To advance its goal of ensuring that new medical technologies are assets, not burdens, to physicians, the AMA engages and connects key stakeholders to advance the development, evidence base and quality of digital medical solutions.
The many ways the AMA does it include:
- CPTMore® The Developer Program is free to everyone and grants qualified development licenses access to the latest Procedural Terminology (CPT) content to help accelerate the building and testing of innovations that help improve patient care. Masu.
- The Physician Innovation Network is an AMA platform built to connect the healthcare innovation ecosystem to bring better healthcare solutions to market.
- Health2047 is a Silicon Valley innovation company that helps early-stage startups turn bold ideas into healthy profits.
A recent AMA webinar (available on-demand if you register) reviews these and other efforts to explain how AMAs can help technology entrepreneurs from conception to implementation of digital health tools. Was introduced.
Key to early communication
Key to early communication
AMA recognizes that early communication between developers and physicians is essential to drive innovation from great ideas to powerful means of patient care.
Launched last year, the AMA CPT Developer Program makes it easier for those in the early stages of concept and product development to access AMA’s expertise, content and resources in medical terminology and coding.
By integrating CPT at its core, these products will be able to better communicate in medical terms, fit into physician workflows, and deliver more value to physicians and their patients.
Key elements of the CPT Developer Program are:
- AMA Intelligent Platform. This central interface allows users to license, access, and manage the latest CPT content using modern delivery options such as application programming interfaces (APIs), web apps, and data files. .
- Developer involvement. Educational and informational opportunities designed to foster collaboration and co-creation within application developers are provided.
This early communication between AMA and the medical technology ecosystem will also be facilitated by the AMA Physician Innovation Network, which connects entrepreneurs with physicians and other members of the care team to bring clinical perspectives and insights into the early stages of conception, design, and treatment. provide expertise. Validation of these new digital tools. About 7,000 doctor-developer connections have been established through the network.
Adventure to Silicon Valley
Adventure to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley-based Health2047, backed by the AMA and founded to overcome systemic dysfunction in healthcare in the United States, was founded in 2016 and is driven by an urgency to change healthcare for the better. says Dr. Lawrence Cohen, CEO of Health2047. said during the webinar.
The company takes a very long view of its mission to transform healthcare, and Cohen acknowledges that such transformation won’t happen overnight. The goal, Cohen explained, is to have a meaningful, measurable impact on health care by his 2047, the 200th anniversary of the AMA.
Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Health2047 has founded 12 companies focused on making a ‘meaningful and measurable impact’ on health equity and value, making it more affordable. care, fairer provision and better outcomes, Cohen said.
Another area of focus is chronic diseases, exemplified by Health2047’s first company, First Mile Care, which received a “Full Plus Recognition” from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year.
The First Mile Care Diabetes Prevention Program helps people with prediabetes make long-term, sustainable lifestyle changes that prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.
Originating in San Francisco, First Mile Care expanded to Houston with support from Privia Health and Detroit with support from Henry Ford Health. Privia Health and Henry Ford Health are members of the AMA Health System Program.
Another area of focus for Heath2047 is providing safe, accessible and actionable data to empower patients and physicians to improve productivity. This means doctors can reduce administrative burden and spend more time with their patients.
“What if we could bring back more ‘care’ to medicine?” Cohen asked.