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Study finds issues with home blood pressure monitoring devices
The small study found that most blood pressure devices were not accurate.
By Les Masterson • April 28, 2017 -
Philips launches teleICU solution
The global teleICU market is growing because of the aging population and increasing incidence of chronic diseases like cancer and neurological disorders.
By Meg Bryant • April 27, 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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Tech giants back startup Arsanis with $45.5M toward fighting infections
Arsanis will use the money to fight part of the World Health Organization’s recently published, first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens.”
By Meg Bryant • April 27, 2017 -
Report finds flaws with hospital, health system call centers
Kyruus found three-quarters of call center agents could not find an available appointment with the appropriate provider within a three-week timeframe.
By Les Masterson • April 27, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How patient portals can improve patient engagement
“There are a lot of workflow challenges, and the low bar within Meaningful Use hasn’t motivated a lot of practices to try and promote [portal] adoption and use,” says Chilmark Research’s Brian Eastwood.
By Meg Bryant • April 27, 2017 -
Price at Health Datapalooza: 'Rules of the road' are needed for 'true interoperability'
“True interoperability has always been the goal,” HHS Secretary Tom Price said at the conference.
By Ana Mulero • April 27, 2017 -
Partners Healthcare, Persistent Systems to develop open-source platform
The digital platform will be based on SMART and FHIR specifications.
By Meg Bryant • April 26, 2017 -
American Well launches tool to make telehealth visits easier
The telehealth company's Amwell platform is now live on the Samsung Health app.
By Meg Bryant • April 26, 2017 -
Deep Dive
ATA17: 6 takeaways on the state of telemedicine
Several trends took center stage at this year's American Telemedicine Association conference, from high patient satisfaction with telemedicine to a growing push for standardized practice guidelines.
By Shannon Muchmore • April 26, 2017 -
Kaiser Permanente CEO reports strong use of telehealth
The integrated health system invests about 25% of its $3.8 billion annual spend on health IT.
By Meg Bryant • April 25, 2017 -
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 -
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
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