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UK PM Says Cancer-Detecting AI Could Save 22,000 Lives
The country is committing billions into artificial intelligence research and plans to focus some of its efforts on earlier cancer detection.
7 Hot Takes From the Week in Health Tech
From the $30B EMR market to physician burnout, these topics yielded great healthcare opinions and analyses.
Medtronic Devices Latest to Receive Vulnerability Warning from DHS
The device supplier joins other big names who have had vulnerabilities detected this month.
How Regence Determined Telehealth Was Saving $100 Per Appointment
"People can understand the ability to talk to a doctor remotely, but there’s a mental leap to 'Oh, this is how I can get my medical care as well!'"
Medicare Advantage Data Could Strengthen Outcomes, Spending Research
CMS Administrator Seema Verma, MPH, is working to further expand access to health data.
Acting No More? Robert Wilkie Is Trump's New Nominee for VA Secretary
The Navy veteran and longtime DoD executive has a history in Washington, though he doesn't appear to have much healthcare experience in his background.
VA, Cerner Top the Week's Biggest Health-Tech Stories
The EMR deal is done. What does it mean for medicine?
UCLA Researchers Develop a Better Heart Failure Algorithm
"Our work suggests that more lives could be saved with the application of this new machine-learning-based algorithm," Mihaela van der Schaar said
Podcast: Return of the Luddite
This podcast ties the story of the Luddites to anti-data sentiment after the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal. Featuring guest John Nosta.
VA and Cerner Seal the Deal
After almost a year of waiting, the EHR giant has finally announced a formal agreement with the nation's largest integrated health system.
Genomind Says Its Pharmacogenetic Testing Could Save Healthcare Thousands
The company just published new study results about the 6-month cost savings associated with a mental health drug efficacy assay.
To Fight Phishing, Let's Look at Fatigue
It takes just one click for a hacker to attack a network and steal sensitive data.
ONC Announces Winners of Its Secure API Showdown
Want to make building secure API servers more exciting than it already is? Make it a competition. That's what HHS's ONC did.
The Chasm Between Public Perception and Clinical Reality at the VA
The VA has flaws. But Andrew Cohen, MD, thinks US healthcare has more to learn from VA than VA does from the rest of US healthcare.
AI Identifies Patients at Highest Risk of Cholera Infection
Scientists have used a machine-learning algorithm to pinpoint bacterial patterns in the gut microbiome that appear to predict susceptibility to cholera.
Genoox Doubles Its All-Time Funding in New Venture Round
A new $6 million funding round led by Triventures could help the company in its efforts to democratize next-generation sequencing technology.
Waterloo Researchers Combine AI and "Smart Shirts" to Track Aerobic Health
The researchers say the new study is the first to investigate aerobic system dynamics with machine learning and unsupervised wearable sensor use.
EHRs Make Up $30B Market That No One Seems to Like
A decade ago, no one could have projected the demand—nor the headaches—that the technology now creates.
Curating a New Conversation in Health Tech
We spoke to an organizer of last week’s HLTH meeting to find out how the conference tried to bring new voices and demographics into the conference circuit.
AI's Ethical Concerns Go Beyond Data Security and Quality
A new commentary from Nuffield Council on Bioethics raises issues of trust, agency, and autonomy.
Why Georgia's Step Toward Behavioral Health Interoperability Matters
A consortium of 10 providers is linking with a health information exchange, and the implications extend beyond any single state.
Macro Data for the Microbiome
The American Gut Project has inspired more than 10,000 people to mail fecal samples to UC San Diego. That's a good thing.
BrainQ Secures Millions to Develop AI-Based Neurological Rehab Solution
"The technology is clearly a disruptive and differentiated solution to a large and growing need in the neurorehabilitation market."
With VA Decision Looming, Cerner Rollout Receives Grim Review from DoD
During a recent call with shareholders, Cerner executives spent very little time discussing the DoD situation, instead focusing on the VA deal they still expect to be signed shortly.
Patients Are Recording Their Doctor's Visits. But Should They?
Data privacy and cybersecurity are important concerns, but the practice could “transform healthcare.”
Healthcare Cybersecurity Remains "Understaffed and Underfunded"
In a new survey, more than 96% of respondents agreed that bad actors are outpacing their institution's defenses.
AI and Analytics Provider Qventus Nabs $30 Million in Series B
One investor called the company “the first to effectively" use artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve healthcare's optimization problems "with a clear ROI."
Podcast: The High-Tech Hospital the World Wasn't Ready For
The "first paperless hospital" was supposed to change everything, but it went bust in mere months. What can healthcare learn from this story?
The Past Week's 5 Most Intriguing Health IT Stories
Uber, virtual reality, blockchain, and a whole lot of HLTH.
Why Robin AI Changed Its Name to Suki AI
Some names work for voice assistant technology. Some don't.