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Ridesharing companies just can't resist the healthcare honeypot.

The tone of the former VA Secretary's new op-ed casts a dramatic light on a speech he gave just 10 days ago in Philadelphia.

Usability issues and variations in implementation create fears of unnecessary patient harm.

Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered online allows patients to access treatment at home. Is that the key?

The algorithm performed beyond what researchers expected.

The President tweeted that he was nominating Admiral Ronny L. Jackson to head the agency without formally announcing that Shulkin had been fired.

We’re all about great stories and great insights. And that’s what you can expect from Data Book, the first-ever Healthcare Analytics News™ podcast, dropping this Friday.

He can’t confirm or deny whether he’s a robot, but he emphasized public health and said this was a "defining moment" for new technologies.

Looking to grow its consumer-facing Health Nucleus platform, the genomics company announced a $25,000 plan that includes MRIs and a battery of other tests.

Under Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, the agency has made a concerted effort to move towards a less cumbersome, technology-friendly, risk-based approach.

The 20-year-old nonprofit has fears about an increasingly consolidated, vertically integrated healthcare industry.

But after they saw the numbers, physicians wrote fewer opioid prescriptions, a new study found.

"The majority of available user interfaces are targeted at average users. This one-size-fits-all thinking does not consider individual differences in abilities," Jussi Jokinen, PhD, said.

According to 2 clinicians, docs today face "maddening" alerts and a "Sisyphean" inbox. They offer 5 suggestions for how that can be fixed.

A look at the half-dozen names that have come up as the embattled Secretary's potential replacement.

A new smartwatch/atrial fibrillation study showed some encouraging results, but it came with some sizable asterisks.

Why telehealth could help the CDC and other healthcare stakeholders decimate the disease.

Researchers sought to find synonymous terms in patient records generated by physicians and nurses. Instead, they came across a glaring gap.

“People may assume that they are being provided accurate medical grade testing, so understandably do not go to the trouble and expense of seeking confirmation.”

"Even the term ‘concierge medicine’ we think is problematic. Our best shot might be ‘personal online doctor.’ 'Telehealth' is not the right word."

Jefferson College of Population Health Dean David Nash, MD, explains the facts and why they matter.

Hint: The finding relied on medical information from more than 46,000 Geisinger patients.

Believe it or not, healthcare data professionals can learn a lot from the IKEA horse meatball incident.

Can the company carve its own lane in the benefits navigation space by focusing on employers?

This year’s meeting focused heavily on the need for grassroots efforts to improve health in communities.

No shiny object can distract from the fact that a happy workforce is every exec’s best asset.

How the statewide HIE is slated to improve data aggregation, interoperability, and care.

A Verizon study concluded that healthcare is the only industry whose biggest threat is internal. Here’s how health systems can prepare.