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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 -
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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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 -
Report: Doctors spend half their time on computer tasks
Payment reform should take into account providers' time on desktop medicine, the researchers say.
By Meg Bryant • April 6, 2017 -
Deep Dive
The CMIO role will evolve as health systems' needs change
“Demand management is a never-ending tsunami,” says VCU Medical Center CMIO Colin Banas.
By Meg Bryant • April 6, 2017 -
Deep Dive
One strategy for shifting to value-based care: Get IT right
UMass Memorial Healthcare's Epic go-live date in October will integrate 42 different EMR versions.
By Jeff Byers • April 6, 2017 -
Teaching hospitals at higher risk for data breaches, study finds
Of 141 acute care hospitals that reported breaches, 52 were major teaching hospitals, researchers found.
By Meg Bryant • April 5, 2017 -
Digital health funding remains strong in 2017 Q1
Rock Health and StartUp Health both reported more than $1 billion in digital health deals, but differed somewhat on trends and details.
By Meg Bryant • April 5, 2017 -
Senate bill would expand Medicare-covered telehealth options
Telehealth models would be tested for cost, effectiveness and quality of care before being covered for all Medicare patients.
By Meg Bryant • April 4, 2017 -
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Former Siemens exec to serve as ONC head
"Do good work, call on the health IT community, we will support you," Aledade CEO and former ONC head Farzad Mostashari tweeted to Donald Rucker in reaction to his new appointment.
By Ana Mulero • March 31, 2017 -
CARB-X invests $48M into promising antibacterial solutions
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill about 23,000 people in the U.S. each year, according to the CDC.
By Meg Bryant • March 31, 2017 -
AMR teams up with Lyft for nonemergency patient rides
Hospitals and caregivers can access Lyft via AMR’s One Call service.
By Meg Bryant • March 30, 2017 -
Opinion
For National Doctors Day, let's do more than say 'thanks'
athenahealth CEO and President Jonathan Bush yesterday shared a few steps healthcare players can take to put a dent in doctors’ workload and stress.
By Jonathan Bush • March 30, 2017 -
Health Catalyst releases new decision support tool for healthcare execs
Living Wisely can support a host of C-suite roles, according to the Salt Lake City-based company.
By Meg Bryant • March 30, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why hospital data centers are moving to the cloud
Hospitals are asking how to get rid of their data centers because of the associated costs, Medstar CTO Ed Fisher said.
By Meg Bryant • March 30, 2017 -
Most U.S. doctors dissatisfied with states' telehealth adoption rates
In a survey conducted by SERMO, 44% of physicians rated their state’s telehealth implementation “poor” or “very poor.”
By Meg Bryant • March 29, 2017 -
Report: Telehealth care drives significant cost savings, but barriers remain
Expansion of telehealth services could lead to cost savings of more than $100,000 for some rural hospitals, but there are still challenges presented by reimbursement models, costs of implementation and patient privacy protections.
By Luke Gale • March 29, 2017 -
Heart docs, neurologists lead specialists in EHR adoption
About 87% of office-based physicians in the U.S. have some type of EHR, a recent CDC survey showed.
By Meg Bryant • March 29, 2017
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