Medtronic expands heart failure portfolio with $1.1B HeartWare acquisition

The deal marks Medtronic's second recent medical device acquisition.

By Jeff Byers • June 27, 2016

Name-your-price health startup expands to orthopedics

Need a shoulder adjustment? Name your price. 

By Meg Bryant • June 24, 2016

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Interoperability

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.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Facebook: Forthcoming new age in personal data sharing will boost healthcare

Healthcare organizations may soon be able to tap increasingly enlightened consumers for data, Facebook says.

By Heather Caspi • June 23, 2016

Payers, telehealth vendors getting value out of partnerships

Most states allow some form of telehealth services, and 29 have parity laws for private payers.

By Meg Bryant • June 23, 2016

Health IT Now calls for telehealth requirements, interoperability standards

The coalition has sent several letters to congressional leaders this week regarding the National Defense Authorization Act for 2017 and the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016.

By Ana Mulero • June 23, 2016

Google to upgrade symptom search

The data giant partnered with Mayo Clinic and the Harvard Medical School to take away the confusion from such searches.

By Ana Mulero • June 23, 2016

IBM Watson Health form imaging collaborative

Health systems, academic medical centers and tech companies have joined forces to help providers address cancers, diabetes, eye health, and heart disease.

By Jeff Byers • June 22, 2016

HHS to fund small practices to help meet quality measures

Funded organizations will help small practices navigate issues such as which quality measures or EHR best meet their specific needs.

By Meg Bryant • June 22, 2016

Premier launches data-sharing effort QUEST 2020

Participants will share acute, ambulatory and community health data to set national standards for care delivery improvement.

By Jeff Byers • June 21, 2016

Study: EHRs user-friendliness widely varies

The vast majority of physicians who reported being dissatisfied with their EHR also indicated their system was difficult or very difficult to use, according to AmericanEHR Partners.

By Ana Mulero • June 21, 2016

How should hospitals handle texting orders?

A 2015 report found $1 million could be saved annually per hospital by using text messaging for clinical communications.

By Ana Mulero • June 17, 2016

Physician groups: IT MACRA requirements jeopardize independence

Small practices with five or fewer physicians blame technological, staffing and financial barriers to complying with the proposed implementation regulations, according to a recent report.

By Ana Mulero • June 16, 2016

AMA adopts telemedicine guidelines for 'ethical practice'

The new guidelines maintain that a coordinated effort is needed to achieve telemedicine goals and avoid pitfalls.

By Ana Mulero • June 16, 2016

How hospitals can leverage technologies to combat healthcare fraud

Graph databases can help hospitals connect the dots between different data points to identify and prevent fraud.

By Meg Bryant • June 16, 2016

IBM, American Diabetes Association partner to create digital tools for diabetes

The team also launched a Watson-based developer challenge for applications that can incorporate IBM's cognitive computing power and the ADA's data repository. 

By Shalina Chatlani • June 16, 2016

UPMC puts money on Omicia's precision medicine platform

The $23 million Series B funding round drew investors from Europe and Asia, as well as the U.S.

By Meg Bryant • June 15, 2016

This equity firm just clenched $200M to debut healthcare-focused fund

1315 Capital is looking to invest in healthcare's niche markets, including medical technology.

By Jeff Byers • June 15, 2016

HealthKit advocate says Apple will add HL7 CCD support to iOS 10

At a MobiHealthNews event, the director of technology strategy at Duke Medicine shared Apple is planning to add the support to its new software platform as the tech giant continues to reach into the healthcare sector.

By Jeff Byers • June 14, 2016

What 'quackery' is this? AMA's Madara skewers digital health's 'snake oil'

"We were told that interoperability was the future; we didn't expect that it would always be in the future," he said during the organization's annual meeting.

By Ana Mulero • June 14, 2016

AMA delegates to vote on guidelines for ethical telemedicine

As healthcare coverage for Americans expands, more telehealth vendors are offering remote medical services.

By Meg Bryant • June 10, 2016

DirectTrust applauds ONC's health IT, interoperability measurement efforts

In response to ONC's request for information on assessing interoperability for MACRA, the company urged the agency to develop "simple" metrics. 

By Nina Flanagan • June 9, 2016

FitBit launches FitBit Group Health

The launch centers on corporate wellness partners, insurers, clinical researchers and weight management leaders. 

By Nina Flanagan • June 9, 2016

Q&A with HealthTap's Ron Gutman: Mobilizing public health assistance

With over 101,000 physicians in the company's network, HealthTap harnesses the speed of mobile tech to help public health relief efforts.

By Jeff Byers • June 9, 2016

Big IT ideas for small practices

Despite financial and technical challenges, EHR and physician-focused social media apps can offer real benefits for solo and small medical practices.

By Meg Bryant • June 9, 2016

Bipartisan bill seeks a national adoption of telehealth model

A project brewing in New Mexico can lead to reduced costs and chronic disease rates, according to an AMA executive.

By Nina Flanagan • June 9, 2016