Microsoft launches 1st industry-specific offering in healthcare

Though the service is tailored to providers, Tom McGuinness, the company's corporate VP of healthcare, said expanding to payers, pharma and life sciences is part of the tech giant's near-term plan.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 20, 2020

FDA OKs 1st home COVID-19 test kit for use with multiple labs

Everlywell's emergency use authorization is for self collection and analysis at outside labs. It follows earlier EUAs to LabCorp and Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory for at-home specimens for analysis at their own labs.

By Nick Paul Taylor • May 18, 2020

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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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UnitedHealth, Microsoft launch COVID-19 screening app for employers

UnitedHealth will control employees' medical data and manage opt-in and consent requirements for users, the healthcare behemoth said Friday. The app will not provide tracking or contact tracing information.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 15, 2020

Doctor on Demand 1st telehealth vendor to move into Medicare Part B as pandemic expands virtual care

It's a previously untapped market for telehealth made attainable by the Trump administration's March expansion of coverage in traditional fee-for-service Medicare, an action spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 14, 2020

Philips, startups look to deploy new ultrasound tech amid coronavirus

The need for point-of-care imaging for lung and cardiac complications among COVID-19 patients has led to a flurry of expedited FDA reviews.

By Nick Paul Taylor • May 14, 2020

Pushback against transparency, patient data plans in ONC's roadmap

Insurers and providers don't want negotiated rates made public while EHR vendors want to avoid federal "micromanagement," among other asks during the public comment period on the five-year federal health IT plan.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 12, 2020

Bookings a bright spot for Allscripts, despite earnings and revenue miss

Allscripts, taking advantage of the surge in telehealth demand, released an EHR-agnostic virtual care offering that went from no demand pre-pandemic to over 70,000 total visits in April alone.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • May 7, 2020

Telehealth is having a moment. What does its future look like after COVID-19?

Employers should expect workers to embrace telehealth post pandemic, sources said, even if concerns about billing and security persist.

By Ryan Golden • May 7, 2020

Fitbit launches its 1st large-scale, virtual AFib study

The atrial fibrillation detection effort follows work by wearables rival Apple targeting the stroke risk factor that affects 33.5 million people globally.

By Greg Slabodkin • May 7, 2020

Cardiovascular societies offer roadmap to restart TAVR, other postponed surgeries

As more states ease coronavirus-driven restrictions on elective medical care, North American cardiovascular groups laid out stages of safe reintroduction for invasive procedures and diagnostic imaging.

By Nick Paul Taylor • May 5, 2020

Ventilator sharing critical to save COVID-19 patient lives, Health Affairs paper says

Without a coordinated federal effort to promote the exchange of the breathing assist machines, thousands more Americans will die in the coming weeks as the virus continues its rampage across the U.S., the paper warns.

By Susan Kelly • May 4, 2020

Teladoc hikes 2020 guidance after seeing visits double in Q1

Results were historically strong but fell short of Wall Street expectations as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spur virtual care adoption.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 30, 2020

Telehealth startup 98point6 grows membership 16% with 4 major employer deals

The mobile app-based vendor can now count Boeing and Chipotle among its clients as its clinic volume has more than tripled since the start of this year.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 30, 2020

Q&A with Cerner's chief client and services officer on the vendor's Q1, COVID-19

Healthcare Dive talked with John Peterzalek about how the four-decade-old vendor is changing its priorities amid the outbreak and the status of some embattled federal projects.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 30, 2020

Cerner bookings drag down top line, guidance cut due to COVID-19

"It would be an understatement to say this has been an uneventful quarter. It's been extreme," CEO Brent Shafer said on a call with investors late Tuesday, but so far the pandemic has had "only minor impacts" on the vendor.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 29, 2020

Four ways analytics can improve non-acute supply chain operations

Using analytics built specifically for non-acute care sites can help deliver insights that alleviate process inefficiencies, drive standardization and reduce non-acute clinical spend.

April 24, 2020

Half of US physicians using telemedicine amid pandemic, survey finds

Nearly one-third of physicians who responded to Merritt Hawkins said they plan to change practice settings, leave patient care roles, temporarily shut their practices or retire after the COVID-19 crisis.

By Hailey Mensik • April 23, 2020

Digital contact tracing needs consumer buy-in, but privacy fears could hamstring efforts

Half of Americans would download an app on their phone to tell them if they're in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19, but 47% wouldn't, according to a new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 23, 2020

Trump admin delays interoperability deadlines amid COVID-19

The move was widely expected but controversial as the pandemic increases digital delivery of medical care and highlights the need for real-time exchange of data.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 21, 2020

Google opens up healthcare API to fight COVID-19

The move comes as the tech behemoth faces an HHS probe after using the personal health information of millions of Americans provided by Ascension to develop new healthcare product lines without patient consent.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 21, 2020

As antibody tests proliferate, analysts see multibillion dollar market for Abbott, Roche, others

Initial serology testing for U.S. healthcare workers alone could represent a $65 million opportunity, Cowen estimated in a report released Tuesday.

By Susan Kelly • April 21, 2020

FCC releases 1st round of CARES funds for coronavirus telehealth response

Six providers, including those in hard-hit areas like New York and New Orleans, received more than $3.2 million from the $200 million fund set aside for telehealth by the CARES stimulus package Congress passed last month.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 17, 2020

Public health agencies, commercial labs warn patchy IT infrastructure hobbling COVID-19 response

"Public health is spending time digitizing the information, rather than being able to immediately analyze and act upon it," Janet Hamilton, executive director of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, said.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 17, 2020

CDC to launch clinical reporting app for COVID-19 in May

A patchwork of requirements creates confusion and leads to COVID-19 cases being "significantly underreported," a CDC official said Wednesday at a virtual meeting of health IT congressional advisory group HITAC.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • April 16, 2020

Teladoc, Livongo execs highlight bright spots for health IT amid pandemic

Behavioral health services are one of the fastest growing segments within virtual care, and those tailwinds are unlikely to abate post pandemic, management teams told SVB Leerink analysts.

By Hailey Mensik • April 16, 2020