Mayo Clinic, Alphabet's Verily partner to build clinical decision support tools

The two plan to initially focus on a set of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic conditions.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 27, 2021

Headspace, Ginger to merge, creating $3B mental health company

As Headspace Health, the two companies will offer support for mental health symptoms from anxiety to depression to more complex diagnoses, selling direct to consumer and to employers and health plans.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 26, 2021

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Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

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Google disbands health unit as chief departs for Cerner

The dissolution of the health-specific division is the latest of a number of rolled back initiatives from tech giants in the space.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 23, 2021

Google Health's David Feinberg named Cerner CEO

The appointment ends a search the Kansas City, Missouri-based EHR vendor began in early May. Feinberg, 59, will succeed Brent Shafer, who was chairman and CEO for three years.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 20, 2021

FDA warns of BlackBerry cyber vulnerability in medical devices

The operating system is often deployed in devices such as cardiac and patient monitors, drug infusion pumps, imaging and surgical robots, according to Nick Yuran, CEO of security consultancy Harbor Labs.

By Greg Slabodkin • Aug. 19, 2021

Biden administration invests $19M to bolster rural telehealth

The investments will provide funding to train primary care providers, aid groups delivering virtual care, pilot new telehealth services and research the efficacy of digitally delivered care in rural geographies.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 18, 2021

Medtechs need to up their cybersecurity threat modeling game, FDA says

The agency "will be looking for much more detailed and comprehensive" cyber threat models as part of premarket review, said Suzanne Schwartz, director of CDRH's Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation.  

By Greg Slabodkin • Aug. 18, 2021

What doctors wish patients knew about healthy eating

Get advice from nutrition experts to help patients avoid fad diets and navigate healthful eating.

Aug. 16, 2021

AI gains steam, though some execs still not sold at HIMSS21

Data released Wednesday finds 7% of healthcare executives said they believe AI and machine learning are the top priority for the future, while 7% called them a "distraction."

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 13, 2021

Predicting the future of healthcare: 10 takeaways from HIMSS21

Along with "guarded optimism" on the current state of the pandemic, some 19,000 on-site attendees in Las Vegas mulled what's next for AI, telehealth, cybersecurity, mental health and more.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn , Hailey Mensik • Aug. 13, 2021

8 insights from a chat with Joe DeVivo, Teladoc's head of hospitals and health systems

DeVivo hinted at joint R&D with tech behemoth Microsoft, a future API marketplace and where Teladoc sees virtual visits stabilizing post-pandemic.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 12, 2021

Tackling healthcare's female leadership problem at HIMSS21

Women are largely absent from most healthcare companies' C-suites where major decisions are made, despite their massive influence as consumers and workers in the industry.

By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 12, 2021

Should healthcare organizations pay to settle a ransomware attack? Experts weigh in at HIMSS21

"I don't think there's a single yes or no," said Michael Coates, former chief information security officer for Twitter.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 11, 2021

Q&A with Philips' head of connected healthcare on new products, hospital tech adoption in the COVID-19 era

Roy Jakobs caught up with Healthcare Dive virtually on the sidelines of HIMSS21 to chat about provider burden, interoperability and new product launches.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 11, 2021

CVS Health's Aetna unveils nationwide primary care telehealth service

The vertically integrated healthcare giant is working with Teladoc to offer the program, which combines telehealth services and access to in-person visits with providers in the CVS Health-Aetna network.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 11, 2021

Rethinking healthcare workers' roles post-pandemic

Healthcare employers need to consider how to make front-line caregiving a more sustainable career, and how they'll leverage technology to accomplish that — all while the workforce suffers significant burnout, experts said.

By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 11, 2021

HHS 'making progress' on disincentives for providers found info blocking, ONC head says: HIMSS21

The fact that HHS has yet to codify appropriate disincentives for providers found guilty of information blocking is probably the "biggest gap to be filled on the enforcement side," Micky Tripathi said.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 10, 2021

Digital therapeutics — a double-edged sword?

Aloha McBride, EY's global health leader, argues that algorithms need to be regularly audited and screened for bias and discrepancies, while clinicians play a vital role in explaining the key features of apps and patient privacy risks.

By Aloha McBride • Aug. 10, 2021

Telehealth has promising future if obstacles can be overcome, poll finds

A new survey by the Bipartisan Policy Center concludes that telehealth could continue to be used on a large scale after the COVID-19 pandemic winds down, and could help prevent unnecessary emergency room visits.

By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 6, 2021

The importance of establishing a provider data repository

An up-to-date provider data repository can help manage data from multiple sources and improve patient care.

By Brett Westen, Practice Lead, Healthcare Informatics, IQVIA • Aug. 6, 2021

5 must-watch panels at an unprecedented HIMSS21

Masks and proof of vaccination will be required on the ground in Las Vegas, and a corresponding digital event will also take place.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 5, 2021

DOJ reportedly considering suit to block UnitedHealth-Change tie-up

The deal was first announced in January and immediately drew opposition, including from competing payers, the American Hospital Association and the American Antitrust Institute, over anticompetitive concerns.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 5, 2021

Telehealth waivers wind down, restricting some providers from delivering care across state lines

A number of states allowed medical professionals licensed elsewhere to hold virtual visits with their residents during the pandemic. While some are making those rollbacks permanent, others are going back to pre-pandemic rules.

By Hailey Mensik • Aug. 4, 2021

Zocdoc taps Morgan Stanley exec as CFO

After over two decades as head of Americas Technology Banking at Morgan Stanley, Edward Liu will oversee all of the New York-based digital healthcare marketplace's finances.

By Jane Thier • Aug. 3, 2021

Despite pandemic, independent medical practices say they are more confident than ever

This feeling of optimism came despite the fact that 11% of independent medical practices said they had shut down temporarily during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a new survey.

By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 2, 2021