Health IT
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Study finds 40% of doctors pessimistic about practice of medicine
This unease includes concern about their practice's financial stability and administrative management, as well as use of EHRs, according to a new Leavitt Partners white paper.
By Les Masterson • Oct. 19, 2018
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Walgreens teams up with Michigan health system to deliver health, pharmacy services
McLaren Health System will offer retail health clinic, urgent care and primary care services within the pharmacy chain's stores throughout the state.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 19, 2018
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Stakeholders call for transparency, ease of use in EHR Reporting Program
In comments, several healthcare organizations requested a centralized clearinghouse of existing health IT comparison resources.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 18, 2018
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UnitedHealth to launch 'fully integrated' EHR next year
Details are sparse on what exactly the payer's model will look like or how it might address the many pitfalls found in electronic systems today.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 18, 2018
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Blue Button 2.0 doubles developers to 1,200, but beneficiary uptake tiny
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said 11 organizations have "production apps" in place using live data.
By David Lim • Oct. 18, 2018
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Apple sees role for Watch app in hip, knee replacement recovery
The tech giant and Zimmer Biomet plan to enroll up to 10,000 U.S. patients to study a new app to coordinate care before and after joint replacement surgery.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 16, 2018
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Anthem shells out $16M in largest ever HIPAA fine
The settlement will pay for four years of credit monitoring and all other claims, costs and fees for affected members.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 16, 2018
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National Academy of Medicine argues barriers to interoperability are organizational, not technical
A report outlining challenges and recommendation for data sharing comes as the industry awaits a rule from HHS that attempts to thwart information blocking.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 15, 2018
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Amazon, Walmart patents highlight potential of biometric monitoring
The developments come as both companies ramp up their involvement in healthcare.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 12, 2018
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Doctors turn to free eConsult platforms to reduce diagnostic errors, study finds
More than 300,000 physicians accessed WebMD's Medscape Consult during the two-year observation period, according to research in npj Digital Medicine.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018
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'Nowhere to hide' for rivals after blockbuster CVS-Aetna deal
The nearly $70 billion merger poses threats to providers as its scale and access to care aims to shift the healthcare dynamic in favor of consumers, BDO's David Friend told Healthcare Dive.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 11, 2018
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Suki AI-based voice assistant tops 1K patient encounters a week
The health IT startup claims it can sharply drop the time spent on medical notes.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018
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Patient satisfaction is up, but billing woes can hurt online reviews, survey shows
More than half of respondents to the recent survey from predictive analytics firm Connance said their payer is more reliable than their provider for estimates of balance due.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 10, 2018
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Framework aims to employ e-triggers to improve diagnostic safety
Authors writing in BMJ Quality and Safety offer a plan for monitoring error rates and helping identify patients at greater risk of future adverse events.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 10, 2018
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Cerner EHR rollout continues at 4 more Defense Department sites
The project is moving forward despite criticism during its initial implementation. An April report concluded deployment is "neither operationally effective nor operationally suitable."
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 09, 2018
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Trinity Health's financial results weighed down by EHR costs
The Michigan-based health system switched its entire operations to a single EHR during FY 2018, causing an impairment charge of nearly $108 million.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 09, 2018
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Healthcare leads all industries with security breaches in H1
The industry also had the highest breach-related costs at $408 per lost or stolen record — nearly three times the cross-industry average of $148, according to a new report from Gemalto.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 09, 2018
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Remote patient monitoring cuts hospital admissions, ER visits, report finds
Heart disease and COPD are the most popular uses, but other less acute chronic conditions are starting to find traction with the technology, the industry and KLAS report found.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 08, 2018
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One in 5 health IT execs say malware has hit devices
Out-of-date operating systems and unavailability of patch solutions remain major cybersecurity risks for medical devices.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 08, 2018
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Reuters: Change Healthcare retains investment banks for future IPO
It would be the first digital health company to go public since iRhythm Technology two years ago.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 05, 2018
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Hospitals give patients conflicting information on obtaining records, study finds
Some hospitals weren't in compliance when it came to the charges they required for the release of records and some didn't adhere to state requirements for processing times, according to a report in JAMA.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 05, 2018
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Blackberry announces healthcare applications for Spark platform, blockchain ledger
The tech company also announced a secure, real-time software program to assist developers of connected medical devices.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 05, 2018
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Fitbit rolling out Charge 3 with focus on sleep tracking
The wearables company said it will also go live with a beta version of its Fitbit Labs Sleep Score program in November.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 05, 2018
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Q3 digital health funding soars to $3.3B across 93 deals
The quarter saw six megadeals over $100 million, bringing the year's total so far to 10, Rock Health reports.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 04, 2018
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5 themes from The MedTech Conference
Mergers and acquisitions, digital health, FDA pilot programs and Netflix's The Bleeding Edge were among the hot topics in Philadelphia.