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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 -
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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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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 -
Deep Dive
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 -
Deep Dive
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 -
Siemens may spin off entire healthcare division
The spinoff would dispose of Siemens' most profitable division, but would spare it the large investments needed to stay competitive.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 5, 2014 -
New CMS data shows lackluster Stage 2 numbers
CHIME called the numbers "disappointing, yet predictable."
By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 4, 2014 -
MedStar inks 7-year IT contract with Cerner
The deal is unusual for both its scope and duration.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 4, 2014 -
The final 4 vendors up for the $11B DoD contract
The bidders are competing to replace several massive parts of the Department of Defense's existing EMR system.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 4, 2014 -
Enterprise platforms set to change mHealth dramatically
...and it might not take as long as you think.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 4, 2014 -
Aetna shores up private exchange business with $400M purchase
The cash purchase allows Aetna to continue to position itself as a benefits administrator.
By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 3, 2014 -
Medicare telehealth payments to rise in 2015
The American Telemedicine Association still did not get everything it asked for in the new 2015 payment rules.
By Katie Bo Williams • Nov. 3, 2014 -
Microsoft jumps into wearables market
Microsoft's move pits it against giants like Apple and Google, which are also looking to take command of the health tracking market.
By Anne Zieger • Nov. 3, 2014
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