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Advocate Aurora, Foxconn partner on pop health, employer costs
The initiative includes plans to develop a smart city connectivity infrastructure for patients and doctors.
By Meg Bryant • July 13, 2018 -
Amazon in talks for prescription pilot with hospital networks, Xealth, CNBC reports
The system would have doctors prescribe medical products to patients before they're discharged, with the retail giant managing fulfillment. Neither Amazon nor Xealth would comment on the report.
By Tony Abraham • July 13, 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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Feds pump $24M into development of at-home flu tests
Cue Health and Diassess will split the funding. The government thinks the diagnostics could curb the spread of pandemic viruses.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 13, 2018 -
CMS pitches expanded telemed billing, fewer MIPS measures
A proposed payment rule includes streamlining coding and setting new payments for virtual check-ins and examinations of patient-submitted images. More unpopular is a requirement to meet 2015 EHR standards by next year.
By Tony Abraham • July 12, 2018 -
Better cybersecurity safeguards urged for medical devices, EHRs
A congressional panel issued a request for information on how to improve medical device cybersecurity amid concerns that older technologies may be more vulnerable to security threats than their modern counterparts.
By Susan Kelly • July 12, 2018 -
EHRs tied to lower hospital mortality, but only with time and experience
Small and nonteaching hospitals showed the biggest gains with each new EHR function, with death rates down 0.26% and 0.21% respectively.
By Meg Bryant • July 11, 2018 -
EHRs combined with nurse-led support improved medication compliance
A JAMA study showed the potential and limitations of nurse educators and EHRs.
By Les Masterson • July 11, 2018 -
Gottlieb: Investment into leveraging RWD will benefit device, drug safety
Allowing FDA to use de-identified EHR clinical medical information would boost safety monitoring and shift more development to a post-market setting, the FDA commissioner said.
By David Lim • July 11, 2018 -
New body to improve patient EHR matching advised by experts
Advisers convened by The Pew Charitable Trusts want the entity to create best practices and standards to better link patients to health records.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 11, 2018 -
Cerner, Lumeris team up on population health
As part of the 10-year deal, Cerner will acquire a minority stake in the population health management firm.
By Meg Bryant • July 10, 2018 -
Low-quality healthcare persists in high-income countries, report finds
The study found that 10% of patients in high-income countries are harmed during medical treatment and 15% of hospital expenditures in those countries come from mistakes or hospital-acquired infections.
By Les Masterson • July 10, 2018 -
Healthcare startups raise $15B across 779 deals in first half of year
June was a slow month, however, with investments down 3% from the prior year, according to a Pitchbook analysis for Forbes.
By Meg Bryant • July 10, 2018 -
EHR error rates vary widely across systems, JAMIA study finds
A confluence of challenges among the hospitals' Epic and Cerner systems likely contributed to high error rates.
By Rebecca Pifer • July 9, 2018 -
Mercy joins forces with Johnson & Johnson for medical device safety
The FDA is pressing medical device companies to include more real-world data in technology assessments.
By Meg Bryant • July 6, 2018 -
Healthcare M&A doubles in first half of 2018
Total sector deals totaled $315.74 billion this year, up from $154.87 billion in the first half of 2017.
By Meg Bryant • July 6, 2018 -
American Well raises $291M, aims for $315M total
The telehealth operator is partnering with Philips to embed virtual care services in a range of products.
By Meg Bryant • July 5, 2018 -
FDA pledges 'efficient regulation' of mobile health apps
The agency hopes to launch its software precertification program next year.
By Meg Bryant • July 5, 2018 -
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IBM, Aramark partner to secure connected medical device ecosystem
Analytics could be used to predict when an MRI is nearing the end of its lifecycle and trigger a replacement, the companies say.
By Meg Bryant • July 3, 2018 -
Digital health funding sets new H1 record with $3.4B across 193 deals
The sustained growth reflects the sector’s maturation along with a healthy venture ecosystem, a new Rock Health report says. However, despite bullish investment in digital health startup, exits have been slow.
By Meg Bryant • July 3, 2018 -
Deep Dive
Return of the house call
Big systems like Johns Hopkins and CMS itself are increasingly looking to home-based care.
By Les Masterson • July 2, 2018 -
Bind Benefits trying on-demand coverage for health insurance
The 2-year-old startup is backed by Ascension Ventures, Lemhi Ventures and UnitedHealthcare.
By Meg Bryant • June 29, 2018 -
Most ambulatory practices see benefits of patient intake systems
Customers like Phreesia's broad capabilities and EHR integration.
By Meg Bryant • June 29, 2018 -
Microsoft doubles down on healthcare with formal unit, new hires
Former Dartmouth-Hitchcock CEO Jim Weinstein will lead the newly created team to focus on AI and cloud-based healthcare tools.
By Meg Bryant • June 28, 2018 -
CMS looking for chief health informatics officer
The agency is seeking someone to lead its health IT and interoperability efforts and serve as a liaison with industry stakeholders.
By Meg Bryant • June 28, 2018 -
Amazon to acquire online pharmacy PillPack
Amazon said the deal will help it enter the pharmacy space. Experts had warned that barriers to entry were daunting challenges, but acquiring PillPack may solve some of those problems.
By David Lim • June 28, 2018
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