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ONC selects nonprofit Sequoia Project to coordinate TEFCA
The Sequoia Project will also choose and monitor qualified health information networks as part of its four-year agreement with the health IT agency. Experts said the nonprofit was the logical choice for the role.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Sept. 5, 2019 -
Livongo posts 'good enough' first earnings since IPO, but stock tanks
The digital health company beat analysts' revenue targets, but a greater-than-expected loss on earnings per share contributed to a double-digit hit to its stock price in morning trading.
By Maria Rachal • Sept. 5, 2019 -
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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AHA, Intel urge FCC to broaden rural telehealth pilot participation
Stakeholders from the healthcare, technology and communications sectors weighed in on the program aimed at increasing access to health services in rural areas.
By Dana Elfin • Sept. 4, 2019 -
Sponsored by Optum
Part 2: The U.S. has fantastic health care, the problem is….
Part 2: CEO Dr. Wyatt Decker talks reinventing health care and addresses the intersection of technology and health care, the human impact and physician burn-out.
Aug. 30, 2019 -
Patients seem willing, but few taking part in telehealth, poll finds
A majority of Americans are interested in trying virtual care options, but 17% aren't sure if their insurance covers it.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 29, 2019 -
Elekta buys ProKnow to boost digital radiotherapy strategy
The Swedish company says ProKnow's capabilities are of particular value to its large customers, potentially helping give it an edge over rivals such as Varian Medical Systems.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 29, 2019 -
Fitbit to wade into care management in pilot this year
The fitness tracker giant also announced it is launching a premium service and plans to develop wellness reports allowing users to share data with their physician.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Updated Aug. 29, 2019 -
CMS updates Medicare Plan Finder following stakeholder pressure
The first iteration has been criticized by myriad stakeholder groups, including the Government Accountability Office, since its 1998 launch.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 27, 2019 -
Phishing scam at Presbyterian exposes 183K patients' data
New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services said the breach may have included Social Security numbers, birth dates, and clinical and health plan information.
By Linda Wilson • Aug. 27, 2019 -
Americans largely don't trust payers, providers to secure their health data
While personal physicians get higher marks than health systems, a poll of 1,000 people suggests recent breaches have eroded public faith in security.
By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 26, 2019 -
Retrieved from Apple on January 24, 2018
Allscripts touts deal with Apple Health Records
Despite reports of rising tensions and turnover among Apple's health team, the tie-up suggests the tech behemoth is still bullish on healthcare.
By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 23, 2019 -
Giant launches pharmacy app
Users can request refills, transfer prescriptions, view pharmacy history and access a library of health information with the new tool.
By Lauren Manning • Aug. 23, 2019 -
Q&A
Q&A: ONC chief Don Rucker on bringing the app economy into healthcare
"Most of our health data is actually not in the medical record or in HIPAA or even generated by providers. Most of the available inference on health is sitting in things like the GPS of our phone," the health IT chief told Healthcare Dive.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 22, 2019 -
Tidepool CEO talks Pre-Cert era, interoperability
Amazon and Pixar software veteran Howard Look spoke to MedTech Dive about working through FDA's software development evaluation pilot and the implications of an insulin dosing app that works with many brands' devices.
By Maria Rachal • Updated Aug. 16, 2019 -
ONC in talks with Congress, White House on third-party health app privacy
Potential solutions the government is debating include forcing apps to explicitly disclose to the patient every single entity that will receive their secondary information, or having patients give the apps explicit consent to do so.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 21, 2019 -
EHRs fuel burnout but don't blame it all on them, study says
In a finding not likely to surprise providers, researchers found electronic health record systems create "information overload" for many clinicians.
By Ron Shinkman • Aug. 19, 2019 -
Mercy expands RWE program to capture data from other providers
The expansion of the network follows real-world evidence deals with BD, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 16, 2019 -
EHRs linked with smartphones spur patient interest, study shows
Though health systems and IT vendors are doing little to market their efforts to improve health record access, researchers found more patients are viewing their info through APIs.
By Shannon Muchmore • Aug. 15, 2019 -
Federal 'hack back' bill back on table, but critics wary of blind spots
The latest iteration of the bipartisan bill challenges private entities' response to cyberattacks. Critics argue it lacks guidelines of when or why a company should hack back.
By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 12, 2019 -
Allscripts reaches $145M settlement with DOJ over subsidiary business practices
The Chicago-based health IT vendor reported a $145 million charge to settle claims that its Practice Fusion unit falsified EHR certification and violated anti-kickback laws.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 9, 2019 -
Apple, Eli Lilly research whether devices can detect dementia signs
The two companies, along with health tech startup Evidation, found promising initial results but concluded additional research is needed.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 8, 2019 -
Healthcare AI funding hits new high as sector matures
Startups in the sector raised $864 million across 75 venture capital-backed deals and financing during the second quarter, beating the previous quarterly high by about $100 million.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 8, 2019 -
Telehealth use jumps at inpatient settings
Both outpatient and inpatient providers are planning to invest in the technology, with 90% slated to do so in the next 18 months, according to a pair of surveys by Definitive Healthcare.
By Shannon Muchmore • Aug. 6, 2019 -
Opinion
How smart homes are becoming the self-care hubs of tomorrow
Progress in virtual reality, patient monitoring and other futuristic tech make it more likely the initial site of primary care and wellness will be the home, argues the vice president of R&D Innovation at pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline.
By Ian Marks • Aug. 5, 2019 -
Data breaches in 2019 already double all of last year
The single largest data breach stemmed from a hack of a major medical collections agency working for companies including Quest and LabCorp, the report from Protenus found. Twenty million patient records were affected.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 2, 2019
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