Apple may be looking to develop health chips, CNBC says

The company recently posted job notices for sensor ASIC architects and an engineer to help develop health and wellness sensors.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 17, 2018

Geisinger and Merck launch patient communication, care delivery apps

The apps use SMART and FHIR technology to facilitate data sharing among disparate patient record systems.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 17, 2018

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Interoperability

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.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Internet of medical things market to hit $158B by 2022, report predicts

However, more than seven in 10 medtech leaders feel providers are not ready to use the data generated by connected medical devices, the Deloitte analysis shows.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 16, 2018

Best Buy snaps up health services company GreatCall for $800M

The acquisition may seem far afield for the electronics retailer, but in many ways it was "probably inevitable."

By Daphne Howland • Aug. 16, 2018

Aetna International pitches vision for interoperable health platform

The overseas wing of the health insurer thinks more stakeholders need to tackle data challenges.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 16, 2018

FDA sets out vision to use real-world data in product evaluations

The agency wants insights into safety and efficacy outside of controlled research environments.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 16, 2018

DeepMind's AI detects over 50 eye diseases with 94% accuracy, study shows

The work is a collaboration between Google's DeepMind subsidiary, Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London to speed diagnosis and referrals for sight-threating eye diseases.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 15, 2018

Study shows clear benefit with use of automated inpatient alerts

Patients whose doctors followed alerts had 29% fewer complications and 6.2% shorter hospital stays, according to the study.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 15, 2018

Prior authorization moves to EHRs

Manual prior authorization can create administrative burdens for practices and hospitals, but case studies show some success in making the process electronic.

By Les Masterson • Aug. 15, 2018

Healthix switching software vendors for patient matching

The nation's largest public health information exchange will switch to software vendor Verato in a bid to improve its patient-matching capabilities.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 15, 2018

Global EHR market on track to top $39B by 2022

Among the factors driving growth are system upgrades and vendor switches, according to a new Kalorama Research report.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 14, 2018

Vital signs can be tampered with on hospital networks, McAfee report suggests

Undetected changes in vital signs could cause patients to get the wrong medication or undergo additional tests, according to McAfee.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 14, 2018

Mayo Clinic tops U.S. News best hospital list for third straight year

Three of the other top five hospitals also held onto last year's ranking: Cleveland Clinic (2nd), Johns Hopkins (3rd) and Massachusetts General (4th).

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 14, 2018

Verma touts interoperability, corporate partnerships at Blue Button 2.0 conference

Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others pledged at the event they are committed to "removing barriers for the adoption of technologies for healthcare interoperability, particularly those that are enabled through the cloud and AI."

By David Lim • Aug. 14, 2018

Amazon to launch primary care clinics for employees, CNBC reports

The service will initially be offered to a select group of workers and later expanded.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 10, 2018

Massachusetts fumbles on telehealth parity bill

Last year, the American Telemedicine Association gave the state an F on telehealth parity.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 9, 2018

AI can save US insurers $7B in admin costs, Accenture says

The savings could stem from streamlining core functions for payers across the board, including customer service, billing, enrollment, claims and quality and compliance.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 9, 2018

CHS under EHR meaningful use investigation

The Franklin, Tennessee-based provider is the latest to face scrutiny from federal investigators regarding the use of EHRs.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 9, 2018

CVS rolls out virtual care offering in 9 states

The program leverages Teladoc's technology platform and is available through the CVS app.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 9, 2018

Zocdoc steps back on pricing change amid physician pushback

Doctors filed an online petition demanding the online care-scheduling startup drop a planned booking fee for new patients.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 8, 2018

UnityPoint's second data breach this year could prompt expanded lawsuit

The Des Moines-based nonprofit notified 1.4 million people last week that their information may have been compromised after a phishing attack similar to a separate data breach the company acknowledged in April.

By Meg Bryant • Aug. 8, 2018

ACOs using medical home physicians save money, yield higher quality, report finds

"ACOs and patient-centered medical homes are cut out of the same cloth," Robert Mechanic, executive director of the Institute for Accountable Care, said about the research.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 8, 2018

MDLive, Beacon partner on virtual behavioral health visits

Last week, MDLive closed a $50 million funding round with investors including Cigna and Health Care Service Corp.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 8, 2018

Boston Children's expands sequencing of patients with epilepsy, IBD

The hospital hopes to learn more about disease pathways and identify novel drug targets.

By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 8, 2018

FCC seeks comments on $100M telehealth pilot

The commission noted many low-income consumers, especially in rural areas, lack access to affordable or adequate broadband.

By Susan Kelly • Aug. 7, 2018