SPOTLIGHT -
In Digital Health, Open Source Warrants Due Diligence
What healthcare organizations and digital health ventures must know about open-source software before tracking and implementing it.
NIH Hopes to Accelerate Gene Editing Tech With New Funding
The money will fill gaps in gene editing and help find ways to better disseminate knowledge and tools.
Blockchain Could Be the Key to Healthcare's Cybersecurity Problem
Why FHIRChain appears to be a low-cost solution to the data breach problem.
Allscripts' Practice Fusion Deal Brings EHR Consolidation Down to Small-Practice Level
Allscripts is buying a smaller EHR vendor at a time when giants are growing by expanding their market and scooping up the competition.
When It Comes to Telemedicine, Patients Are Less Excited Than Doctors
In a new survey, just 18% of patients said they use telehealth services.
Ransomware and Email Top Health IT Concerns
A new survey suggests executives are most concerned about ransomware in 2018, and email is the biggest vulnerability.
Are Medical Residents Prepared for Population Health Management?
Why the United States might want to look abroad for ideas to improve training protocols.
Just a Quarter of Providers Use EHRs for Population Health Management
Despite the hype, a new survey suggests most providers are still getting their feet in the digital doorway.
Stroke Study Shows Machine Learning's Promise in Healthcare
In a groundbreaking study, researchers found that high-definition brain modeling, backed by machine learning technology, can beat out traditional models in evaluating potential therapies.
Capturing Critical Data Hidden in Health Records
Even as analytics reshape the healthcare industry, a lot of data is left unusable because they aren’t recorded in a readable format. A new collaboration could change that.
State-Level Influenza 'Nowcasting' Remains a Thorny Issue
Why a new model designed to tabulate localized influenza outbreaks faces significant hurdles.
New Emotion-Detecting Voice Analysis Could Have Big Implications for Healthcare
Researchers in Russia said they’ve trained a computer program to detect the emotions behind a speaker’s words. That technology could help physicians better diagnose patients.
Computational Simulations Show Multiple Sclerosis is 1 Disease
Researchers performed the analysis using long-term data from 66 patients.
Study: Digitization Creates Privacy Fears
With health records and data almost entirely digitized, American patients report being fearful for the privacy of their health information.