Health IT

Dive Awards
Executive of the Year: Larry Merlo, CVS Health

Merlo has a vision for the future of the industry, and he's leveraging all of the retail giant's many assets to try and get there.
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 09, 2019
Dive Awards
Health IT Company of the Year: Surescripts

Depending on who you ask, e-prescribing giant Surescripts is either a groundbreaking tech that's improved medication safety and lowered costs for consumers, or a monopoly seeking to keep rivals out of the market.
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 09, 2019
Dive Awards
The Healthcare Dive Awards for 2019

From the Affordable Care Act lawsuit to CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, these are the companies, executives and movements that shaped U.S. healthcare this year.
Roche MRSA test wins FDA OK

The agency said the novel diagnostic technology can deliver results in as little as five hours, compared to the one- to two-day wait time with conventional methods.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Dec. 06, 2019
Philips to offer Paige.AI's prostate cancer detection tech

Weeks after Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center spinout Paige.AI won a CE mark for its diagnostic tools, Philips announced it will combine its own digital pathology capabilities with the startup's prostate cancer product.
By Dana Elfin • Dec. 05, 2019
More state laws back telehealth, but many stop short of mandates

While regulations have inhibited growth in the past, many states are warming up to the adoption of virtual services. That's a "sea change compared to a decade ago," Foley & Lardner lawyers said.
By Linda Wilson • Dec. 05, 2019
Senators push CMS, commercial payers on bias in algorithms

The letters sent to UnitedHealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and Aetna flagged a study that found racial bias in a widely used algorithm for assessing healthcare needs.
By Susan Kelly • Dec. 04, 2019
GE Healthcare bulks up in 3D printing, robotics, patient monitoring

Projecting up to $20 billion in revenue this year, GE Healthcare is aiming to capitalize on the shift toward more precision in patient care with investments in Formlabs, CMR Surgical and Decisio Health.
By Susan Kelly • Dec. 03, 2019
Home health agencies expanding, rolling out more telehealth services

The industry is poised for explosive growth fueled by an aging population of baby boomers, according to a survey from Definitive Healthcare.
By Linda Wilson • Dec. 03, 2019
'Refusal to properly report' data breach spurs $2.175M fine for Sentara Hospitals

"When healthcare providers blatantly fail to report breaches as required by law, they should expect vigorous enforcement action," HHS Office of Civil Rights chief Roger Severino said.
By Ron Shinkman • Dec. 02, 2019
Amazon's new medical transcription service bolsters voice-to-text bid

Transcribe Medical was developed in partnership with AWS clients, including EHR giant Cerner. However, unlike other end-to-end offerings in development, it doesn't automatically input personal health data into a patient's record.
By Rebecca Pifer • Dec. 02, 2019
Under fire, Google defends Ascension data sharing project

Since "Project Nightingale" came to light last week, debate has raged over health data privacy. The reply from former Geisinger CEO David Feinberg comes as lawmakers seek more information.
By Shannon Muchmore • Nov. 21, 2019
Abiomed's Impella may be associated with higher costs, more adverse events than balloon therapy, studies find

"In the long term, who knows how this will play out?" Jefferies analyst Raj Denhoy asked amid a 10% drop in share price. "In terms of the stock, it isn't great."
By Dana Elfin • Nov. 20, 2019
In stents v. statins debate, analysts call potential impact of Ischemia trial overhyped

The study seemed to favor a conservative approach to treating stable heart disease. But many sell-side analysts called results expected, predicting they won't meaningfully hurt sales for device makers like Boston Scientific.
By Maria Rachal • Nov. 19, 2019
Sponsored
You thought HIPAA compliance was enough: Introducing the HITRUST CSF

The HITRUST CSF certification is the most comprehensive and widely applied security framework in the U.S. healthcare system today.
By Jeff Solis, Sr. Product Marketing Manager • Nov. 19, 2019
IT execs call for HIPAA overhaul in 'Project Nightingale' wake

"People aren't doing anything against the law, but we're starting to think differently," Geisinger's chief informatics data officer said. "There's the legal court and then the court of public opinion, and that's starting to shift a little bit."
By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 18, 2019
Landmark Apple Watch AFib study yields mixed results

Researchers touted an apparent low incidence of false positives, but many who didn't receive a notification were subsequently diagnosed with atrial fibrilation, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
By David Lim • Nov. 14, 2019
Doctors give their EHRs an F for usability

"The findings will not come as a surprise to anyone who practices medicine," American Medical Association President Patrice Harris said in a statement.
By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 14, 2019
Providers shell out $2.76B annually to update directories

Medical practices spend nearly $1,000 per month updating lists of insurers' in-network providers, according to a new report from an alliance of big payers.
By Linda Wilson • Nov. 14, 2019
Nascent digital therapeutics group defines best practices, ethics code

The two-year-old group is looking to distinguish higher-risk products that claim to prevent, manage or treat a disease from more general digital health lifestyle and wellness apps.
By Susan Kelly • Nov. 13, 2019
Google's 'Project Nightingale' prompts HHS investigation

The Office of Civil Rights launched a federal inquiry into Google's R&D using the personal health information of tens of millions of patients from Ascension, the nation's second-largest health system.
By Rebecca Pifer • UPDATED: Nov. 13, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.
Deep Dive
From telehealth to 'Medicare for All': takeaways from HLTH19

All of Healthcare Dive's coverage from the health innovation conference's second year.
OCR fines Texas agency, University of Rochester Medical Center millions for breaches

HHS' Office of Civil Rights fined the two organizations a combined $4.6 million for not taking proper steps to secure patient data.
By Ron Shinkman • Nov. 08, 2019
Patients still aren't accessing their medical records online

Hospitals that are part of a larger system were more likely to see patients engage with online records as well as teaching and public hospitals, according to research in Health Affairs.
By Shannon Muchmore • Nov. 07, 2019
American Well to buy Aligned Telehealth in behavioral bet

The Boston-based telehealth giant is rounding out its specialty products after acquiring Avizia last year. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 07, 2019