SPOTLIGHT -
Without Analytics, Hospitals Risk Becoming the Blockbuster Video of Healthcare
Why you can’t ignore data, analytics, and value-based care.
AI Diabetes Tech Continues FDA's Software Push
DreaMed Diabetes aims to personalize disease management.
The 5 Hottest Health-Tech Stories of the Week
News and insights on cyberwarfare, the Apple Watch, wearables, and more.
Podcast: Finding Fault When AI Kills
This week on Data Book, the first human killed by a robot and the murky question of AI and legal liability.
Jeff Bezos's VC Arm Contributes to Mindstrong's $15M Round
The start-up says its tech helps providers detect behavioral health issues early.
FDA Approves Wearable to Combat Opioid Withdrawals
DyAnsys says it will help patients who are battling symptoms without narcotics.
Who's Itching to Increase Interoperability?
Healthcare is far from achieving a universal approach to connecting its disparate systems, but many bright minds are making strides.
The mHealth App Cutting Through the Herbal Supplement Hype
The NIH’s HerbList provides users with research-backed facts on popular herbs.
nference Scores $11M to Strengthen AI for Life Sciences
How the start-up hopes its software platform will transform R&D.
Medicare Substance Abuse Data Redacted for 4 Years, Fueling Flawed Research
It led to “missed opportunities” during the ACA rollout and a key time in the opioid epidemic.
4 Hot Takes From the Week in Health Tech
Can’t-miss insights on physician suicide, genealogy database ethics, and more.
Our Top 5 Health-Tech Stories: Google's AI, Human Longevity, and Alexa for Healthcare
What you need to know from another busy week in health IT.
Podcast: A New Kind of Warfare
One year after the WannaCry and NotPetya cyberattacks, Data Book analyzes the fresh global threat facing healthcare.
Will the mHealth Market Break $28B in 2018?
A new report says yes—and that wearables will also grow.
AI, Big Data Continue Big Year as OM1 Raises $21M
Why investors like the company’s high-tech approach to patient outcomes.
Hospitals, Opioids, and Facebook: The Week's Top 5 Health-Tech Stories
What you need to know to succeed in health IT and beyond.
Amazon's Alexa Really Isn't Ready For Healthcare
A disturbing story shows that AI voice assistants have a way to go before they can handle patient data.
Why Experts Are Developing AI, Medical Imaging Standards
How a data-driven “diagnostic cockpit” could help health systems.
CMS Inks $44M Deal to Uncover Improper Medicaid, CHIP Payments
NCI, the analytics and artificial intelligence solutions company, will dig into the data.
192K EMRs Suggest Link Between Inpatient and Outpatient Opioid Use
Patients who didn’t wean off opioids were more likely to obtain a prescription after discharge.
7 Hot Takes From the Week in Health Tech
From the $30B EMR market to physician burnout, these topics yielded great healthcare opinions and analyses.
VA, Cerner Top the Week's Biggest Health-Tech Stories
The EMR deal is done. What does it mean for medicine?
To Fight Phishing, Let's Look at Fatigue
It takes just one click for a hacker to attack a network and steal sensitive data.
Why Georgia's Step Toward Behavioral Health Interoperability Matters
A consortium of 10 providers is linking with a health information exchange, and the implications extend beyond any single state.
Patients Are Recording Their Doctor's Visits. But Should They?
Data privacy and cybersecurity are important concerns, but the practice could “transform healthcare.”
The Past Week's 5 Most Intriguing Health IT Stories
Uber, virtual reality, blockchain, and a whole lot of HLTH.
Data Science Bowl Yields 68K Algorithms and 1 Big Biomedical Break
How the competition, hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton and Kaggle, could change nuclei detection.
Obama-Era CMS Head's New VC Firm Targets Vulnerable Populations
Andy Slavitt is joining forces with 2 healthcare business experts to form Town Hall Ventures.
National Rollout of PULSE Could Aid Health IT in Disasters
Experts are trying to bring the public-private interoperability effort to your community.
Fitbit Says Its New Healthcare Apps Could Improve Outcomes, Costs
Why the software could help health systems and patients better manage diabetes and cancer.