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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 -
Trendline
Artificial intelligence
Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.
By Healthcare Dive staff -
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 -
White House innovation office to tackle VA, opioid crisis
The new office — tasked with overhauling the federal bureaucracy — has already been meeting twice weekly with such industry leaders as Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
By Jeff Byers , Meg Bryant • March 28, 2017 -
CA group launches star rating system for state's physicians
Consumers can search more than 10,000 physicians at no cost.
By Meg Bryant • March 28, 2017 -
UPMC offers emergency telehealth services statewide
The average wait time for an AnywhereCare video visit is six-and-a-half minutes.
By Meg Bryant • March 28, 2017 -
mHealth app developers reach settlement in New York investigation
Three companies have agreed to pay a combined $30,000 in fines and revisit marketing materials.
By Luke Gale • March 26, 2017 -
Medtronic prices $2 billion in senior notes
Net proceeds from three offerings will be used for general corporate purposes.
By Meg Bryant • March 23, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Which digital apps can be used for emergency medicine, pediatrics
The medical director of pediatric clinical informatics at Riley Hospital for Children and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital provided their lists of go-to apps for emergency physicians and pediatricians.
By Meg Bryant • March 23, 2017 -
Nuance, Epic partner to deliver AI-assisted clinical documentation
The collaboration aims to provide real-time clinical documentation improvement feedback to physicians at the point of care.
By Meg Bryant • March 23, 2017 -
Retrieved from Apple on October 26, 2016
Study shows patients like remote monitoring via mobile app for follow-up care
In a study of breast reconstruction patients, almost all who received follow-up care via app agreed it was convenient while fewer than half who attend in-person appointments said the same.
By Luke Gale • March 23, 2017 -
New HHS post raises questions about ONC's future
The deputy assistant secretary for health technology has supported delaying Stage 3 of meaningful use and easing MACRA reporting requirements.
By Meg Bryant • March 22, 2017 -
Report: Clinical network management solutions critical to expanding integrated networks
Chilmark Research recommends leaving health data near their origins and making them available to a range of applications and users via APIs.
By Meg Bryant • March 22, 2017
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