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Patient satisfaction is up, but billing woes can hurt online reviews, survey shows
More than half of respondents to the recent survey from predictive analytics firm Connance said their payer is more reliable than their provider for estimates of balance due.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 10, 2018 -
Framework aims to employ e-triggers to improve diagnostic safety
Authors writing in BMJ Quality and Safety offer a plan for monitoring error rates and helping identify patients at greater risk of future adverse events.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 10, 2018 -
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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Cerner EHR rollout continues at 4 more Defense Department sites
The project is moving forward despite criticism during its initial implementation. An April report concluded deployment is "neither operationally effective nor operationally suitable."
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 9, 2018 -
Trinity Health's financial results weighed down by EHR costs
The Michigan-based health system switched its entire operations to a single EHR during FY 2018, causing an impairment charge of nearly $108 million.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 9, 2018 -
Healthcare leads all industries with security breaches in H1
The industry also had the highest breach-related costs at $408 per lost or stolen record — nearly three times the cross-industry average of $148, according to a new report from Gemalto.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 9, 2018 -
Remote patient monitoring cuts hospital admissions, ER visits, report finds
Heart disease and COPD are the most popular uses, but other less acute chronic conditions are starting to find traction with the technology, the industry and KLAS report found.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 8, 2018 -
One in 5 health IT execs say malware has hit devices
Out-of-date operating systems and unavailability of patch solutions remain major cybersecurity risks for medical devices.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 8, 2018 -
Reuters: Change Healthcare retains investment banks for future IPO
It would be the first digital health company to go public since iRhythm Technology two years ago.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 5, 2018 -
Hospitals give patients conflicting information on obtaining records, study finds
Some hospitals weren't in compliance when it came to the charges they required for the release of records and some didn't adhere to state requirements for processing times, according to a report in JAMA.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 5, 2018 -
Blackberry announces healthcare applications for Spark platform, blockchain ledger
The tech company also announced a secure, real-time software program to assist developers of connected medical devices.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 5, 2018 -
Fitbit rolling out Charge 3 with focus on sleep tracking
The wearables company said it will also go live with a beta version of its Fitbit Labs Sleep Score program in November.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 5, 2018 -
Q3 digital health funding soars to $3.3B across 93 deals
The quarter saw six megadeals over $100 million, bringing the year's total so far to 10, Rock Health reports.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 4, 2018 -
5 themes from The MedTech Conference
Mergers and acquisitions, digital health, FDA pilot programs and Netflix's The Bleeding Edge were among the hot topics in Philadelphia.
By David Lim , Kim Dixon • Oct. 4, 2018 -
Survey shows gaps in digital health uptake despite enthusiasm
Two-thirds of doctors have no plans to adopt virtual visits or home monitoring in the near future, according to a new Ernst & Young report.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 4, 2018 -
Athenahealth sees multiple bidders with extended deadline
Several parties submitted bids before last Thursday's deadline, Healthcare Dive has learned. Whether healthcare payments system provider nThrive was among them, as reported by the New York Post, is unclear.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 2, 2018 -
CMS launches online Medicare open enrollment initiative
Components of the effort include a revamped coverage wizard allowing users to compare the average cost of different plans and a standalone out-of-pocket cost calculator for both overall and prescription drug costs.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 2, 2018 -
Nearly a third of health IT developers producing FHIR products, ONC says
More than half of health IT developers are using FHIR combined with OAuth 2.0, the industry standard for authorization, according to a new report from the government agency.
By Meg Bryant • Oct. 2, 2018 -
Pathology ripe for digitalization, but obstacles remain, report finds
Fewer than 5% of providers have moved to full service digital pathology services, according to Signify Research.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 28, 2018 -
Pressure builds on HHS to issue interoperability rule
"Expansion of API coverage should be carefully profiled and tested by the vendor community before becoming a regulatory requirement," says Cerner's John Travis.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 28, 2018 -
Provider breaches more common than health plan breaches, but put fewer records at risk, study finds
Between 2010 and 2017, the Office for Civil Rights received 2,149 breach reports involving 176.4 million patient records.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 27, 2018 -
Google program invests in voice assistant startup Aiva Health
The funding will be used to speed development and deployment of Aiva's AI-powered platform.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 27, 2018 -
Hackers exploit data in error messages to attack connected medical devices, report finds
Not all of the vendors notified of error message problems issued a patch, according to Zingbox.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 27, 2018 -
Consumers open to new cancer detection tools, but worry about treatment costs
Six in 10 of those responding to a McKesson and Ipsos survey said they would consider genetic testing to assess their cancer risk.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 26, 2018 -
More than half of Americans share doctor experiences online, survey shows
Patients increasingly check doctors' online ratings, even those referred by another provider, according to the Binary Fountain.
By Meg Bryant • Sept. 25, 2018 -
EHR tool to screen social determinants deemed too time-consuming in pilot
Almost all patients screened had at least one social-related health need, but the majority turned down the opportunity to address them clinically.
By Tony Abraham • Sept. 24, 2018