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Cerner EHR transition criticized by county grand jury
The $50-million transition involves two hospitals and 40 clinics run by the Ventura County Health Care Agency.
By Nina Flanagan • July 2, 2015 -
Industry faces significant IT staff shortages
A third of surveyed healthcare managers had to postpone an IT project due to inadequate staffing—and many clincians lack competency.
By Nina Flanagan • July 2, 2015 -
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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Goldman Sachs: Digital healthcare will revolutionize industry
Analysts say up to $305 billion in savings from digital healthcare is possible in the near future.
By Nina Flanagan • July 2, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Supreme Court API ruling rattles entire software industry—and HIT
Developers targeting U.S. markets will now have to tread carefully with JAVA APIs and other proprietary interfaces. How will health IT be impacted?
By Heather Caspi • July 2, 2015 -
Nanthealth says IPO will happen this year with big Allscripts investment
A strong IPO for the company would likely turn a quick profit for Allscripts—but how long until it generates significant revenue?
By Nina Flanagan • July 2, 2015 -
Arcadia strengthens midwest presence with Sage Technologies acquisition
"The Arcadia strategy is predicated on the notion that healthcare is in an irreversible transition from volume-based to value-based care," says CEO Sean Carroll.
By Nina Flanagan • June 25, 2015 -
75% of RI physicians not using state's HIE
The exchange initially received over $25 million in federal funding, followed by millions in state funds.
By Nina Flanagan • June 25, 2015 -
Bolder Healthcare acquires Avectus for undisclosed amount in hot RCM marketplace
The company continues to look at additional acquisition candidates in the RCM market.
By Nina Flanagan • June 25, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How common is meaningful use fraud?
Some suggest that MU fraud could be occurring among institutions looking to obtain payments under Medicare's EHR Incentive Program.
By Heather Caspi • June 24, 2015 -
CommonWell Health Alliance adds new HIEs, vendors
The alliance plans to grow its provider network to 5,000 across the U.S. by the end of this year.
By Nina Flanagan • June 24, 2015 -
Study: Home healthcare market to reach $355B by 2020
Market growth will be driven by telehealth and other emerging technologies, the study predicts. What will the fastest growing services market be?
By Heather Caspi • June 24, 2015 -
Iowa Supreme Court okays abortion via telemedicine
The court has rejected the state board of medicine's 2013 ban.
By Nina Flanagan • June 24, 2015 -
Montefiore employee steals 12,000 patients' personal information
The employee sold the health records for as low as $3 a piece.
By Nina Flanagan • June 23, 2015 -
Data Computer Corporation of America snags $24M meaningful use contract
The contract will support the program's core system, the National Level Repository.
By Nina Flanagan • June 23, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Inside the new automatic benchmarking engine created by the man who brought IBM Vivisimo
"When we consult with executives, they tell us they don't want to see another dashboard," says OnlyBooth CEO Raul Valdes-Perez.
By Nina Flanagan • June 19, 2015 -
Judy Faulkner to donate 99% of her wealth
The Giving Pledge was founded in 2010 by Warren Buffet and Bill Gates to encourage billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity.
By Nina Flanagan • June 18, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Practice Fusion's CEO on how (and why) it became the market-share leader for small practices
Is the Practice Fusion platform really that good?
By Heather Caspi • June 18, 2015 -
Aledade raises $30M in second-round funding
The newly-acquired funding will be applied to helping physician practices expand their patient base to privately-insured populations.
By Nina Flanagan • June 18, 2015 -
Following in GRMC footsteps, Westchester Medical Center signs $500M partnership with Philips
The collaboration is part of WMC's expansion from a single-campus medical center into a multi-location healthcare provider.
By Nina Flanagan • June 17, 2015 -
Boston hospitals launch clinical alliance web portal
The portal is intended to connect biotech and medical technology companies with researchers in the state.
By Heather Caspi • June 17, 2015 -
Health Catalyst expanding Salt Lake City HQ
The IT provider is adding close to 300 jobs.
By Nina Flanagan • June 16, 2015 -
Evolent IPO rings up more than $195M
The company joins a few other healthcare IT firms that are trying to cash in on the sector's current cachet on Wall Street.
By Nina Flanagan • June 11, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How the final MSSP rule impacts health IT
The new rules do not mandate the adoption of specific technologies—but that doesn't mean there aren't significant implications for IT departments.
By Heather Caspi • June 11, 2015 -
Walgreens expands telehealth platform to 25 states
Users can now access the platform via the Walgreens website on desktop and tablet in addition to mobile.
By Nina Flanagan • June 11, 2015 -
Independence Blue Cross algorithm that predicts admissions faces privacy concerns
"The healthcare data we provided to build these algorithms is equivalent, I think, to five Wikipedias," CIO Somes Nigam told NPR.
By Heather Caspi • June 10, 2015
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