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Doctor On Demand, Grand Rounds purchase LGBTQ care navigator Included Health
The newly merged telehealth giant's buy comes as more startups look to tackle healthcare for the community, including Queerly, Violet, Plume and Folx.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 27, 2021 -
Ransomware, other cyber threats mount as medtech industry tries to adapt
"Everything is hackable," said Kevin Fu, the FDA's medical device cybersecurity chief, who noted that ransomware in particular can render a device useless.
By Greg Slabodkin • May 27, 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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HCA pens pact with Google Cloud to create new clinical decision-making platform
The deal is the latest among provider networks partnering with cloud computing giants to help automate functions and drive new clinical insights.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 26, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Medtronic HeartWare system hit with slew of Class I recalls, device reports since 2012 PMA
The pump has a higher rate of malfunction reports than rivals, according to an ECRI analysis of the FDA's MAUDE database. But it's hard to draw conclusions from a disparate system of safety reporting.
By Ricky Zipp • May 24, 2021 -
Pandemic scrambled priorities of hospital CIOs, according to survey
Stoltenberg Consulting's annual exec poll concludes that COVID-19 has placed a new priority on the digital needs of patients as opposed to other facets of healthcare IT.
By Ron Shinkman • May 20, 2021 -
Banner launches digital health program through its Cerner EHR
The Arizona system's partnership with Xealth aims to give clinicians tools like therapeutics and remote monitoring directly.
By Hailey Mensik • May 20, 2021 -
Deep Dive
Virtual proctoring, training poised to be new normal in post-pandemic surgical interactions
Prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis, momentum to transition operating rooms into digitally connected learning environments was building. Social distancing mandates accelerated those efforts.
By Greg Slabodkin • May 20, 2021 -
Anthem, Epic launch data-sharing partnership
The collaboration will integrate Epic's payer platform into Anthem's operating system, in a bid to streamline administrative processes like electronic prior authorization while harnessing more real-time data on patient behaviors.
By Shannon Muchmore , Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 20, 2021 -
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More than 1 in 4 Medicare beneficiaries used telehealth between summer and fall last year
A Kaiser Family Foundation report also found a majority of beneficiaries using virtual care accessed it over the phone, hinting at continued demand for audio-only telehealth beyond the COVID-19 public health emergency.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 20, 2021 -
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2021 mental health report validates surge in mental health telehealth visits during pandemic
To understand the dramatic spike on mental health telehealth visits, the report tracks data from eight key metrics, including visits for anxiety, depression, and substance abuse.
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Clover net loss balloons due to higher-than-expected medical costs
An ongoing SEC probe could pose a significant risk to the payer, which gets most of its revenue from government programs.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 18, 2021 -
Seth Cohen, co-CEO and co-founder of OODA Health (left) and Florian Otto, CEO and co-founder of Cedar (right). Permission granted by Cedar Health.
Medical billing startup Cedar to acquire Ooda Health for $425M, moving into insurance market
The deal is aimed at helping the fintech player broaden its products to focus on new features integrated with both payers and providers.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 18, 2021 -
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3 challenges healthcare security teams should solve on the road to zero trust
Explore the top 3 challenges healthcare security teams should overcome on the path to Zero Trust.
May 17, 2021 -
Cell phone, smartwatch magnets may disturb pacemakers, other implanted devices: FDA
The agency's warning comes after Apple in late March cautioned customers that magnets in the iPhone 12 and other products might interfere with implanted pacemakers and defibrillators.
By Greg Slabodkin • May 14, 2021 -
Amwell growth slows in Q1 amid investor fears of telehealth deceleration
The Boston-based telehealth vendor beat Wall Street expectations on earnings but missed on revenue, which rose 7% year over year to total $57.6 million.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 13, 2021 -
EU plans to impose additional regulations on medtech AI products, other 'high risk' systems
The proposed legal framework, which addresses potential artificial intelligence risks, seeks to regulate the technology and issue fines for noncompliance that could total billions of dollars, positioning Europe for a "leading" AI role globally.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 13, 2021 -
Robotic surgery outlook boosted by hospital spending pickup
The activity mirrors a boom in the broader economy that signals a recovery from the pandemic-driven recession. But the strength of demand from the hard-hit hospital sector surpassed expectations.
By Susan Kelly • May 13, 2021 -
Providers supportive of push to overhaul HIPAA, but air serious concerns about data privacy, timing
"We urge OCR to reconsider implementing a massive change to patient privacy laws in the midst of this transition," AMA commented on the Trump-era rule.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 10, 2021 -
Walmart acquires telehealth provider MeMD, upping competition in telehealth space
Bringing the telehealth vendor under Walmart's umbrella is likely to further pressure similar companies due to the increasingly competitive nature of the market, while pitting Walmart directly against Amazon in the virtual care arena.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 7, 2021 -
AI expected to supplant telehealth as top investment priority in next few years, survey finds
Philips' Future Health Index — surveying almost 3,000 health leaders worldwide — also found a surprising focus on delivering environmentally sustainable healthcare by 2024.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 6, 2021 -
AI, digital health feature in latest batch of FDA breakthrough device designations
The agency granted regulatory privileges to artificial intelligence products, including software designed to enable the early detection of cancer and technology to help surgeons tell if cancer is still present after surgical removal.
By Nick Paul Taylor • May 6, 2021 -
Cerner starts search for new CEO
Brent Shafer is stepping down once a successor is found, the EHR vendor announced Wednesday as it released its first-quarter earnings report.
By Shannon Muchmore • May 6, 2021 -
Telehealth use dropped in February for first time since September
The data suggests a potential slowdown in demand for virtual care services that spiked last year in the early months of COVID-19, according to Fair Health's monthly tracker.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 5, 2021 -
Q&A
Full speed ahead on interoperability: Q&A with ONC head Micky Tripathi
In a wide-ranging interview, Tripathi addressed what the government can do to build on the regulations, noting further delays are unlikely and predicting industry will soon see further action on codifying disincentives for bad actors.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 3, 2021 -
Sponsored by MedHub, LLC
Evaluate better: A guide to using milestones
Explore how ACGME Milestones can help you deliver better evaluations to support trainee development.
May 3, 2021