Ryan Black

What the FDA and manufacturers can do better when issuing future updates.

“Billions and billions of dollars are spent on just measuring quality that could be used for actually delivering care.”

If health systems can buy in and enable patients to access their health records, the long-term benefits could be substantial.

How the “full-stack” diabetes management company is trying to prevent people from needing its services later.

Doximity drew upon its vast network of physicians to undertake the study of language barriers in healthcare.

Both companies said they expected to further collaborate with other companies in the crowding telehealth space.

Data scientists, doctors, and marketing departments disagree on the potential of artifical intelligence for medicine.

“In theory, the methodology could apply to any medical conditions, as long as we could have enough training data.”

What about the human-like computer made veterans more likely to discuss PTSD symptoms?

And, surprisingly, so do traditional reminder letters.

From hand sanitizer use to monitoring chronic conditions, hospitals can find novel ways to harness the power of AI, according to a new report.

"We're trying to get a hold of them," he said. "In the meantime, we measure compliance with process."

"They’re actually, in my opinion, driving people from the best doctors to the nicest doctors. Is there value in that?"

Why healthcare companies need to trade their "mom-and-pop," experience-based instincts for a data- and outcome-driven attitude.

“One of the best parts about being a part of this industry right now is we have data. We have tons of data,” social strategy creator Dawn Lacallade says.

"We provide valuable services, patients provide more data...then we can better personalize and improve those services."

Less than 30 percent of hospitals got where they needed to be in 2015. But why?

Allowing physicians to not hate their technology seems attainable, if healthcare wants to achieve it

"It's a bittersweet relationship that you have with VistA," the VA doctor said, indicating that there were pros and cons to the original EHR system.

"We need to act and feel like a colleague of the physician. That means culture, that means language, and that means design…"

Despite the “buzzword” status of interoperability, it is the most important pursuit for the healthcare technology community in coming years.

The Figure 1 CMO is optimistic, but he does not expect "fully functional robot doctors wheeling around the hospital diagnosing patients."

"It's not that physicians aren't eager to innovate," said Amit Phull, MD: it's that often the tech they are given was made without their input.

Why it might be smart for some healthcare companies to build their own data warehouses.

The buyer touted the lab company's "unique epigenetic technology and expertise."

They waste time and money. Can electronic health records help?

McClellan will be joined by a roster of other healthcare industry veterans and experts.

A Mayo Clinic physician and engineer, Jean Huddleston, MD, describes how healthcare companies can benefit from multidisciplinary “translators.”

He underscored the importance of quality measurement and old-fashioned competition in encouraging doctors to use best practices.

"Issues which are very sort of granular and boring are actually going to be incredibly important when you're talking about this kind of money."