has the power to… Continue reading Forbes names Bitscopic a leading innovator in healthcare

Bitscopic’s Data Research Finds Widely Available Drug Ondansetron Significantly Improves Outcomes Against COVID-19

Bitscopic’s Data Research Finds Widely Available Drug Ondansetron Significantly Improves Outcomes Against COVID-19 Bitscopic Inc., in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Public Health Surveillance and Research program office (PHSR), has found that the widely available antiemetic drug Ondansetron has the potential to significantly reduce the risk of mortality, length of hospital stay,… Continue reading Bitscopic’s Data Research Finds Widely Available Drug Ondansetron Significantly Improves Outcomes Against COVID-19

Bitscopic’s Next Generation Clinical Surveillance Software to be Implemented in VA Hospital

Bitscopic’s Next Generation Clinical Surveillance Software to be Implemented in VA Hospital Bitscopic signs 5 year contract with VA’s West Palm Beach Hospital to implement PraedAlert System PALO ALTO, CALIF. (PRWEB) MAY 25, 2021 Bitscopic announced today that the US Department of Veteran’s Affairs West Palm Beach Medical Center (a member of the VISN 8 Network)… Continue reading Bitscopic’s Next Generation Clinical Surveillance Software to be Implemented in VA Hospital

AI Cluster Modeling on COVID-19 Data at Scale Offers Opportunity for Improved Patient Outcomes

AI Cluster Modeling on COVID-19 Data at Scale Offers Opportunity for Improved Patient Outcomes Bitscopic contracts with VA Innovation Ecosystem to develop AI models on long COVID-19 patient data for improved treatments. PALO ALTO, CALIF. (PRWEB) APRIL 30, 2021 Bitscopic Inc., a Silicon Valley based healthcare analytics company, has contracted with the VA Innovation Ecosystem 10X3… Continue reading AI Cluster Modeling on COVID-19 Data at Scale Offers Opportunity for Improved Patient Outcomes

VA Palo Alto Hospital Begins Rollout of PraedAlert Clinical Surveillance

VA Palo Alto Hospital Begins Rollout of PraedAlert Clinical Surveillance Palo Alto, CA, April 2021 – The US Department of Veteran’s Affairs Palo Alto Hospital has begun implementation of Bitscopic’s PraedAlert Clinical Surveillance tool. Key benefits for implementing a Clinical Surveillance software tool include having timely alerts for Hospital Acquired Infections and targeted antimicrobial drugs,… Continue reading VA Palo Alto Hospital Begins Rollout of PraedAlert Clinical Surveillance

Integration of Additional Data to Provide Advanced Insights

Integration of Additional Data to Provide Advanced Insights An important consideration when evaluating clinical surveillance solutions for hospitals is the ability to integrate data from additional sources in order to provide more advanced levels of insight. We recently spoke about this with Dr. Russell Ryono, who has over 30 years of experience as an infection… Continue reading Integration of Additional Data to Provide Advanced Insights

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