ONC: Nearly 9 in 10 hospitals updated to 2015 edition EHRs

More than 40% of acute care hospitals are performing in all four interoperability domains — send, receive, find and integrate.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 29, 2018

Anthem hires former Google search chief to lead AI efforts

Udi Manber's resume includes stints at Amazon, Yahoo and a Bay Area NIH research and development center.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 26, 2018

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Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

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Cleveland Clinic pegs 10 potentially game-changing medical innovations

Alternative pain therapies to fight the opioid epidemic topped the list. Other entries included AI, new guidelines providing an expanded treatment window for stroke and patient-specific products created with 3D printing.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 26, 2018

Softer bookings dampen Cerner's Q3 growth

The EHR company is again under fire for performance on its $4.3 billion Department of Defense Contract.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 26, 2018

Novarad augmented reality system for surgery gets FDA nod

The OpenSight system is designed for use with Microsoft HoloLens technology.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 25, 2018

Teaching patients portal usage improves satisfaction, engagement

Patients who received tablets to access a hospital-based EHR port reported greater satisfaction than those who did not, according to a study in JAMIA.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 25, 2018

Scripps, NVIDIA team up on AI-driven disease prevention

The collaboration includes plans to establish a center of excellence in genomics and digital health sensors.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 24, 2018

Risky business: 5 provider strategies to take on downside risk

"Over time, regulations change," Heritage Provider Network CEO Richard Merkin said. "You have to adjust. If you embrace the status quo, you're dead."

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 24, 2018

Study finds 40% of doctors pessimistic about practice of medicine

This unease includes concern about their practice's financial stability and administrative management, as well as use of EHRs, according to a new Leavitt Partners white paper.

By Les Masterson • Oct. 19, 2018

Walgreens teams up with Michigan health system to deliver health, pharmacy services

McLaren Health System will offer retail health clinic, urgent care and primary care services within the pharmacy chain's stores throughout the state.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 19, 2018

Stakeholders call for transparency, ease of use in EHR Reporting Program

In comments, several healthcare organizations requested a centralized clearinghouse of existing health IT comparison resources.

By Meg Bryant • Oct. 18, 2018

UnitedHealth to launch 'fully integrated' EHR next year

Details are sparse on what exactly the payer's model will look like or how it might address the many pitfalls found in electronic systems today.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Oct. 18, 2018

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

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