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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 -
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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St. Jude reveals more cyber flaws in its devices, deploys new software patch
The update involves both Merlin@home RF and inductive models, which could be vulnerable to a middle-man attack.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2017 -
Deep Dive
What the future might hold for EHRs
In the future, electronic health records are likely to include fully integrated telehealth capabilities, enhanced natural language processing and more.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 9, 2017 -
Verity Health says data on 9,000 patients may have been hacked
The breach involved a health system website that is no longer in use.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 8, 2017 -
Medtronic wins contract to provide telehealth services for veterans
The medtech giant relocated to Ireland two years ago in an effort to avoid high taxes on U.S. corporations.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 8, 2017 -
Jawbone shifts focus from consumer wearables to clinical market
Companies in the wearables market, including Fitbit, have had a hard time lately keeping their financials healthy.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 7, 2017 -
Survey: Colleges struggling to meet mental health needs of students
Students often wait weeks to see a mental health counselor — long after the crisis that prompted the visit.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 7, 2017 -
FCC reversal on broadband subsidies dampens telehealth's potential
An FCC decision to hold off on broadband internet subsidies for low-income individuals and families shows how non-healthcare agencies can affect healthcare initiatives.
By Luke Gale • Feb. 7, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Dr. Ashish Jha on how providers should consider APMs
Hospitals need to pay attention to the policy world and understand there’s going to be many new developments for APMs over the next three to five years.
By Jeff Byers • Feb. 6, 2017 -
Advisory panel recommends including device identifiers on claims forms
Adding device identifiers to medical claims could help flag faulty devices and enable comparative outcomes analysis.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 3, 2017 -
Opinion
More than meets the eye: Unstructured data's untapped potential
Apixio CTO John Schneider weighs in on how the healthcare industry can benefit from harnessing unstructured data.
By John Schneider • Feb. 2, 2017 -
Bloomberg: Medtronic prepping for sale of medical supplies unit
A lot of legacy devices acquired when the medical technology company bought Covidien in 2014 could be up for sale, knowledgeable sources told Bloomberg.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2017 -
HITRUST creates aid to map risk of cyber threats
The HITRUST Threat Catalogue will be able to assist in HIPAA, supplemental, and targeted risk analyses.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Telemedicine, big data among those leading the race for health IT's billions
Investors poured more than $8 billion into digital health startups last year – a trend that is expected to continue this year.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 2, 2017 -
Children's Medical Center fined $3.2M over HIPAA violations
While the hospital’s HIPAA violations affected 7,000 patients, the fine serves as a reminder to other providers how costly breaches can be.
By Kathleen Gilbert • Feb. 2, 2017 -
MD Anderson, Guardant Health team up to advance liquid biopsies
The liquid biopsy market is expected to reach $1.55 billion by 2021, according to MarketsandMarkets.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 1, 2017 -
Fitbit to lay off 6% of its staff after disappointing Q4 results
A "softer-than-expected holiday demand for trackers" caused the slowdown, founder and CEO James Park said.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 1, 2017 -
Healthcare providers rate population health management vendors
Most of the providers with population health projects surveyed by Black Book lack the right technology to meet their needs.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 31, 2017 -
Healthcare feels the weight of Trump's new executive orders
The latest executive orders that require two regulations be revoked for every new one that is implemented and ban immigration from certain countries will cause massive ripple effects for physicians, hospitals and patients.
By Kathleen Gilbert • Jan. 31, 2017 -
Patient access to medical records limited by associated costs
Minnesota patients' copy fees can total as much as $218.70 for 150 pages of records, according to a new article published by JAMA Internal Medicine.
By Luke Gale • Jan. 30, 2017 -
Kaiser Permanente fined $2.5M for failure to report required Medi-Cal data
The company's EMR systems, driven by quality and coordination of care, allegedly fell short on the reporting capabilities needed to support government compliance.
By Kathleen Gilbert • Jan. 30, 2017 -
Why an AI system could give human dermatologists a run for their money
An algorithm can identify 96% of malignant samples and 90% of malignant lesions correctly, a new study published in Nature shows.
By Luke Gale • Jan. 27, 2017 -
Telehealth increasingly seen as criteria for choosing primary doc, study finds
Most willing to switch doctors were parents of children under age 18 and 35 to 44 year olds, American Well stated.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 26, 2017 -
Study: EMRs aren't giving the full picture
Self-reported symptoms on a questionnaire often don’t make it into the patient’s electronic medical record, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
By Meg Bryant • Jan. 26, 2017
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