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Major conglomerates 3M, GE, Philips bet on healthcare
The corporate giants' earnings reports this week indicate medical segments are increasingly important to strategy as other businesses decline.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Jan. 30, 2020 -
Privacy versus access debate rages on, rekindled by Epic lobbying
Promoting interoperability without clear guardrails could lead to healthcare's version of Cambridge Analytica, Epic wrote in a public statement coinciding with ONC's annual health IT conference.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 29, 2020 -
Trendline
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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Retrieved from Lyft on October 17, 2017
Lyft snags another major health system partner in CommonSpirit
The deal with the 21-state, $29 billion system is the latest move from the rideshare giant as it jostles for space beside Uber in the growing NEMT market.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 29, 2020 -
Backing for unique patient identifier picks up steam at ONC conference
The current ban on funding UPIs is "misguided policy," Rep. Bill Foster, D-Ill., said Monday at the gathering of IT and industry officials. But other experts warned it's "not a panacea."
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 28, 2020 -
Providers won't be financially liable for info blocking in final ONC rule, due any day
"This final rule won't dive into penalties for providers," the country's health IT chief Don Rucker told Healthcare Dive on the sidelines of the agency's annual conference. "There will be future rulemaking on that."
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 28, 2020 -
Practice Fusion pays $145M in 1st criminal action against EHR vendor
DOJ charged the San Francisco-based company, now a subsidiary of Allscripts, with two felony counts for soliciting kickbacks in exchange for using its software to encourage doctors to prescribe more opioids.
By Shannon Muchmore • Jan. 28, 2020 -
Patient use of digital tools, 3rd-party apps to access health records rises in 2019
One in five patients granted third-party apps access to their health data last year, reviving privacy concerns as the industry waits for HHS to finalize rules setting standards around interoperability.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 27, 2020 -
Patient advocates urge quick release of final interoperability rules
The push comes on the heels of a campaign against the rules from Epic CEO Judy Faulkner, who has argued they threaten patients' privacy and would allow third parties access to their data without consent.
By Samantha Liss • Jan. 27, 2020 -
GE cybersecurity flaw gets maximum risk score, triggering rare FDA notice
"An attacker could potentially silence an alarm that is intended to communicate vital information about a patient to health care staff, such as a patient's cardiac status," the agency wrote of an issue with certain tech platforms.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Jan. 27, 2020 -
Surescripts loses motion to dismiss FTC antitrust case
The e-prescribing giant argued the regulator's suit is procedurally defective, but a federal judge agreed with the bureau Friday in denying Surescripts' motion to dismiss.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 23, 2020 -
Health AI startups netted a record $4B in funding last year
That's an almost 50% jump in cash from 2018, which saw almost $2.7 billion across 264 deals, according to CB Insights.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 23, 2020 -
Quest acquires Helsinki-based Blueprint Genetics to expand reach
Blueprint Genetics sells 3,900 targeted single gene and more than 200 panel tests for conditions spanning 14 medical specialties. Financial terms of the all-cash equity deal were not disclosed.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 22, 2020 -
Uber Health plans to double in size this year
The expansion heralds renewed investment in the multi-billion dollar non-emergency medical transportation market as Uber looks to recoup losses following a disappointing IPO in May.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 21, 2020 -
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Tenet, CVS and Cigna lead Healthcare Dive's JPM20 coverage
Molina and Centene also touted their organic growth potential at the annual investor conference drawing some of the biggest industry names.
Jan. 17, 2020 -
Trump admin releases 5-year health IT roadmap as industry waits for interoperability update
The report will not impact long-awaited rules promoting interoperability in healthcare, which HHS plans to release early this year.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 15, 2020 -
Nationwide Children's, a gene therapy leader, launches manufacturing spinout
Andelyn Biosciences, named after two children treated with gene therapy at Nationwide, will operate as a for-profit subsidiary of the Ohio-based hospital.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Jan. 15, 2020 -
Deep Dive
Will more employers get off the healthcare bench in 2020?
"At the end of the day, employers have to put their hands on the steering wheel as purchasers of healthcare," Suzanne Delbanco, executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform, said.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 14, 2020 -
Robotic surgeries surge to 15% of all procedures, despite limited evidence
Robot-assisted procedures jumped from 1.8% of all general surgeries in 2012 to 15.1% in 2018. Closer monitoring is needed to ensure clinical benefits and safety are prioritized, researchers said.
By Susan Kelly • Jan. 14, 2020 -
Health IT to lead 2020 deals as hospital activity slows, KPMG says
Just under 40% of investors say the overall sector is at or nearing a bubble, down from about half of respondents last year, according to the new report.
By Linda Wilson • Jan. 14, 2020 -
Teladoc acquires provider telehealth company InTouch for $600M
Teladoc, which expects to report revenues of $552 million in the 2019 fiscal year, saw its stock climb almost 8% in morning trading Monday on the news.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 13, 2020 -
Alphabet snaps up 2nd ex-ONC head for life sciences team
Vindell Washington is the latest in Alphabet's ongoing campaign to hire top healthcare talent as the Google parent company doubles down on the industry.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 9, 2020 -
Latest FDA clinical decision support software draft a step forward, industry says
Still, the American Medical Association wrote the guide could "lead to the proliferation of CDS tools for 'non-serious conditions' that are faulty, inaccurate, and without validation, potentially leading to patient harm."
By David Lim • Jan. 8, 2020 -
Digital health M&A flatlined in 2019, but IPO activity promising
Rock Health sees creation of remote patient monitoring reimbursement codes and progress on data blocking rules as potential growth catalysts for the sector.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Jan. 8, 2020 -
Illumina scraps $1.2B PacBio takeover amid regulatory pushback
Cowen analysts listed Agilent, Danaher and Thermo Fisher as potential buyers of Pacific Biosciences.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Jan. 3, 2020 -
Google AI tool bests clinicians in breast cancer detection study
The findings published in Nature come as clinicians remain skeptical of the tech's efficacy in the exam room.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 2, 2020
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