Health IT
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Allscripts touts deal with Apple Health Records
Despite reports of rising tensions and turnover among Apple's health team, the tie-up suggests the tech behemoth is still bullish on healthcare.
By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 23, 2019 -
Giant launches pharmacy app
Users can request refills, transfer prescriptions, view pharmacy history and access a library of health information with the new tool.
By Lauren Manning • Aug. 23, 2019 -
Q&AQ&A: ONC chief Don Rucker on bringing the app economy into healthcare
"Most of our health data is actually not in the medical record or in HIPAA or even generated by providers. Most of the available inference on health is sitting in things like the GPS of our phone," the health IT chief told Healthcare Dive.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 22, 2019 -
Tidepool CEO talks Pre-Cert era, interoperability
Amazon and Pixar software veteran Howard Look spoke to MedTech Dive about working through FDA's software development evaluation pilot and the implications of an insulin dosing app that works with many brands' devices.
By Maria Rachal • UPDATED: Aug. 16, 2019 at 12:01 p.m. -
ONC in talks with Congress, White House on third-party health app privacy
Potential solutions the government is debating include forcing apps to explicitly disclose to the patient every single entity that will receive their secondary information, or having patients give the apps explicit consent to do so.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 21, 2019 -
EHRs fuel burnout but don't blame it all on them, study says
In a finding not likely to surprise providers, researchers found electronic health record systems create "information overload" for many clinicians.
By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 19, 2019 -
Mercy expands RWE program to capture data from other providers
The expansion of the network follows real-world evidence deals with BD, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 16, 2019 -
EHRs linked with smartphones spur patient interest, study shows
Though health systems and IT vendors are doing little to market their efforts to improve health record access, researchers found more patients are viewing their info through APIs.
By Shannon Muchmore • Aug. 15, 2019 -
Federal 'hack back' bill back on table, but critics wary of blind spots
The latest iteration of the bipartisan bill challenges private entities' response to cyberattacks. Critics argue it lacks guidelines of when or why a company should hack back.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 12, 2019 -
Allscripts reaches $145M settlement with DOJ over subsidiary business practices
The Chicago-based health IT vendor reported a $145 million charge to settle claims that its Practice Fusion unit falsified EHR certification and violated anti-kickback laws.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 09, 2019 -
Apple, Eli Lilly research whether devices can detect dementia signs
The two companies, along with health tech startup Evidation, found promising initial results but concluded additional research is needed.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 08, 2019 -
Healthcare AI funding hits new high as sector matures
Startups in the sector raised $864 million across 75 venture capital-backed deals and financing during the second quarter, beating the previous quarterly high by about $100 million.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 08, 2019 -
Telehealth use jumps at inpatient settings
Both outpatient and inpatient providers are planning to invest in the technology, with 90% slated to do so in the next 18 months, according to a pair of surveys by Definitive Healthcare.
By Shannon Muchmore • Aug. 06, 2019 -
OpinionHow smart homes are becoming the self-care hubs of tomorrow
Progress in virtual reality, patient monitoring and other futuristic tech make it more likely the initial site of primary care and wellness will be the home, argues the vice president of R&D Innovation at pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline.
By Ian Marks • Aug. 05, 2019 -
Data breaches in 2019 already double all of last year
The single largest data breach stemmed from a hack of a major medical collections agency working for companies including Quest and LabCorp, the report from Protenus found. Twenty million patient records were affected.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 02, 2019 -
FCC revamps telecomm program for rural healthcare providers
The agency simplified how funding is distributed to favor providers if the area they serve is particularly rural or medically underserved.
By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 02, 2019 -
Still not profitable, but Teladoc reports healthy Q2 membership, visit growth
The company is in late-stage contracts with several Fortune 500 companies and deal volume is expected to ramp up in the latter half of the year, CEO Jason Gorevic told investors.
By Rebecca Pifer • Aug. 01, 2019 -
DirectTrust developing trusted instant messaging standard for providers
The coalition aims to allow users to share information in real time, both within an organization and across multiple organizations using disparate technology platforms.
By Linda Wilson • Aug. 01, 2019 -
DeepMind AI shows potential to accelerate kidney injury diagnosis
The sister company of Google trained its AI to identify when patients are likely to develop acute kidney injury within the next 48 hours.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 01, 2019 -
Amazon, Cerner team up on AI, machine learning
The announcement comes roughly a week after Cerner unveiled a plan to develop a monetizable distribution model for patient data it's picked up in the EHR business.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 31, 2019 -
Q&AIntermountain spinoff Castell CEO: Providers need nudge en route to value-based care
Rajesh Shrestha spoke to Healthcare Dive about the newly created company, how it might generate revenue and potential partners.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 29, 2019 -
Telehealth use increasing most among non hospital-based providers
One important draw for patients is the convenience of a virtual visit, especially for those with strict work schedules, FAIR Health President Robin Gelburd told Healthcare Dive.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 25, 2019 -
Walgreens adds Dexcom, Propeller to digital marketplace
The collaborations are an expansion into chronic care management with connected devices for patients with diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
By Susan Kelly • July 25, 2019 -
Cerner misses Q2 mark on revenue, net earnings down
Bookings were also down 20% year over year, which executives at the EHR giant chalked up to higher-than-usual bookings last year due to a massive $10 billion VA contract.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 24, 2019 -
SponsoredCross-industry collaborative develops guiding principles for the ethical use of social determinants of health data
eHealth Initiative Foundation released five guiding principles that traditional and non-traditional healthcare entities should follow.
