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FDA
Internal emails: Olympus tried to hush U.S. warning of contaminated scopes
"Olympus knew in 2012 that the design of its closed-channel duodenoscope could prevent effective cleaning," according to a Senate report.
By Ana Mulero • July 25, 2016 -
How the DOJ used data to net $1B healthcare fraud case
In what officials call the "largest single healthcare fraud" case ever, providers allegedly conspired to bill Medicare and Medicaid for unneeded drugs, procedures, and equipment.
By Heather Caspi • July 25, 2016 -
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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HHS dedicates $36M to advance health IT adoption
Support to Health Center Controlled Networks will help boost the technology at more than 1,000 health centers around the U.S.
By Heather Caspi • July 25, 2016 -
Most hospitals report EHR outages, feds find
Hardware malfunctioning was the main cause of unplanned EHR disruptions.
By Ana Mulero • July 25, 2016 -
Report: Federal health IT spending spiked to $6.5B
Research firm Govini found CMS and HHS led expenditures from 2011 to 2015.
By Ana Mulero • July 21, 2016 -
ONC reveals consumer health data aggregator winners
Both application challenges, announced in March, support the Fast Health Interoperability Resources standard.
By Ana Mulero • July 21, 2016 -
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Philips gains population health management technologies with Wellcentive purchase
The company center hopes to meet new healthcare quality requirements with Wellcentive's cloud-based IT solutions.
By Ana Mulero • July 21, 2016 -
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HIPAA violations cause $2.7M settlement against Oregon university
Oregon Health & Science University had submitted multiple breach reports, included two reports involving unencrypted laptops and a stolen thumbdrive.
By Jeff Byers • July 20, 2016 -
Report: Mobile health apps not keeping pace with privacy protections
The ONC will seek stakeholder input on ways to address the privacy gap in the coming weeks.
By Meg Bryant • July 20, 2016 -
Cerner carves out new revenue cycle leadership role
Jeff Hurst will join Cerner as senior vice president of revenue cycle management, after spending 19 years at Adventist Health System.
By Meg Bryant • July 20, 2016 -
Deep Dive
How are telemedicine companies aiding state medical boards for proper use?
One company's objective is to ensure that telemedicine doesn’t get a black eye as the country seeks to implement standards.
By Ana Mulero • July 19, 2016 -
Rock Health: Digital health funding lands $2B in face of predicted lull this year
Analytics and big data led the investing pack with $309 million invested in the first half of 2016.
By Jeff Byers • July 19, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Happy patient, healthy hospital: Taking a cue from the hospitality industry
“Patient experience is not about smiling or putting mints on pillows," says hospitality consultant Paul Westbrook.
By Meg Bryant • July 18, 2016 -
NYC Health + Hospitals addressing everything adolescents always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask about an eggplant emoji)
A campaign will use emojis and social media to engage teens in sexual health education.
By Jeff Byers • July 18, 2016 -
Partnership trends persist as Princeton, Penn Med eye proposal
PHCS hopes to draw on Penn’s health IT expertise to advance efforts in population health.
By Meg Bryant • July 15, 2016 -
CMS, FDA want device identifiers on Medicare claims forms
Collecting UDI data on claims forms would let providers and payers compare costs and outcomes of implants at the model level.
By Meg Bryant • July 15, 2016 -
Evolent, Valence Health join forces in $145M deal
The deal will shape the companies' future impacts on the value-based care market.
By Heather Caspi • July 14, 2016 -
Deep Dive
AMA guidelines offer roadmap for ethical use of telemedicine
Teladoc called the AMA guidelines a “significant step forward” in the use of telemedicine to advance patient care.
By Meg Bryant • July 14, 2016 -
FDA officials call for better tracking of medical devices
The call for better postmarket tracking of health technology comes at the same time that medical professionals have put together more extensive registries on procedural outcomes.
By Shalina Chatlani • July 13, 2016 -
Amino releases new price-shopping tools for 49 procedures
The San Francisco-based company launched last October.
By Jeff Byers • July 13, 2016 -
OCR arms healthcare orgs with new guidance to face ransomware threats head on
The agency says the guidance reinforces activities required by HIPAA that can help organizations prevent, detect, contain, and respond to threats.
By Jeff Byers • July 11, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Interoperability is a four-letter word: Inching toward true exchange
The systems may need to talk to each other but the industry needs to engage the same conversation. ONC's Dr. Vindell Washington, athenahealth's Jonathan Bush, and AMA's Steven Stack weigh in.
By Jeff Byers • July 11, 2016 -
UPMC enlists IBM's Watson in new supply-chain venture
The pairing will help hospitals attack growing supply-chain costs — the second greatest healthcare expense behind labor for providers.
By Heather Caspi • July 11, 2016 -
EHR market dominance can influence HIE usage
"Policies designed to promote cross-vendor HIE may need to take local market competition into account," the authors wrote.
By Heather Caspi • July 11, 2016 -
CISOs plagued by too much information, over-promised solutions
Investors have injected more than $7.3 billion in cybersecurity startups over the past five years.
By Meg Bryant • July 8, 2016
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