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HHS hits CardioNet with $2.5M fine in stolen health data case
The wireless health services provider had “insufficient risk analysis and risk management processes in place at the time of the theft,” according to the Office for Civil Rights.
By Les Masterson • April 24, 2017 -
Verily looking for 10K volunteers for ambitious research to map human health
The Alphabet subsidiary is teaming with Duke University School of Medicine, Stanford Medicine and others to launch Project Baseline.
By Meg Bryant • April 21, 2017 -
Trendline
Artificial intelligence
Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.
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PlushCare unveils 'first-ever' EMR for telehealth
The online urgent care company hopes to alleviate administrative burden with the physician-designed product.
By Ana Mulero • April 21, 2017 -
Healthcare leaders crown employee cybersecurity awareness as primary threat concern
Most healthcare organizations use a variety of methods to mitigate cybersecurity risks, a survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics for Level 3 Communications found.
By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017 -
Siemens Healthineers expanding pop health focus with Medicalis acquisition
The global population health market is expected to reach $31.6 billion by 2020.
By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Q&A: How Sansoro Health can enable the exchange of health data in real-time
The EMR data integration startup puts a "great deal of time and effort" into ensuring that its software "installs very quickly and requires very little maintenance," said co-founder and CEO Jeremy Pierotti.
By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017 -
Cardinal Health drops $6.1B for Medtronic product lines
The deal adds 23 product categories to Cardinal’s portfolio, including well-known brands used in most U.S. hospitals.
By Meg Bryant • April 19, 2017 -
Verily's latest healthcare investment: A smart watch for research
The Verily Study Watch is already tagged for studies on Parkinson’s disease and longitudinal health.
By Meg Bryant • April 19, 2017 -
Health IT funding robust in 2017 Q1
Total venture capital funding for digital health reached $1.6 billion across 165 deals, a new Mercom report says.
By Meg Bryant • April 18, 2017 -
Does Apple have its eye on diabetes?
The tech giant is reportedly developing a sensor for diabetes management.
By Meg Bryant • April 17, 2017 -
CMS announces more money for inpatient hospitals, changes to EHR reporting
The CMS also seeks to alter uncompensated care reimbursements for safety net hospitals.
By Les Masterson • April 17, 2017 -
Survey: Uncertainty about ACA future prevalent in healthcare industry
Nearly half of healthcare executives expect the ACA will be repaired rather than repealed and replaced, according to an annual survey by Venrock.
By Meg Bryant • April 17, 2017 -
Amazon-Merck challenge seeks Alexa-enabled diabetes apps
About half of U.S. hospitals expect to adopt AI capabilities within the next five years, a new report revealed.
By Meg Bryant • April 13, 2017 -
Study suggests Yelp can help people find quality healthcare
As the number of Yelp ratings grows, they will become even more helpful in steering people toward high-quality hospitals, the Manhattan Institute study authors said.
By Meg Bryant • April 13, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why more providers are seeing value in medical scribes
"Medical scribes are EHR data managers that give back lost time to doctors," Physicians Angels President Kevin Brady said.
By Meg Bryant • April 13, 2017 -
Hospitals participating in value-based programs have lower readmission rates
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at hospital records for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients.
By Meg Bryant • April 12, 2017 -
ATA issues guidance on telestroke, telemental health services for youth
The guidelines draw on clinical and empirical research to provide best practices for telemedicine services.
By Meg Bryant • April 12, 2017 -
Opinion
Leveraging Big Data to make better healthcare decisions
Dr. Mark Johannsson, academic dean of the College of Health Professions at University of Phoenix, says the actual power of health-related “Big Data” is not just the data that are collected.
By Mark Johannsson • April 11, 2017 -
Google parent Alphabet adding more healthcare talent
The Mountain View, CA-based tech giant is searching for computational biologists, robotics experts and academic researchers.
By Meg Bryant • April 11, 2017 -
WellCare building AI-based analytics platform
A patient-facing artificial intelligence system is built into WellCare apps available to patients in three states and should be available nationwide by the end of the year.
By Luke Gale • April 11, 2017 -
Health and personal information for nearly 1M patients posted online
ZDNet and DataBreaches.net found that personal and health information for 918,000 people was posted on an online database.
By Les Masterson • April 10, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Palmetto Health's telehealth efforts show change in healthcare is hard but not impossible
The South Carolina-based provider's efforts are progressing but it hasn't been a walk in the park.
By Jeff Byers • April 10, 2017 -
Amino snags $25M in Series C funding round
The San Francisco-based startup’s database includes 9 billion insurance claims.
By Meg Bryant • April 7, 2017 -
Medtronic close to $6B sale of medical device business to Cardinal Health
Growing competition in the medical supply market could be driving Medtronic to pursue a sale of some of its assets.
By Luke Gale • April 7, 2017 -
IBM names blockchain adoption principles
Blockchain’s value increases as its network grows, the company says.
By Meg Bryant • April 6, 2017
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