Athenahealth posts 13% revenue jump in 2017

CFO Marc Levine said top line growth was driven by a 15% rise in providers on its network.

By Jeff Byers • Feb. 2, 2018

Healthcare cloud computing market on track for $35B by 2022

Driving growth is the demand for anywhere, anytime access to health data.

By Meg Bryant • Feb. 1, 2018

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Telehealth

Virtual visits remain significantly elevated compared to pre-COVID-19 levels, as patients report high satisfaction with digitally delivered care.

By Healthcare Dive staff

Digital health to reverse downward M&A trend this year, analyst predicts

In a host of 2018 predictions, CB Insights Senior Intelligence Analyst Nikhil Krishnan said virtual trials will increase in frequency.

By Jeff Byers • Feb. 1, 2018

Epic gives providers more tools in new interoperability push

The platform includes the ability to book patients directly into a provider's schedule and search patient data across organizations and across notes and documents.

By Jeff Byers • Feb. 1, 2018

Oscar reports 32% rise in members' telehealth use

Two-thirds of members’ medical encounters in 2017 occurred virtually.

By Meg Bryant • Feb. 1, 2018

Text messages increase Rx refill rates, study shows

The study looked at medication adherence of Medicare patients at a large Southern California health system.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 31, 2018

How Amazon, JPM, Berkshire could disrupt healthcare (or not)

News of three corporate giants forming an independent healthcare company "proves every business is a healthcare business," said David Vivero, CEO of the digital health startup Amino.

By Shannon Muchmore, Daphne Howland & Jeff Byers • Jan. 31, 2018

Amazon, JPM, Berkshire form new company to tackle health costs

The corporate giants gave few details about the new venture, but said the initial focus will be technology solutions to provide their stateside employees with high-quality, low-cost healthcare.

By Shannon Muchmore • Jan. 30, 2018

Hospitals turn to mobile devices to cut costs, study shows

Nurses link mobile devices to better communications, fewer medication errors.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 30, 2018

Florida practice sues Allscripts after ransomware attack

Surfside Non-Surgical Orthopedics alleges Allscripts knew it was vulnerable to a potential attack, but didn't protect itself properly.  

By Les Masterson • Jan. 29, 2018

Healthcare earnings this week: A primer

HCA, Aetna and athenahealth are among the notable players to report fourth quarter earnings.

By Jeff Byers • Jan. 29, 2018

Meaningful use most helpful for routine care: survey

A 2015 survey of 480 family physicians found that 18 of 31 MU criteria were considered useful for more than half of patient encounters, with 13 of those useful for more than two-thirds.  

By Les Masterson • Jan. 29, 2018

Patient engagement initiatives often lack ... the patient view

A new survey found nearly three in four healthcare leaders were unsure whether their organization’s mission mentions patient engagement.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 26, 2018

Healthcare data breaches up but fewer records at risk

More than a third of all data breaches last year were due to insider error or wrongdoing, according to a report from Protenus and DataBreaches.net.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 25, 2018

Microsoft scrapping personal health data app-based research project

HealthVault Insights will disappear from stores by the end of the month.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 25, 2018

CMS, VA to share data to prevent healthcare fraud

The partnership is the latest in federal agency steps to increase healthcare fraud and misuse prevention efforts.

By Jeff Byers • Jan. 24, 2018

Apple debuts medical records on iPhone

The updated app is still a test version, but hospitals already contributing medical records include heavy hitters such as Johns Hopkins Medicine and MedStar Health.

By Jeff Byers • Jan. 24, 2018

Frost & Sullivan: Global healthcare market to hit nearly $2 trillion this year

Cybersecurity will remain a major challenge for healthcare organizations, according to a new report.

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 23, 2018

Amazon hires top Iora Health physician, CNBC reports

Dr. Martin Levine's role is currently unclear, but his hiring follows a string of patchwork news regarding Amazon's interest in healthcare.

By Jeff Byers , Meg Bryant • Jan. 23, 2018

EHRs can nudge docs toward prescribing fewer opioids, study finds

The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine created a default system that physicians could overrule to prescribe more tablets, but the report found fewer opioids prescribed above the default limit.  

By Les Masterson • Jan. 22, 2018

VA proposal looks to ease EHR exchanges with private providers

Under the suggested rule, outside providers would no longer be required to have a physical copy of consent from a VA patient to obtain EHR data from the VA.

By Les Masterson • Jan. 22, 2018

AI funding exceeds $1B in 2017

Overall, the digital health space raised $7.2 billion on 778 deals last year, according to Mercom Capital Group. 

By Meg Bryant • Jan. 19, 2018

Most top hospital online reviews are lukewarm or negative

An analysis of thousands of online reviews on Yelp found the vast majority of complaints are not connected to quality of care.  

By Les Masterson • Jan. 19, 2018

AI must overcome data challenges to reach healthcare potential

A new ONC report indicates the quality of data will be critical for AI use in healthcare, pressing the need for interoperability standards.

By Jeff Byers , Meg Bryant • Jan. 18, 2018

Amazon job posting hinted at Alexa, healthcare combo

A job opening focused on HIPAA compliance at Amazon may offer hints of a healthcare initiative involving Alexa, GeekWire reported.

By Dan O'Shea • Jan. 18, 2018