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Apple enters sleep tracker market with Beddit purchase
This is the tech giant's second known digital health acquisition.
By Meg Bryant • May 11, 2017 -
Deep Dive
MACRA: Why cloud-based solutions could be the answer for small practices
Most (80%) of the medical practices with 15 physicians or fewer that were recently surveyed by Healthcare Informatics said they were not ready for MACRA or needed help.
By Meg Bryant • May 11, 2017 -
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Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.
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Survey: Telehealth becoming mainstream at many hospitals
Patient-oriented objectives like increasing patient engagement and enhancing outcomes were the leading telemedicine program goals.
By Meg Bryant • May 10, 2017 -
Hospital CXOs seek front-line input on technology decisions
Accountability continues to be the biggest challenge for hospital experience leaders, according to Experience Innovation Network.
By Meg Bryant • May 10, 2017 -
Senate confirms Scott Gottlieb as FDA chief
Gottlieb will have to strike a balance between the Trump administration's push to deregulate and defending the FDA's "gold standard" for reviewing the safety and efficacy of new drugs.
By Ned Pagliarulo • May 10, 2017 -
Worldwide healthcare analytics market on track for $24B in 2021
Major growth opportunities for data analytics lie in precision medicine and patient registries, among others.
By Meg Bryant • May 9, 2017 -
Teladoc beats expectation with Q1 earnings increase of 60%
The telemedicine company also reported increases in total membership and visits.
By Shannon Muchmore • May 9, 2017 -
NYC Health + Hospitals aims to improve revenue cycle with Epic technology
The Epic revenue cycle product is expected to help the health system capture an additional 5% annually (up to $142 million) of adjusted patient revenue.
By Les Masterson • May 6, 2017 -
Allscripts reports 20% revenue increase, but $20M loss in Q1
In announcing the financials, Paul Black, CEO at Allscripts, said the company begins “2017 on a solid footing.”
By Les Masterson • May 6, 2017 -
Doctor On Demand to offer lab services starting this summer
Patients can choose to have their tests performed by the lab that suits their price and location needs.
By Meg Bryant • May 4, 2017 -
Small hospitals increased EHR market share in 2016
More small hospitals chose Cerner than any other EHR vendor, according to a new KLAS Research report.
By Meg Bryant • May 4, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How hospitals can help ensure the security of IoT devices
“One of the questions that healthcare organizations need to ask is what types of solutions are in place with the manufacturers they partner with,” said Richard Henderson, global security strategist at Absolute Software.
By Meg Bryant • May 4, 2017 -
Olympus snaps up Image Stream Medical for $87M
Image Stream makes video equipment and system integration solutions for operating rooms.
By Meg Bryant • May 3, 2017 -
Study: Telemental health use remains low, varies across states
The number of virtual visits grew on average 45.1% annually among Medicare patients diagnosed with a mental illness, a new study in Health Affairs concluded.
By Meg Bryant • May 3, 2017 -
Declining physician visits, payments contribute to disappointing athenahealth Q1
The company had a net loss of $1.4 million for the year's first quarter. Stocks went down 19.4% by close of business Friday.
By Meg Bryant • May 2, 2017 -
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 -
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
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