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- June 26, 2018
26 Jun'18
News briefs: Study outlines best practices for patient matching
Two organizations seek to improve patient identity management. A cybersecurity firm published a study on PHI sold on the dark web. And the FDA permitted the marketing of an AI algorithm for wrist-fracture detection.
- June 25, 2018
25 Jun'18
Jefferson College of Population Health gets $2M endowment from vendor
The dean of a prominent population health college discussed a new professorship at the school, thanks to an unusual endowment from a commercial health IT vendor.
- June 21, 2018
21 Jun'18
Why healthcare APIs will save lives, money and time
APIs have a toe-hold in the healthcare space today but that has to change, and quickly. Stan Huff, M.D., explains why open source has to be healthcare's future.
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- June 19, 2018
19 Jun'18
AARP, startups partner to study digital healthcare technology
Clinicians and groups like AARP view in-home digital technology as the future of healthcare and are studying different technologies to assist patients in the home.
- June 14, 2018
14 Jun'18
New Apple Health Records API may make a PHR app easier
Apple's new Health Records API should mean a slew of incredibly customized healthcare apps later this year. But concerns remain about security and interoperability.
- June 06, 2018
06 Jun'18
AthenaHealth CEO Jonathan Bush out as cloud EHR vendor soars
Jonathan Bush quits as CEO of AthenaHealth in the midst of an unsolicited purchase bid from an activist investor and details surface about domestic abuse in Bush's 2006 divorce.
- May 14, 2018
14 May'18
Healthcare data analytics success grows when IT advises execs
Educating healthcare executives about data analytics, and seeing that healthcare organizations invest in data, is critical, according to a panel of experts.
- May 09, 2018
09 May'18
Patient engagement system ties Change, Adobe, Microsoft
In these news briefs, read how Change Healthcare partnered with Microsoft and Adobe to use their cloud and AI services. Also, learn about Uber and CVS' latest pushes into healthcare.
- May 08, 2018
08 May'18
Google, Fitbit, startups storm into healthcare AI
Google is moving quickly into healthcare, forging alliances with Fitbit and selling AI services to smaller health IT vendors. Meanwhile, Fitbit is expanding into healthcare.
- May 01, 2018
01 May'18
American Well expands acute care services with Avizia acquisition
At ATA18, American Well's chairman and CEO expressed the company's desire to 'democratize healthcare' with its acquisition of acute care telehealth company Avizia.
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- April 25, 2018
25 Apr'18
CMS elevates electronic health records interoperability
CMS is replacing meaningful use with 'Promoting Interoperability' and proposing new Medicare payment programs with looser physician reporting rules and more price transparency.
- April 24, 2018
24 Apr'18
New patient care models showcased at HLTH 2018 conference
Top healthcare executives from all sectors of the industry convene to do business and dialogue about new approaches and technologies seen as disruptive to established care models.
- April 23, 2018
23 Apr'18
ATA18 to explore the impact, potential of telemedicine
AI in healthcare will feature prominently at the 2018 ATA annual conference. The role of telemedicine in the fight against the opioid crisis will also be discussed.
- April 13, 2018
13 Apr'18
Facebook's medical data sharing plan raises privacy concerns
Facebook's proposal to match anonymized patient data with user profiles has some experts worried about the possible privacy implications of such a project.
- April 04, 2018
04 Apr'18
Report: Patient relationship management could curb readmissions
A new report from Chilmark Research points to future gains for patient relationship management software, potentially in the tricky area of decreasing 30-day patient readmissions.