Blue Button 2.0 doubles developers to 1,200, but beneficiary uptake tiny

CMS Administrator Seema Verma said 11 organizations have "production apps" in place using live data.

By David Lim • Oct. 18, 2018

Apple sees role for Watch app in hip, knee replacement recovery

The tech giant and Zimmer Biomet plan to enroll up to 10,000 U.S. patients to study a new app to coordinate care before and after joint replacement surgery.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 16, 2018

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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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Anthem shells out $16M in largest ever HIPAA fine

The settlement will pay for four years of credit monitoring and all other claims, costs and fees for affected members.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 16, 2018

National Academy of Medicine argues barriers to interoperability are organizational, not technical

A report outlining challenges and recommendation for data sharing comes as the industry awaits a rule from HHS that attempts to thwart information blocking.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 15, 2018

Amazon, Walmart patents highlight potential of biometric monitoring

The developments come as both companies ramp up their involvement in healthcare.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 12, 2018

Doctors turn to free eConsult platforms to reduce diagnostic errors, study finds

More than 300,000 physicians accessed WebMD's Medscape Consult during the two-year observation period, according to research in npj Digital Medicine.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018

'Nowhere to hide' for rivals after blockbuster CVS-Aetna deal

The nearly $70 billion merger poses threats to providers as its scale and access to care aims to shift the healthcare dynamic in favor of consumers, BDO's David Friend told Healthcare Dive.

By Samantha Liss • Oct. 11, 2018

Suki AI-based voice assistant tops 1K patient encounters a week

The health IT startup claims it can sharply drop the time spent on medical notes.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 11, 2018

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

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 Parduhn • 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