Health IT: Page 110
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Express Scripts cuts 300+ jobs with decision to close Colorado call center
Significant growth is expected in the healthcare job market but the company's decision shows that not all workers in the industry are safe from automation.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Fitbit to build a smartwatch
Many have heralded the ability of wearable technology to improve health outcomes and increase patient engagement. However, the prominent wearable device maker is at a crossroads and pondering its future.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 23, 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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HIMSS survey: Health IT benefits economy, poses new challenges
Vendors appear to be “moving on" to new issues while providers are focusing on how to get the most out of their investments in electronic health records, according to the nonprofit health IT organization.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How tele-ICUs are giving hospitals a boost
“Tele-ICUs can enhance patient experience by providing an additional layer of monitoring and immediate access to an ICU provider,” says Christina Canfield, clinical program director of Cleveland Clinic’s eHospital.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Samsung wades into digital health services
At HIMSS17, the electronics company announced it has partnered with American Well with the goal of expanding telehealth services and with T-Mobile to launch an IoT solution for senior care.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Healthcare leaders seek add-ons to optimize EHRs, reduce burnout
About a quarter of healthcare leaders plan to add new technologies at the point of care in 2017, according to a HIMSS Analytics survey revealed at HIMSS17.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 22, 2017 -
ONC reveals finalists in health data challenge
The Move Health Data Forward Challenge encouraged entrepreneurs and startups to come up with creative ways of addressing challenges under consideration by the Health Relationship Trust Workgroup.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 22, 2017 -
IBM Watson Health debuts cloud solutions for value-based care
Cognitive computing will herald in a new “golden age” of healthcare, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said at HIMSS17.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Deep Dive
HIMSS17: Patient engagement is all the rage, surveys find
One survey states more consumers are engaging electronically with their health records, while another posits many haven't shared patient-generated health data with their care provider.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 20, 2017 -
EHR optimization, pop health top CIOs' investment wish list
About 80% percent of CIOs said their strategic role within the organization was growing, yet only half had a clear vision and strategy for advancing health IT, a new KPMG study finds.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Microsoft and UPMC launch Healthcare NeXT
The tech giant will unveil plans for HealthVault Insights at HIMSS17 next week.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How UPMC uses artificial intelligence to keep clinicians happy, patients healthy
"Even before patients feel ill and end back up in the emergency department, we know that they're going to fall off the rails," says UPMC Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises Dr. Rasu Shrestha.
By Ana Mulero • Feb. 16, 2017 -
Memorial Healthcare Systems to pay $5.5M over potential HIPAA violations
The six-hospital system's settlement highlights the importance of audit and access controls.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 16, 2017 -
Epic to add care management content to its EHRs
Over the past year, the EHR vendor has engaged in several initiatives with other health IT companies to improve EHR functionality.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 16, 2017 -
Deep Dive
HIMSS17 groundrules and what we'll be watching
The weather is forecast to be in the low 80s/upper 70s throughout the week with a chance of learning before everyone heads out at 5 p.m. to find sushi and craft beer.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 16, 2017 -
Health Catalyst deploys tool to enhance MACRA reporting
Just over a third of health system executives report having a strategy for meeting MACRA reporting requirements, according to a recent survey.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 16, 2017 -
GAO: HHS lets cybersecurity shortcomings linger
The investigative arm of Congress calls for better cyber protections for electronic health information and user information in state health insurance marketplaces.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 16, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How technologies can help the elderly age at home
The country's aging population is embracing new solutions as health IT companies create consumer technologies aimed at assisting seniors.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 16, 2017 -
Sam's Club brings higi health screening platform to members
Demand for convenient, cheaper care has fueled the rise of retail clinics, health screenings and other digital health services.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 15, 2017 -
2017 so far averaging a health data breach per day, Protenus finds
In January, insiders accounted for 59.2% of breached patient records.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 14, 2017 -
DirectTrust issues to-do list to improve clinical messaging
The recommendations include suggestions for standardizing and improving the handling of both inbound and outbound messages.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 14, 2017 -
Slavitt calls on health IT industry to do better
The former CMS acting administrator in an interview with HIStalk called on the health IT industry to address user concerns with EHRs that are contributing to burnout and are not doing enough to improve healthcare quality.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 11, 2017 -
ATA: States show mixed progress with telemedicine
Texas continues to have the poorest grade on telehealth services.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 10, 2017 -
29K medtech jobs lost under medical device tax, AdvaMed says
Industry data suggest medical device excise tax hurt job prospects, but that might be the result of consolidation.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 9, 2017 -
New breast cancer surgery tool could reduce repeat procedures
The MarginProbe system uses RF spectroscopy to distinguish normal cells from malignant ones.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2017
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