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Blue Cross, WebMD partner for digital health
"Employers know the value of wellness programs, and how the right program can... help better manage overall health care costs," Blue Cross says.
By Anne Zieger • March 19, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How the new UPMC, Pitt collaboration will leverage big data
"We are using the system to bring patients and doctors closer through intelligent data analytics," said the founding director of the Center for Machine Learning and Health.
By Heather Caspi • March 19, 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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Report: Some progress made toward WEDI vision, more work needed
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange framework was designed to help organizations lower costs, improve delivery and achieve better outcomes.
By Julie Henry • March 19, 2015 -
UPMC, other Pittsburgh hospitals form health data alliance
CEO Jeffrey Romoff wants to unleash "the next generation of healthcare, the next generation of IT and the next generation of Pittsburgh."
By Julie Henry • March 18, 2015 -
Premera Blue Cross breach exposes 11M
Healthcare security expert Dave Kennedy told Reuters that this is the largest breach to date involving medical information.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 17, 2015 -
Covenant projects $1.8M in savings using data-driven health plans
The nonprofit is using MedeAnalytics' Population Health solution to gain insights into its 7,000 employees and beneficiaries.
By Heather Caspi • March 17, 2015 -
Sponsored by ElationEMR
Top 3 causes of physician burnout–and how technology can help
When asked what caused him to experience burnout, one physician laughed and asked, "Where do I start?"
March 17, 2015 -
Study: Facebook ratings may be linked to quality of care
Researchers found Facebook ratings to be an indicator of hospital readmission rates.
By Julie Henry • March 17, 2015 -
New projects push telehealth expansion in the Northeast
New York's Mount Sinai Health System, Boston telemedicine vendor American Well and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts are all involved.
By Anne Zieger • March 16, 2015 -
Medsphere, Silver Hill Hospital partner for interoperability
Medsphere's OpenVista EHR just added an improved Discharge Summary module built specifically for behavioral health hospitals.
By Anne Zieger • March 16, 2015 -
Researchers report problems with Apple's ResearchKit
"Just collecting lots of information about people—who may or may not represent the typical patient—could just add noise and distraction."
By Anne Zieger , Nicole Gray • March 16, 2015 -
No back-up plan for ICD-10? AHIMA says, 'No problem'
The association says the vast majority of erroneous claims in testing had nothing to do with the new code set.
By Julie Henry • March 16, 2015 -
Deep Dive
The Friday Dive: 23andMe's next big ambition is drug development
Healthcare Dive's editor looks back on the biggest news from the last week.
By Katie Bo Williams , Nicole Gray • March 13, 2015 -
New home monitoring pilot aims to reduce readmissions (for a price)
The service costs patients about $1,500 per month, and is not covered by most insurers.
By Heather Caspi • March 13, 2015 -
Cerner to stream patient-generated data into EHRs
Will data from fitness devices provide insight or overload?
By Heather Caspi • March 13, 2015 -
Cleveland Clinic signs strategic alliance with Theranos
Theranos is offers a full spectrum of lab tests with blood sample sizes of only a few drops—at 50% below Medicare rates.
By Anne Zieger • March 12, 2015 -
Kareo picks up DoctorBase
The new acquisition will add a patient satisfaction survey and social media options to Kareo's core practice management system.
By Anne Zieger • March 12, 2015 -
EHR association establishes delivery reform workgroup
The workgroup will explore health IT innovations that will help healthcare players adopt value-based reimbursement.
By Anne Zieger • March 12, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How an EHR failure could happen to you
Two recent outages suggest system failures are more common than expected.
By Heather Caspi • March 12, 2015 -
Iowa abortion case could impact telemedicine
Some experts say the ruling could set a precedent for how much authority state medical boards can exercise over the regulation of telemedicine.
By Katie Bo Williams • March 12, 2015 -
Hospital refutes claims that ED shut down after EHR outage
Antelope Valley Hospital claims the allegations reported by the California Nurses Association are false.
By Julie Henry • March 11, 2015 -
Mental health professionals push for EHR incentives
Privacy and efficacy concerns have kept bills extending MU incentives to mental health providers in committee.
By Julie Henry • March 11, 2015 -
NY law to make e-prescribing of controlled substances mandatory
The new law takes effect March 27.
March 10, 2015 -
Hackers exploit Ascension hospital in latest cyberattack
The cybercriminals used employee e-mail accounts to obtain patient data.
By Julie Henry • March 10, 2015 -
Apple develops software to conduct remote research studies
Some industry experts have raised consumer privacy concerns.
By Julie Henry • March 10, 2015
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