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Wyoming Builds Health Information Exchange to Open Flow of Patient Data
How the statewide HIE is slated to improve data aggregation, interoperability, and care.
Finger Lakes Health Battling Ransomware Attack
The 3-hospital system in New York has instituted downtime protocols. What would your organization do?
Pursuing Interoperability, UPMC Innovator to Head VA's Open API Project
The disrupter hopes the initiative will help foster better data sharing across the healthcare system.
Employing Eye Experts, Google Sharpens Its Disease-Detecting AI
How the machine learning algorithm came to match the capabilities of ophthalmologists and retinal specialists.
Precision Medicine, Sure. But What About Precision Payments?
Cota and Hackensack Meridian Health’s path toward bundled payments holds lessons for others.
4 Healthcare Cybersecurity Issues That Worry the Former Head of Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff shared his concerns surrounding patient data and hospital operations at South by Southwest.
Bots Can Improve Clinical Workflows. Here's How, According to Microsoft.
At SXSW, an expert describes what healthcare leaders must understand about the algorithms.
What Keeps Healthcare Cybersecurity Innovators Up at Night
Michael Chertoff, the nation’s former homeland security secretary, weighed in on the issue at SXSW.
How Did 23andMe Stumble in Its Early Days?
Why a cofounder of the genetic testing company said its ambitions were too lofty.
Spotting the Signs of a Strong AI Start-Up
An up-and-comer in healthcare AI describes how he gauges his peers’ potential.
What to Know Before Hiring a Data Scientist
A tech executive for Mercy Health System explains what he looks for in data scientists—and his hires have helped the organization in several ways.
Uber Is in Healthcare. So How Is It Handling HIPAA?
Uber Health is taking a comprehensive approach toward patient privacy. Otherwise, providers would “vote with their feet,” says one expert.
AbleTo Is Changing How We Use Behavioral Health Data
Oncology start-ups leverage data to develop predictive analytics and personalized treatments. Can therapy do the same?
Aiming for Patient Empowerment, White House Launches MyHealthEData Initiative
Announced during HIMSS 2018, the plan calls for patient access to their health records, in a push toward interoperability and value-based care.
Data Breach Affects 70K Tufts Health Plan Medicare Recipients
Patients were exposed by yet another snail-mail breakdown.
It Turns Out that Uber Is the Uber of Healthcare
Why the tech titan isn’t merely exploring a new space—it’s entering the care continuum.
Mental Health AI Start-Up Woebot Labs Earns $8M
Why investors like the chatbot. Hint: natural language processing and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Algorithm-Driven Wearable Device Helped Patients Expend Less Energy
Harvard University researchers said their findings could help improve wearable robotic devices.
Trickle-Down Cyberwarfare Is Harming Just About Every Industry
But healthcare is among the hardest hit by extortion and data weaponization, according to a new report from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.
Striving to Commercialize CRISPR, Inscripta Lands $55M
The gene-editing start-up doesn’t demand licensing fees and royalties from academic and commercial researchers.
Contextual Genomics Gets $12M From Hong Kong Investor
How the early investment could help boost precision cancer therapies.
The 6 Health-Tech Events You Must See at SXSW
From tech and psychedelics to virtual reality and hacks against the opioid crisis, the subjects of these sessions have drawn the interest of South by Southwest organizers.
Building the $1.6M Wound-Monitoring Smartphone App
The NIH thinks this machine learning tool could cut the costs of caring for chronic wounds.
Sangamo Inks $3B Deal with CAR T Leader Gilead
The story broke just a day after we published a sweeping feature on Sangamo’s fledgling gene-editing empire.
Honeypot Draws Thousands of Hackers to Fake Medical Websites
The sting yielded more than 20,000 attacks, underscoring why all healthcare organizations must take cybersecurity—and their cyber defenses—seriously.
Rise of the Anti-Opioid Algorithm
It’s no secret that big data can combat the problem. Here’s an inside look at what experts are actually doing.
Roche Buys Cancer Analytics Star Flatiron Health for $1.9B
The pharma giant likes the start-up's EHR and real-world evidence technologies and its big network of oncology providers.
Forget Bitcoin. Here's How Blockchain Can Help Healthcare.
A leader at the Blockchain Research Institute details how the technology could transform medicine, from information sharing to patient outcomes.
Who's to Blame for Healthcare's Cybersecurity Problem? Its Employees, For Starters
Privacy and security extend beyond HIPAA. Here’s what healthcare leaders must know about training staff for ransomware, phishing, and more.
Patients Don't Get Enough Info Before Imaging Exams. Can the Internet Help?
New research from Yale University shows why healthcare orgs must better inform patients undergoing radiologic exams, both in person and online.