Study: Providers consider quitting over EMR alert fatigue

Problems like out-of-control EMR alerts can lower healthcare providers' job satisfaction, increasing the odds that they will quit.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 24, 2014

RCM firm Emdeon to acquire Change Healthcare in $135M deal

The deal will give Emdeon cost transparency and consumer engagement tools.   

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 21, 2014

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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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CVS Health launches digital innovation lab in Boston

Of the new hub's 100 employees, 90% will be new hires, hinting at CVS' commitment to tech in the healthcare space. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 21, 2014

CMS taps Niall Brennan for new chief data office post

Brennan will oversee data-collection and dissemination efforts in CMS' new Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics.  

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 20, 2014

Health groups urge Congress to keep next year's ICD-10 deadline

As the groups noted, HHS projects that any additional delays could cost payers and providers as much as $6.6 billion.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 20, 2014

New government data on Obamacare premiums shows encouraging trends

Initial 2015 Obamacare data from 38 states shows an increased number of insurers and improved competition. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 19, 2014

Devices stolen from Boston physician in armed robbery led to data breach

Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is now letting patients know that their medical data was breached following an armed robbery involving a BWH physician. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 19, 2014

ICD-10: Maybe not the crisis hospitals anticipated?

Is the ongoing hue and cry from providers justified? New numbers suggest not.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 19, 2014

New CA Ebola regulations are among toughest in the country

Pressure from nurses and other healthcare workers prompted the new mandatory rules, which go beyond CDC guidelines.

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 18, 2014

Which state had a troubled exchange roll-out on Saturday?

Last year's open enrollment period was a technological disaster. This year went much smoother for Healthcare.gov, but at least one state exchange did face problems. 

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 17, 2014

FTC: Is Apple doing enough to safeguard health data?

The agency is concerned about the exposure of protected health information and in talks with Apple about how its new smart watch will protect personal data.

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 17, 2014

Cleveland Clinic spin-off to commercialize clinical innovations

Adeo LLC hopes to promote and distribute medical technologies developed by the Clinic and its partners that might not have come to light otherwise.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 17, 2014

Obama confident as Healthcare.gov 2.0 launches

The second version of the ACA's online insurance marketplace rolled out on Saturday with few glitches. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 17, 2014

Are hospitals profiting from defective medical devices?

An OIG report unearthed $548,000 in Medicare overpayments due to hospitals failing to report free defective device swaps. 

By Marisa Torrieri • Nov. 17, 2014

EHRs through time: The early adopter story

How do early adopters of electronic health records, big and small, really feel about the technology?

By Judy Packer-Tursman • Nov. 17, 2014

The cost of ICD-10 implementation: Only $2,000 to $6,000?

New AHIMA estimates are a far cry from the numbers used by the American Medical Association, which puts costs between $22,560 and $105,506. 

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 14, 2014

Samsung announces 24 health IT partners, including Cleveland Clinic, Cigna, Aetna

...and they're not the only big names that have come on board to work with Samsung's HealthKit competitor The Samsung Digital Health Platform.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 14, 2014

Study: Few elderly use Web health info, EMRs

Only one in 10 seniors with low health literacy—a poor ability to navigate the health system—go online for health-related matters, researchers found.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 13, 2014

EMRs can be too costly for late adopters

The industry faces financial stresses now that it didn't several years ago when early adopters like Kaiser jumped in.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 12, 2014

RiteAid, Cleveland Clinic partner to pilot telehealth kiosks

The kiosks could provide a meaningful challenge to retail clinics. 

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 12, 2014

Siemens agrees to keep healthcare unit after all

After talks with trade union IG Metall, Siemens has agreed to change course and keep its healthcare unit as part of its core portfolio.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 11, 2014

Intermountain partners with Healthbox on innovation initiative

The new program will both leverage employee concepts and invest in growing healthcare businesses.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 7, 2014

HealthCare.gov's cybersecurity measures upgraded

Security staffers say the site is far better protected now than it was last year, when site managers failed to complete security testing.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 7, 2014

4 healthcare buzzwords that have lost all meaning

These words are popular at conferences and in opinion columns, but what do they really mean?

By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 5, 2014

Study: Hospitals putting off investing in RCM tech

But most smaller health systems still have "no choice" but to find a next-gen revenue cycle management system if they want to stay solvent.

By Anne Zieger • Nov. 5, 2014