Meta-Analysis Shows Mobile Apps Can Help with Depression
Study shows certain apps may help manage mental health symptoms, but does not address speculation that smartphones may have negative mental health impacts overall.
Precision Medicine Treatments are Coming, but Who Will Pay?
Precision Medicine Group today launched its Precision Value & Health initiative to try to find ways to address that question.
Glytec's Glucommander Demonstrates Efficacy in New Study
The work presented at EASD demonstrated that patients were able to achieve rapid glucose control and maintain long-term A1C reductions
HCSC Bets $5 Million on Cogitativo's Machine Learning Tech
“It’s a huge validation, coming from the country’s 4th largest insurance company," Cogitativo CEO Gary Velsquez said.
Mathieu Galtier Details Morpheo's Novel Approach to Medical AI
Open-source, collaborative, and blockchain constrained, Morpheo is starting with sleep disorders and looking far beyond.
"We must shift away from a fee-for-service system," Verma Writes
CMS has launched a survey, and Seema Verma has written an op-ed, intended on garnering new perspectives for the Innovation Center.
Oxitec to Build Massive Mosquito Egg Production Unit in UK
The unit will be capable of producing up to a billion genetically-modified mosquito eggs per week.
Physicians Call on ACGME to Use Evidence for Creating Shift Guidelines
Two physicians from UCSF call on the medical Accreditation Council to raise the bar on how it determines physicians can be trained.
Mayo Clinic Pairs with Amazon, Epic
The leading medical institution announced two partnerships to make its insight more accessible.
LifeMine Cashes in on Precision Medicine, Abbott Extends Deadline to Cash Out on Alere
LifeMine champions its “genomically-enabled drug discovery engine” that combines artificial intelligence with synthetic biology.
Are Predictive Analytics "a Bridge too Far" for Some Hospitals?
Marco Huesch speaks on “cozy duopolies and oligopolies” in regional healthcare markets, and what it may take for analytics innovation to thrive.
Watson for Oncology is Learning Daily, but Still Lacking Validation
“Sometimes we realize, 'Watson got that one right and we got it wrong," one of its trainers at MSKCC said. Still, it has work to do.
MIT Sloan Professors Develop Data-Based Model for Transplant Decisions
"It improves how kidneys are allocated, and it improves the rationalizations of doctors and patients."
FDA OKs Marketing of Mobile App for Substance Abuse Disorder
The application receives marketing authorization as a device, and is not intended for treatment of opiate dependence.
Target Extends Kaiser Permanente Partnership to 31 More Stores
As Amazon threatens both retail sales and a pharmacy play, Target seems to intent on building its own retail-pharmacy-provider ecosystem.
Novartis Launches ResearchKit Study for MS
Novartis joins other pharma companies looking to use the iPhone's sensory capabilities to study movement-related conditions.
Pager and Horizon Health Services Announce Digital Health Partnership
Pager CEO Walter Jin spoke to Healthcare Analytics News about the goals of the partnership and his company's AI integration.
Altarum to Pilot Value-Based Plans for Those Who Need the Most Healthcare
The plans could be of benefit to those with chronic conditions that require recurring clinical visits.
Apple Shifts Health Capabilities from Add-On to Intervention
The company’s announcements about the Watch's heart rate monitor may represent a shift from fitness convenience to medical device.
Peaks and Valleys in the Pursuit of Analytics
Marco D. Huesch, MBBS, PhD, has deep thoughts on the role of analytics in healthcare. He also has an unbelievably deep well of experience to pull from.
How IoT Can Help Detect and Control Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Real-Time
Detecting an infectious disease is almost, by definition, an after-the-fact-activity, but halting its spread is more possible than ever.
Hurricane Irma: Digital Health Infrastructure Faces Another Extreme Stress Test
Florida hospitals are offering free telehealth, but concerns about interoperability abound in the state with the US's largest elderly population.
New Reviews Reflect Critically on HITECH Implementation
"We gave clinicians suboptimal cars, didn’t build roads, and then blamed them for not driving,” the authors said of the transition’s nearsightedness.
Can DeepFaceLIFT Replace Old Models for Identifying Pain?
The novel tech represents an improvement on the visual analog scale, but does not account for several patient variables.
Stanford's Jonathan H. Chen on Predictive AI, Medicine, and Hype
One of the co-authors of NEJM article on inflated machine learning expectations spoke to HCA News about what inspired his commentary.
Contributor: Getting Started with Analytics for Healthcare Marketing
Antov, Deeken, and Killian return with five more tips on how health companies can catch up to other industries in their use of analytics for business.
Micromotor-Enabled Delivery Successful for Stomach Infection Treatment
This marks the first use of micromotor technology to treat disease in a living organism.
Locky's (Attempted) Resurgence
The notorious Locky ransomware had been thought dead, until a massive uptick in infections this August.
Australian Company Launches HIPAA-Compliant Smartphone Imaging App
The company poses PicSafe, launched today, as an antidote to unsafe image sharing between doctors.
C-Suite Q&A: Sndr's Shaun Murphy on the Evolving Threats to the Cloud
"We’re in the future now, we don’t have flying cars yet, but ultimately people are buying and maintaining less and less servers."