CMS Finalizes Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule, Delays E&M Coding Reforms
The agency claims the rule will promote innovation and limit physician paperwork burnout. Critics have managed to put off the most controversial part of the change.
Biomedical Device Security: The Risk Is More than Security
These connected medical devices require a more comprehensive strategy if we are to protect patients.
Genetic Privacy Is Vague, Conflated for Patients and Researchers
A new study suggests that healthcare and research must do more to understand patients’ views of genetic privacy and to improve trust.
23andMe Secures FDA Approval for First DTC Genetic Test for Medication Metabolism
The company’s Personal Genome Service Pharmacogenetic Reports test analyzes 33 variants of several genes.
How Machine Learning Could Detect Medicare Fraud
Researchers found that a random forest learning algorithm was most effective at detecting possible Medicare fraud.
AMA Slates $15M to Innovate Physician Residency
The Reimagining Residency initiative comes at a time when demands on doctors are changing and physician burnout is roaring.
6 Health-Tech Horror Stories that Haunt Hospitals Every Day
Insufficient interoperability, cyberattacks and ethical concerns are just some of the challenges facing health systems.
Wearable Medical Devices Can Raise Issues for Healthcare Professionals
How data privacy, cybersecurity, ethics and malpractice intersect.
Think Research Raises $25M to Market, Advance Clinical Decision Support Tools
Why investors backed the high-tech Canadian clinical decision support company.
Augmented Reality Allows Specialists to Provide Care in Remote Locations
How a new AR system fosters direct care on battlefields and in natural disaster zones and rural areas with the help of on-site medical “mentees.”
5 Stories that Highlight the Power and Problems of Digital Health
What you need to know about Bose’s connected hearing aids, mHealth apps and health tech’s power to help patients and physicians.
Stop-Smoking Digital Health Company Carrot Earns $25M
Johnson & Johnson Innovation led the round, which will help Carrot commercialize its smoking cessation platform.
Analytics & Machine Learning Expertise Drive Early Detection and Monitoring of Chronic Disease
How data science and machine learning can help patients with diseases like multiple sclerosis.
IBM's $34B Acquisition of Red Hat and Its Healthcare Implications
Both IBM and Red Hat have strong roots in health tech, a sector increasingly focused on cloud services.
What Makes a Successful Digital Health Program?
How healthcare providers can set strong virtual care goals.
CMS Says No Protected Health Information Exposed in Breach
The agency has reopened the Direct Enrollment pathway in the wake of last week’s security incident.
Podcast: How Analytics Changed Casinos & Could Change Healthcare
Las Vegas can teach healthcare a lot about patient engagement and the patient experience. Just ask Sunny Tara, co-founder and CEO of CareCognitics.
Cellphones Can Boost Patient-Centered Care, Drug Adherence Rates
7 roles mHealth can play in boosting medication adherence.
Drug Delivery Wearables Company on Path to $50M Round
Sanofi’s investment in Enable Injections signals hope in high-tech medication adherence.
FDA OKs Device That Allows Patients to Self-Administer Opioids Into Their Spine
The device, called the SynchroMed II myPTM, provides a substitute to oral opioids for patients with chronic pain, according to Medtronic.
FDA Weighs in on Medical Device Safety, But Responsibility Lies with Manufacturers
New tech can improve the patient experience and outcomes only if healthcare mitigates cybersecurity risks.
Health Tech Must Focus on Subtracting Steps From Physician Workflow
The only tech additions that medicine needs right now are ones that cut out stopping points between physicians and patients.
Synthego Raises $110M in Bid to Scale CRISPR Tech
The genomic engineering company is advancing precision medicine with support from Silicon Valley heavyweights.
There's a Prescription App for That? Digital Therapeutics on the Rise
Why digital therapeutics could become more significant to patients and healthcare providers.
Bose, an FDA Approval and the Changing High-Tech Hearing Aid Market
Bose’s medical device allows users to self-adjust the levels using a smartphone, highlighting how the digital transformation is touching hearing aids.
CMS Discloses Breach Affecting 75K People, Offering Few Details
The nation’s largest insurer has launched an investigation after staff “detected anomalous activity.”
How to Create an IoMT Cybersecurity Strategy that Works
3 stages of preparation that can help healthcare orgs prepare for the worst.
Doctors Aren't Luddites. But Their EHRs Are Broken
Physicians say existing EHR products are insufficient, a new survey finds.
Why the Future of Digital Health Must Be Simple
Health tech needs to meet patients where they are: on their smartphones and smartwatches.
Keep Physicians in the Healthcare Cockpit
Tech companies have a crucial supporting role in America’s healthcare system, but we face grave dangers if they take control.
