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 Parduhn • 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

Explore the Trendline➔

Artificial intelligence

Amid mounting interest and investment in the space, it's clear AI’s applications in healthcare will only continue to grow.

By Healthcare Dive staff

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 Parduhn • 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 Parduhn • 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 Parduhn • Jan. 2, 2020

ONC data reveal safety issues in some EHRs

The types of potential patient safety issues included laboratory test results not importing into the EHR properly and decimal points being removed from medication dosage entries, according to new JAMA research.

By Linda Wilson • Dec. 19, 2019

Telehealth provider Ro to offer De Novo-winning obesity capsule

Biotech company Gelesis has been expanding its manufacturing capacity as it prepares for a limited launch of the hydrogel treatment in the second half of next year.

By Susan Kelly • Dec. 18, 2019

Florida medical group to pay $85K for not providing medical records to patient

It's the second enforcement action against a provider in such a case by the Office for Civil Rights at HHS.

By Ron Shinkman • Dec. 16, 2019

Livongo, Propeller, Omada tapped for Express Scripts digital health formulary

The PBM presented the formulary as a way for health plans and employers to access digital health products that have been vetted for effectiveness, security and value.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Dec. 13, 2019

Digital assistant Notable nets large system deal with CommonSpirit

Notable's voice-enabled assistant allows physicians to automatically document conversations with patients via their Apple Watch. Voice-to-text and AI products are fueling growth in the lucrative medical documentation space.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 12, 2019

CVS launches precision medicine program for oncology

Executives have teased a cancer care pilot for much of this year as they look for ways to capitalize on overlap between retail locations and Aetna. 

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 12, 2019

Care coordination less robust in US than other countries

Lack of interoperability between electronic medical-record systems might be part of the problem, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

By Linda Wilson • Dec. 12, 2019

How AI can help health plans become member-centric

Improving the customer experience and providing member-centric care helps drive member acquisition and retention and improve reimbursement. 

Dec. 10, 2019

Health IT Company of the Year: Surescripts

Depending on who you ask, e-prescribing giant Surescripts is either a groundbreaking tech that's improved medication safety and lowered costs for consumers, or a monopoly seeking to keep rivals out of the market.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 9, 2019

The Healthcare Dive Awards for 2019

From the Affordable Care Act lawsuit to CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo, these are the companies, executives and movements that shaped U.S. healthcare this year.

Dec. 9, 2019

Executive of the Year: Larry Merlo, CVS Health

Merlo has a vision for the future of the industry, and he's leveraging all of the retail giant's many assets to try and get there.​

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Dec. 9, 2019

Roche MRSA test wins FDA OK

The agency said the novel diagnostic technology can deliver results in as little as five hours, compared to the one- to two-day wait time with conventional methods. 

By Nick Paul Taylor • Dec. 6, 2019

Philips to offer Paige.AI's prostate cancer detection tech

Weeks after Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center spinout Paige.AI won a CE mark for its diagnostic tools, Philips announced it will combine its own digital pathology capabilities with the startup's prostate cancer product.

By Dana Elfin • Dec. 5, 2019

More state laws back telehealth, but many stop short of mandates

While regulations have inhibited growth in the past, many states are warming up to the adoption of virtual services. That's a "sea change compared to a decade ago," Foley & Lardner lawyers said.

By Linda Wilson • Dec. 5, 2019

Senators push CMS, commercial payers on bias in algorithms

The letters sent to UnitedHealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana and Aetna flagged a study that found racial bias in a widely used algorithm for assessing healthcare needs.

By Susan Kelly • Dec. 4, 2019

GE Healthcare bulks up in 3D printing, robotics, patient monitoring

Projecting up to $20 billion in revenue this year, GE Healthcare is aiming to capitalize on the shift toward more precision in patient care with investments in Formlabs, CMR Surgical and Decisio Health.

By Susan Kelly • Dec. 3, 2019