ONC awards $300K to IT startups in pilot challenge

The grants are designed to help startups connect with healthcare organizations to evaluate their technologies. 

By Nina Flanagan • May 14, 2015

EHR vendors to face tough penalties under revised 21st Century Cures draft

Critics suggest the new penalties also punish the providers who purchased offending vendors' software.

By Katie Bo Williams • May 14, 2015

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Agentic AI

Agentic AI shows promise for alleviating healthcare tasks without requiring much human intervention. But the industry is still figuring out how to harness its independence without introducing undue risk.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Inside Cerner's aggressive partnership strategy

Senior vice president and chief strategy officer Joanne Burns shares the IT giant's overall vision in a landmark year of collaborations.

By Heather Caspi • May 14, 2015

MEDNAX to acquire tele-radiology firm for $500M

Virtual Radiologic Corp. reads over 5 million diagnostic imaging studies annually, making it one of the largest telemedicine companies in the U.S.

By Nina Flanagan • May 14, 2015

Banner, Philips telehealth program reduces hospitalizations by 45%

The pilot program used a broader care team and focused on the highest-cost patients.

By Julie Henry • May 13, 2015

Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine close to $14M in 2014

CMS has paid out more than $57 million for telemedicine since 2001—much less than the Congressional Budget Office's estimate at the time. 

By Nina Flanagan • May 12, 2015

Can testing irregular power flow uncover malware in hospitals?

Two hospitals are trying out WattsUpDoc, which works by "listening to the power outlets" and "looking for anomalies in power flow."

By Julie Henry • May 11, 2015

Mercy to open first US virtual care center

The facility is a hub for all of Mercy's telehealth efforts because "separately and in silos, [telehealth] becomes a distraction," said Dr. Tom Hale. 

By Julie Henry • May 11, 2015

Cerner reports lower-than-expected revenue following Siemens acquisition

CEO Zane Burke remained positive: "Every piece of our pipeline picked up. We see approximately 50% more decisions than we saw all last year."

By Katie Bo Williams • May 11, 2015

Healthcare cyberattacks rise 125%, study says

For the first time, criminal attacks have replaced lost hardware as the number-one cause of data breaches in the industry.

By Katie Bo Williams • May 7, 2015

IBM completes Phytel acquisition

The purchase bolsters IBM's ability to extract meaningful data from the glut of personal health information flooding the industry.

By Katie Bo Williams , Nina Flanagan • May 7, 2015

Inside the latest Watson Health partnership with Epic, Mayo

What should IT professionals know about how to access and leverage Watson via Epic—and will the relationship be exclusive?

By Heather Caspi • May 7, 2015

Mixed Q1 for athenahealth: Losses and revenues up

"We are pregnant with a whole bunch of baby hospitals that we just, that we adopted I should say, through the Razor marriage," said CEO Jonathan Bush. 

By Nina Flanagan • May 7, 2015

Cleveland Clinic latest provider to share analytics algorithms on Apervita

The industry heavyweight joins the Mayo Clinic on the Apervita platform. 

By Nina Flanagan • May 7, 2015

DeSalvo nominated to HHS position, to leave ONC if confirmed

The move was expected in some quarters; DeSalvo is already serving as acting assistant secretary.

By Katie Bo Williams • May 7, 2015

The 3 biggest analytics challenges providers face—and how to overcome them

"Organizations feel they need to jump on the big data bandwagon," says one expert, but are they approaching it the right way?

By Julie Henry • May 5, 2015

Healthcare IT business pushes Cognizant revenue, growth

Cognizant says its acquisition of TriZetto, a healthcare IT services provider, will drive growth.

By Nina Flanagan • May 5, 2015

American Well launches HD telehealth app

The software pings a physician to see if he or she is available, moving on to the next doc within 20 seconds if not. Another 'Uber for healthcare'?

By Julie Henry • May 5, 2015

Healthcare.gov project manager retires

Of four who testified before a congressional committee, Henry Chao was the only one to refute claims that the site rollout was an "abysmal failure."

By Julie Henry • May 5, 2015

Partners notifies 3,300 patients of data breach

A group of employees received phishing emails and provided information in response. 

By Katie Bo Williams • May 1, 2015

Senate working group: $28B spent subsidizing EHRs not worth the effort

The group will attempt to identify a list of tasks to improve EHR usability. Can they make a genuine impact?

By Heather Caspi • May 1, 2015

What CIOs can learn from Duke's successful Apple HealthKit pilot

The university health system is moving beyond its initial pilot to serve clinics across the system.

By Heather Caspi • April 30, 2015

Former CFO to pay $4.4M for meaningful use fraud

Joe White received almost $800,000 in federal incentive funding in January 2013 for "successful" demonstration of meaningful use.

By Katie Bo Williams • April 30, 2015

UPDATED: Teladoc files for IPO, files antitrust suit against Texas Medical Board

Will the recent decision by the TMB to restrict telemedicine hamper the Dallas-based provider's chances of success?

By Katie Bo Williams • April 30, 2015

Mount Sinai to build new patient referral system

Hundreds of thousands of patients are referred within the Mount Sinai health system each year.

By Julie Henry • April 29, 2015