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Campbell and Fisher: Communication Key to the Future of Healthcare
Fisher, a gastroenterologist, focused on infrastructure and philosophy, while her cardiologist husband, Campbell, focused more on technologies.
Annoroad Raises $105M in Funding Round
The Chinese genomics company will use the money to focus on its growing overseas business.
CareFirst Petitions Supreme Court Over Data Breach Lawsuit
If the Supreme Court hears the case, it could have major implications for future hacking incidents.
The Challenges of Monitoring Pain Remotely
Most remote pain monitoring studies lack context for the data they collect.
Shaping the Labs of the Future
How analytics and other high-tech tools can reap better insights.
4 Steps Toward Using Real-World Data
Jyotsna Mehta, the owner of the analytics firm KEVA Health, provided a 4-step framework to make the big data problem a little smaller.
What's Keeping Pharma Off the Cloud?
It's time, experts said, for executives and employees to adapt.
Digging for Empathy in Big Data
A study of diabetes diagnoses and long-term health points to the numbers' softer side.
Marc Berger Shares the Keys to the Data Mart
“The data has gotten better, and our ability to interrogate it has gotten better. But it has always been dirty.”
How Analytics Enable Pharma to Find Trial Subjects
Analytics might be able to help defeat the so-called “Lasagna Law" of diminishing study subject availability.
3 Common Cybersecurity Threats to Healthcare
A HIMSS expert details what hospitals need to know.
One Drop and Fitbit Announce Diabetes Collaboration
The move enables One Drop to sync with a sizeable share of the wearables market.
Georgia Tech Researchers Offer Open-Source Cancer Treatment Algorithm
Sharing algorithms can benefit healthcare research and society at large.
Education and Simulation Essential for Hospital Cybersecurity
A HIMSS expert says everyone needs to increase their cybersecurity literacy.
The Trouble with Validation and Consent in the Digital Age
“Consumer wearables fall between the cracks of what is already a fragmented and not particularly powerful set of government safeguards."
Latanya Sweeney Fights for Data Privacy, One State at a Time
The researcher who helped shape HIPAA is now taking on gaps in patient data privacy nationwide.
Should the US Adopt a Data Breach Safety Net?
Why one expert is pushing to establish a fund to pay out victims.
Pro Sports Show Why US Needs Clear Biometric Data Policy
“They’re only hypothetical in the sense that we haven’t had a catastrophic event yet. But we will.”
Declaring a Public Health Emergency Carries Privacy Concerns
The administration is expected today to designate the opioid crisis a public health emergency. But what does that mean for patients’ data?
MACRA Implementation Will be Difficult Without Meaningful Quality Measures
“Overall, at the general population level, I've been actually surprised as to how well people understand it."
CHOP and Edico Team Up for Record-Setting Genome Analysis
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the next-generation sequencing firm analyzed 1,000 genomes in under 3 hours.
New AMA Network to Give Doctors a Stronger Say in Tech
Why the move could help physicians, healthcare organizations, and innovators.
Mayo's Nilay Shah: Concerns About Predictive Analytics
"We don't know how much of the care the patients get out of our system. How complete is our predictive ability?
New FDA Guidance Docs Aim to Nurture Medical Device Innovation
The agency continues to refine its device clearance process in accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act.
Jim O'Donoghue: How Providers Should Choose Their Tech Partners
"Really, technologists aren't going to be able to figure out what's going to work best for patients,” he said.
Is "Dr. YouTube" a Blessing or Curse?
Although healthcare professionals created most of the videos analyzed in a new study, the content didn’t necessarily advance patient education.
Telehealth in the United States: A Year in Legislation
A look at some of the successes and failures of state telehealth laws in 2017.
Health and Wellness Apps May Collect Health Info, Unbeknownst to Users
"If your app carefully sidesteps claiming any kind of medical intervention, then it's a health and wellness app and not a medical device -- and it is not regulated."
Mayo's Nilay Shah, PhD: Just Having the Analytics Isn't Enough
Predictive analytics are powerful, they’re everywhere, and they can be meaningless if not designed with a purpose.
EchoPixel Announces $8.5 Million Series A Round
The company makes novel virtual reality technology for realistic surgery simulations.