Podcast: The Slow, Frustrating Rise of the Electronic Health Record
Janae Sharp joins Data Book to discuss the shortcomings of interoperability.
Without Analytics, Hospitals Risk Becoming the Blockbuster Video of Healthcare
Why you can’t ignore data, analytics, and value-based care.
Lyft Dives Deeper into Healthcare
The rideshare company’s new partnership is another step toward tech disruption in the industry.
FDA Releases Updated Software Precert Model
The precertification model would apply to med-tech orgs of all sizes.
The NIH Makes a Big Push for Big Data
The agency released a strategic plan and intends to hire a data chief. Why?
AHRQ Pledges $1M to Fund Clinical Decision Support Interoperability
Silos prevent scientific advancements from flowing into the clinic quickly, the agency says.
Judge Upholds $4.3M Data Breach Fine Against MD Anderson
But the cancer center plans to appeal.
Genetic Databases Bump Up Against Privacy Concerns
Patients and database owners must grapple with peeping governments, companies, and hackers.
AI Diabetes Tech Continues FDA's Software Push
DreaMed Diabetes aims to personalize disease management.
4 Ways Mobile Tech Is Driving Digital Health Research
The NIH’s All of Us program is just one example of what’s to come.
What Increased EHR Accessibility Means for Cybersecurity
How healthcare organizations can secure their patient records.
An mHealth Company Wants FDA Approval for a Prescription Meditation App
Headspace, a mindfulness and meditation app maker, hopes to use new scientific research to support its prescription program by 2020.
Undergoing a Merger? Hospitals Must Consider These Security Issues
How health IT can remain strong before, during, and after a merger.
Reinventing Clinical Decision Support
What one woman’s battle against breast cancer says about medicine’s future.
The Importance of Copy Number Variants in Genetic Testing
Invitae just published a study that it says shows the necessity of looking for dupications and deletions when testing.
The 5 Hottest Health-Tech Stories of the Week
News and insights on cyberwarfare, the Apple Watch, wearables, and more.
Podcast: Finding Fault When AI Kills
This week on Data Book, the first human killed by a robot and the murky question of AI and legal liability.
Jeff Bezos's VC Arm Contributes to Mindstrong's $15M Round
The start-up says its tech helps providers detect behavioral health issues early.
Cyberwarfare Concerns Yield Consequences for Russian Tech Companies
Suspected involvement in destabilization efforts, including the devastating NotPetya attack that rocked healthcare, brought sanctions and killed partnerships this week.
Concierge Key Expands Premium Specialist Access App to Android
“We wanted to ensure that our platform was accessible to that user base, too,” the company's founder and CEO said.
Computer Modeling Helps Uncover Possible Alternative for Diabetes Treatment
How sophisticated simulations brought researchers to a critical chemical.
Beyeonics Raises $11.5M to Develop AR and VR for Eye Surgeons
Last summer, its parent company trademarked a wordmark that reads “The Future of Surgery.”
Will the Apple Watch Get a Blood Pressure Monitor?
The company has been flirting with the medical device field for longer than some may realize.
mHealth Might Solve Our Prisons' Mental Health Problem
Too many incarcerated patients go untreated, but a new wave of tech is on the horizon.
FDA Approves Wearable to Combat Opioid Withdrawals
DyAnsys says it will help patients who are battling symptoms without narcotics.
Who's Itching to Increase Interoperability?
Healthcare is far from achieving a universal approach to connecting its disparate systems, but many bright minds are making strides.
The mHealth App Cutting Through the Herbal Supplement Hype
The NIH’s HerbList provides users with research-backed facts on popular herbs.
FDA Announces New Device Guidance, Enhanced Patient Input Program
Value-based care at the heart of new guidances, and, as usual, they came with Gottlieb tweets.
Video Counseling Can "Upskill" PCPs, Bringing Specialty Knowledge to Rural Patients
Not all telehealth is direct-to-patient. Video counseling for providers can be a force multiplier...and potentially, a life-saver.
An Algorithm to Detect Low Blood Pressure During Surgery
"It could lead to a whole new field of investigation in clinical and physiological sciences and reshape our understanding of human physiology."
