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Verily launches eye disease screening algorithm in India
The algorithm also has won CE mark approval, the company said, but it did not reveal its plans for the technology in Europe.
By Susan Kelly • Feb. 26, 2019 -
Q&A
Amazon's senior leader of healthcare and AI talks disruption, Amazon Web Services
Healthcare Dive met up with Taha Kass-Hout at HIMSS to chat all things Amazon and health IT.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 25, 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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OneLife, AT&T partner on health-tracking watch
With Apple, Fitbit and Samsung all making plays, the company will face competition to break into the space.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 25, 2019 -
GE selling off biopharma business in $21.4B deal
Danaher's massive buy bolsters its life sciences unit. GE, meanwhile, plans to strengthen its balance sheet with the cash infusion and is reportedly pausing IPO plans for GE Healthcare.
By Andrew Dunn • Feb. 25, 2019 -
DispatchHealth teaming up with Philips to bring on-demand healthcare to seniors
A pilot program with Mercy Care members in Arizona seeks to reduce costs while increasing access to care.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 22, 2019 -
ONC's sights trained on interoperability, data security, advisory committee says
Interoperability "remains fragmented and uneven" in the healthcare industry, according to a draft update from ONC's Health Information Technology Advisory Committee.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 22, 2019 -
EHR satisfaction higher at hospitals with top adoption model, analysis finds
Doctors at organizations in Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model report better functionality, more personalization of EHRs and better teamwork among clinicians, according to a new KLAS-HIMSS Analytics report.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 21, 2019 -
USDA
1 in 5 rural hospitals at risk of closing, Navigant says
More than 60% of those facilities are "highly essential" to the heath and economic well-being of their communities, according to a new report.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 21, 2019 -
Infrastructure, regulations key to improved interoperability, report finds
Two healthcare policy groups pointed to the 21st Century Cures Act and new rules surrounding electronic health information as positive developments.
By Les Masterson • Feb. 21, 2019 -
Q&A
Google Cloud's head of healthcare on data silos, cybersecurity and APIs in the age of the cloud
Greg Moore met up with Healthcare Dive at HIMSS19 to break down some of the most pressing issues of the day — and how Google wants to be a part of the solution.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 20, 2019 -
HIMSS19: Doctors don't know what to do with data from wearables
"If you present this data and bring in your device and say 'Here, I have this heart rate data from the last month,' we're going to say, 'That's great, but we don't know what it really means,'" a Mayo Clinic medical director said.
By David Lim • Feb. 20, 2019 -
No. 1 word in online negative hospital reviews is 'told'
Providers need to learn to communicate with patients through "caring language," the authors of a new Penn Medicine study said.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 19, 2019 -
Cybersecurity, privacy top healthcare leader concerns
The share of hospitals with a senior information security officer rose 14% during the past year, according to the new HIMSS survey.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 15, 2019 -
CMS emergency transport model supports telehealth, non-hospital venues
The five-year demonstration project — scheduled to kick off early next year — also encourages the creation of medical triage lines for low-acuity 911 calls.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 15, 2019 -
HIMSS19: Lyft looks at nutrition amid population health focus
The strategy would expand the car-hailing firm's focus on addressing social determinants of health.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 15, 2019 -
Deep Dive
4 main takeaways from HIMSS19
Digest the biggest health IT conference of the year with this roundup of what grabbed the attention of more than 43,000 health execs, policymakers and academics.
By David Lim , Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 15, 2019 -
Q&A
Allscripts CEO on interoperability, Lyft and social determinants of health
Healthcare Dive sat down with Paul Black to discuss what's in store for the EHR and practice management tech giant.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 15, 2019 -
HIMSS19: CMS innovation center could jumpstart interoperability models
CMMI chief Adam Boehler said Wednesday the industry could expect such proposals as soon as the next few months, but that any such models could be staggered across participants, types and time.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 14, 2019 -
Accrediting group updates widely used quality metrics
Medicare Advantage plans use NCQA quality metrics to measure the performance within their provider networks, any changes to those measures will be closely watched as MA plans now cover 22.4 million seniors.
By Meg Bryant • Feb. 14, 2019 -
HIMSS19: CMS plans to host AI challenge, innovation chief says
The goal of the initiative is to spur private interest in the tech, improve the government's grasp on healthcare data, eliminate unnecessary care and cut costs, Adam Boehler said.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 14, 2019 -
HIMSS19: Digital health 'at peak investment cycle,' expert says
Last year's record level of investment into U.S. digital health companies came despite a lull in initial public offerings.
By David Lim • Feb. 14, 2019 -
Mayo, Intermountain set partnerships for new tech hubs
The two separate pacts come as health systems seek expertise on the outside.
By Susan Kelly • Feb. 14, 2019 -
HIMSS19: Grassley presses CMS on recovery of improper EHR incentive payments
CMS Administrator Seema Verma told Healthcare Dive she continues to monitor efforts to recover the improper payments, but noted they occurred prior to President Donald Trump taking office.
By David Lim • Feb. 13, 2019 -
Deep Dive
HIMSS19: Private sector catch-up, patient matching and standard APIs dominate first full day
Support for the HHS rules (but some concern over implementation) was the focus at the start of health IT's biggest week.
By Rebecca Pifer • Feb. 13, 2019 -
HIMSS19: Verma touts Blue Button 2.0 apps, though uptake still low
Only a few thousand Medicare beneficiaries have elected to share their claims data with production developers, the CMS administrator said.
By David Lim • Feb. 13, 2019
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