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Venture capital funding for health IT falls
This year's slower start "is due to an increase in investor focus and a sign of a maturing market," according to one report.
By Julie Henry • April 9, 2015 -
Cleveland Clinic launches online store for digital health products
The e-commerce company will sell directly to hospitals, private practice physicians and patients.
By Katie Bo Williams • April 9, 2015 -
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TrendlineAgentic 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.
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Epic, Cerner become CMS Designated Test EHR vendors
The IT giants join the remaining iPatientCare—McKesson, athenahealth and MIDITECH have all dropped out of the program.
By Julie Henry • April 8, 2015 -
VA hospitals suffer computer outage
The outage affected hospitals from the Mid-Atlantic through the northeast.
By Julie Henry • April 7, 2015 -
Survey: IT budgets returning to 2013 levels
Project managers, programmers and developers will remain among the most difficult IT positions to fill, according to the results.
By Julie Henry • April 7, 2015 -
Survey: Providers, vendors still unprepared for ICD-10
"Unless all industry segments make a dedicated effort to continue to move forward with their implementation efforts, there will be significant disruption on Oct. 1, 2015."
By Julie Henry • April 7, 2015 -
Banner Health, Cerner form strategic partnership
The partnership will roll out tools for consumer engagement, population health management and financial management.
By Julie Henry • April 6, 2015 -
Administration leaders: Health IT should be integral to payment reform
HHS and CMS officials say the Healthcare Payment Learning and Action Network will rely heavily on improved health IT and interoperability.
By Anne Zieger • April 2, 2015 -
Patient-centered medical homes lack needed health IT tools
A new study shows that PCMHs struggle to create interoperable electronic collaboration plans.
By Anne Zieger • April 2, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How current robotics advancements can have real-world applications
"For clinicians, we are designing new types of tools to help improve healthcare delivery and safety," says one expert from the Robotics, Health and Communication Lab at Notre Dame.
By Heather Caspi • April 2, 2015 -
Joint replacement registry publishes patient-reported outcomes data
The data reveals what patients thought of their treatment and recovery after filling out detailed surveys.
By Anne Zieger • March 30, 2015 -
CommonWell Health Alliance hires new director
The Alliance will also be rolling out a new interoperability platform at HIMSS in April.
By Julie Henry • March 30, 2015 -
Boston Children's Hospital weathers 5-day EHR crash
The hospital continued to function using paper and manpower.
By Julie Henry • March 30, 2015 -
The case for national physician licensing for telehealth
When licensing requirements were solidified state-by-state, telemedicine and the physician shortages weren't necessarily considerations.
By Anne Zieger • March 27, 2015 -
Study: Most patients would leave their provider after a data breach
"The hours and days immediately following a data breach are crucial for consumers' perceptions of a healthcare provider."
By Heather Caspi • March 27, 2015 -
RWJF awards $468K grant to Partners for mHealth engagement
The newly-announced grant will help Partners create an "Engagement Engine" connecting patients to health trackers for the long term.
By Anne Zieger • March 26, 2015 -
Study: 25% of small practices dissatisfied with EMR
Cerner, PCC, GE, Greenway, PrimeSUITE and athenahealth were the only vendors with fewer than 20% of their customers venting dissatisfaction in the survey.
By Anne Zieger • March 26, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Pros and cons: What 3 IT experts have to say about the MU Stage 3 proposal
The patient engagement elements of the proposed rules in particular have drawn industry criticism.
By Heather Caspi • March 26, 2015 -
Bill offers $50M to solve DoD interoperability problems
Congressman Phil Roe thinks the carrot is the best way to ensure the DoD EHR is compatible with the VA's open-source Vista platform.
By Anne Zieger • March 26, 2015 -
Arkansas legislators say no to telemedicine
Legislators say lower costs don't equal good medicine.
By Julie Henry • March 25, 2015 -
ONC's proposed 2015 Edition Certification rule pushes interoperability
The new proposed rule is scheduled to be published on March 30.
By Julie Henry • March 24, 2015 -
Audit warned Premera of vulnerabilities before breach
The company received the audit just weeks ahead of the cyberattack.
By Heather Caspi • March 20, 2015 -
CMS releases meaningful use Stage 3 proposed rule
The draft rule would require hospitals, physicians and other EPs to meet Stage 3 requirements by 2018.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 20, 2015 -
3 key challenges to health IT
Culture challenges continue to hamper health IT initiatives.
By Anne Zieger • March 20, 2015 -
Study: CIOs and CMOs need to collaborate
Hospital execs might take note of the cultural differences between the two roles.
By Anne Zieger • March 19, 2015
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