Tooth-Mounted Sensor Offers New Method to Track Diet
Scientists have developed a tiny sensor that can track certain chemicals and nutrients. But the potential uses of the sensor extend beyond diet.
Podcast: Overcoming the Cultural Resistance to Health Tech
On this episode of Data Book: Not every doctor and health system is embracing healthcare’s tech evolution. How can medicine convince them to adapt?
How Can Hospitals Make the Most of Their EMRs?
Despite widespread adoption of the technology, health systems and clinicians are still trying to find best practices.
Don't Interrupt a Nurse When They're in the EMR
New research showed that interruptions drastically increase a nurse's mental workload during EMR documentation.
Department of Justice Will Take Up Cigna-Express Scripts Merger
The healthcare industry’s consolidation drag race will have a referee after all.
Original Research: CAR T Needs Data, but Healthcare Is Not Ready
Original research suggests that clinicians want their organizations to better embrace tech surrounding the therapy.
Paired with a Good Algorithm, a Smartphone Camera Might Detect Heart Disease
With machine learning, USC researchers correlated measurements taken nonintrusively by an iPhone camera to detailed tonometry data.
FDA Approves Update to Plug Abbott Cybersecurity, Battery Holes
The firmware update is now available to patients, who might face a greater risk of harm if they don’t act.
Are Doctors Choosing Wisely Yet?
The ABIM Foundation’s initiative to cut healthcare waste has compiled hundreds of suggestions. Getting doctors on board will be a different story.
The Long-Term Effects of Participating in Reddit's Mental Health Communities
Researchers analyzed language used in the subreddit r/depression to gauge the community’s long-term effects and the readability of user posts.
AI Goes Live for Clinical Pathology
How the diagnostic tool stands to benefit patients with prostate cancer.
Big Names Put Big Money Behind VR Surgery Start-Up
There isn't too much information out there about Vicarious Surgical, but Gates, Khosla, Benioff, and Yang seem to think it's a good idea.
OIG: Medicare Billed for Millions in Noncompliant Telehealth Claims
The vast majority of incidents involved the program being billed for a telehealth encounter that did not originate in a rural location.
How Should Health Tech Hold Its KOLs Accountable?
Key opinion leaders influence important decisions in healthcare, but perhaps too little attention has been given to the ethics of this situation.
Leo Celi and the 'Holy Grail of Personalized Medicine'
Nearly everyone extols the need to bust data silos. Meet the man who’s doing it.
Trust Is Key as Health Data Gain More Importance
Patients and physicians are excited about digital health, but an expert said both sides must trust each other.
Device Maker Inogen Reports Data Breach That May've Affected 30,000 Patients
The company's admission joins a spate of recent, high-profile breaches involving thousands of patients' information.
3 Things That Healthcare Must Understand About Cybersecurity
How these issues will be examined during a new Texas Hospital Association conference.
St. Jude Puts a Huge Pediatric Cancer Genomics Dataset in the Cloud
The publically-accessible repository, built alongside Microsoft and DNAnexus, is meant to spur research and collaboration to fight pediatric cancer.
ODH and Princeton University Announce Machine Learning Pop Health Collaboration
ODH will provide the healthcare expertise. Princeton will supply the “math power.” Those are Adam Johnson’s words, not ours.
Learning from Chesapeake Regional Healthcare's Hard Drive Data Breach
How the Virginia health system is strengthening security protocols. Others might want to take notice.
Podcast: The Gene-Editing Company That Didn't Need CRISPR
Sangamo’s innovations recently earned it $3 billion. Why? But first, the CRISPR origin story.
Hunting for the Heart of a Changing Community
Neighborhoods nationwide are facing new shocks ranging from spiking suicide rates to surging populations. Health systems can manage these swings with high-tech tools.
The Population Health Problems Facing Urban and Rural America
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, have unique and complex demographic situations that can complicate healthcare.
Gottlieb Takes to Twitter for AI, Next Generation Sequencing Announcements
"Promoting and protecting public health requires FDA to adopt policies to ensure regulation serves as bridge to innovation, not a barrier to it," he tweeted.
CVS Looks to Lower Patient Drug Costs With New Digital Tools
The pharmacy chain is integrating pharmacist- and provider-facing tools to help them recommend cheaper alternatives.
The Increasing Clout of the Clinical Research Network
With members like Pfizer and USC Keck School of Medicine, TriNetX aims to improve how healthcare handles research data.
First-of-its-Kind AI Tool for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection Approved by FDA
The system, granted expedited review by the agency in February, can now be used by primary care doctors.
Why Aetion's Push for Real-World Data Earned It $36M
As the era of value-based care begins, the start-up is targeting biopharma and insurers.
Protected Health Information of 2100 Patients Exposed After 2 Hard Drives Stolen
The Chesapeake Regional Healthcare data breach emphasizes the wide-ranging threat to patients’ medical records.
