A UK challenger to da Vinci seeks to chip away at robotic surgery 'monopoly'

Having filed a submission with FDA and won a CE mark, CMR Surgical has a head start on household names like Medtronic and J&J, all of which are seeking a slice of the robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery market.

By Maria Rachal • Oct. 31, 2019

Teladoc revenues, visits rise on heels of UnitedHealth contract

The virtual health company had the greatest population expansion in its history in the third quarter and now expects total U.S. paid membership to be about 35 million for the full year.

By Linda Wilson • Oct. 31, 2019

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Interoperability

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.

By Healthcare Dive staff

AI voice tech startup Suki partners with Google Cloud

Suki's CEO told Healthcare Dive the digital assistant will be announcing two "very, very large" deployments with major U.S. health systems in the next month or so.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 30, 2019

A rough flu season is predicted — but it's an opportunity for some

The ultimate impact for hospitals depends heavily on how widespread and severe the virus is, analysts say. For telehealth companies, it's a chance to nab new regular customers.

By Shannon Muchmore • Oct. 30, 2019

Google eyes AI to cut hospital red tape, move providers beyond 'data clerks'

Former Geisinger chief David Feinberg laid out the search giant's health vision at HLTH on Monday, including pushing the movement to outpatient care.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 29, 2019

Livongo inks pacts with Doctor on Demand, MDLive

The digital chronic disease company that recently went public will offer telehealth services to its behavioral health members and users of its diabetes and hypertension platforms and services soon after.

By Linda Wilson • Oct. 29, 2019

Facebook launches preventive care tool in tandem with healthcare groups

Though Facebook's head of healthcare promised the social media giant wouldn't sell or use the personal health information, the announcement is likely to rile consumer privacy groups.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 28, 2019

Patients give high marks to telehealth, but uptake still limited

Teladoc edged out Doctor on Demand by a hair in the J.D. Power survey that found patient satisfaction with virtual care is high overall.

By Ron Shinkman • Oct. 28, 2019

Uber lands EHR deal with Cerner

The partnership announced Sunday at the HLTH conference​ will allow clients to schedule non-emergency medical transportation for their patients in the ride-hailing giant's first EHR integration.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 28, 2019

FDA clears duodenoscope add-on device aimed at reducing infection

GI Scientific CEO Scott Miller, who formerly held strategy roles at Covidien and Edwards Lifesciences, said study data on the device's efficacy will be published in the coming weeks.

By Maria Rachal • Oct. 28, 2019

Mastercard launches new healthcare unit on billing, data security

New products include predictive analytics built into a health system's billing platform, allowing the provider to personalize patient payment plans, and AI tech to detect suspicious claims activity and fraud.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 27, 2019

Race-based bias in care extends even to algorithms, study says

A new study in the journal Science claims that a widely-used algorithm intended to refer patients in a neutral manner may actually be biased against black patients.

By Ron Shinkman • Oct. 24, 2019

7 can't-miss panels at HLTH19

Some of healthcare's biggest names are converging in Las Vegas in just a few days for the second annual HLTH conference. We've combed through the dozens of panels so you don't have to.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 24, 2019

Cerner reports mixed Q3 earnings amid 'eventful' quarter

Revenue of $1.43 billion, up almost 7% year over year, was in line with Wall Street expectations, although the Kansas City-based EHR company slightly missed earnings estimates.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 24, 2019

Amazon acquires digital health startup, 1 year post-Pillpack

Health Navigator, which provides online symptom checking, clinical documentation support and triage tools to route patients to the correct site of care, will be folded into the retail giant's virtual medical clinic, Amazon Care.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 24, 2019

Canon gets FDA nod for AI tech to enhance CT images

Rising use of CT scans, which expose patients to far more radiation than X-rays, has intensified focus on the risks of the imaging technique, particularly in the pediatric population.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Oct. 24, 2019

5 insights from a chat with Larry Merlo, CEO of CVS Health

Healthcare Dive talked to Merlo, who rose up the ranks to lead the giant chain over three decades, about CVS' rivals, the path to the Aetna acquisition and potential arenas for disruption.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 23, 2019

Cleveland Clinic, American Well partner on virtual visits with specialists

The joint venture extends the relationship between the nonprofit system and telehealth vendor, which have collaborated since 2014 to provide 24-hour access to virtual non-emergency care for many minor illnesses and injuries.

By Linda Wilson • Oct. 23, 2019

UPS flies further into healthcare with CVS, AmerisourceBergen, provider partnerships

UPS has "started with a hospital campus environment and [is] now expanding scale and use-cases" as it doubles down on healthcare, the company's chief strategy and transformation officer said.

By Shefali Kapadia • Oct. 22, 2019

Cerner expands federal investment with acquisition of VA software consultant AbleVets

Virginia-based AbleVets is one of the key IT companies in the controversial plan to transition vets from the VA system to private healthcare services.

By Ron Shinkman • Oct. 21, 2019

Surescripts CEO on monopoly accusations, private sector's role in interoperability

Healthcare Dive talked with Surescripts' Tom Skelton about the Federal Trade Commission's contention the e-prescription vendor is a monopoly and the company's row with an Amazon PillPack contractor, among other topics.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 21, 2019

Humana, Microsoft ink 7-year deal for cloud services

The payer, which already partners with telehealth vendor Doctor on Demand for virtual primary care visits, will also develop similar tools with Microsoft.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 21, 2019

Google nabs ex-Obama official DeSalvo for new chief health role

Karen DeSalvo will report to ex-Geisinger CEO David Feinberg, advising him on providers, doctors and nurses across the Verily and cloud computing businesses.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 18, 2019

The forgotten ones: Ransomware preys on the resource-poor

When Brookside Medical Center was hit with ransomware, it refused to pay. The practice was forced to shutter. 

By Samantha Schwartz • Oct. 18, 2019

Microsoft lands new partner in race to reliable speech-to-text, EHR documentation

Burlington, Massachusetts-based Nuance will transfer its internal infrastructure and hosted products to the tech giant's cloud as part of the agreement.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 17, 2019