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LeanTaaS Closes $15 M in Series C Funding
LeanTaaS, a high-tech health scheduling company, has created software that has reduced patient wait times and improved operational performance.
Can mHealth Apps and Text Messages Get Teens to Exercise?
The power of mHealth solutions remains in question, a new study finds.
Update: 94K Hit in CMS Data Breach
The data breach exposed the information of nearly 20,000 additional people, revised figures show.
Private Equity Firms Veritas and Evergreen to Buy Athenahealth for $5.7B
The new owners plan to merge athenahealth and Virence Health to create a “leading” health IT company.
Mobile Videoconferencing Linked with Reduced Stress, Increased Productivity in Employees
A new study suggests that an mHealth app for mental health counseling is as effective as in-person therapy.
FDA Allows Emergency Use of First Rapid, Portable Ebola Test
The portable reader enables the test to deliver diagnostic results where patients are, leveraging data to jumpstart care in Ebola-stricken areas.
Podcast: Healthcare Regulations Lag in the Digital Transformation
Healthcare can learn from the creation of the government’s national coordinator for health IT. Featuring Duke professor and attorney Barak Richman, Ph.D., J.D.
Leaders Weigh In on Solutions for Physician Burnout
Janae Sharp talks to four experts about which steps healthcare leaders can take to fight physician burnout.
Wearable Technology Can Provide a Window into the Body's Resilience
But a new study finds that wearables, data and analytics require a “fundamental rethinking” of health management.
Patient Experience in the Medicare Population: Follow the Money or the Patients?
A doctor explains why healthcare leaders must focus on improving the outpatient experience.
FDA Unveils MyStudies App with Aim to Collect Real-World Data
The digital tool is designed to enhance patient data gathering, drug development and safety monitoring.
CVS Expects Aetna Deal to Close Before Thanksgiving
In its third-quarter earnings announcement, CVS Health said it has secured most of the necessary state insurance department approvals.
Tips for Evaluating Healthcare Technology
5 strategies to help healthcare executives succeed in the digital transformation
Why Telemedicine Success Measurements Fall Short
Health-tech KOL Janae Sharp talks to experts about the telemedicine metrics problem and possible solutions.
The Clinical Divide: When Special Interests Influence Data
Physicians, healthcare executives and researchers must work to strengthen data transparency and improve patient outcomes.
4 Glimpses into the Future of Healthcare
What do IBM, 23andMe and health-tech trends tell us about medicine’s evolution?
How $21M Could Help Oncology Analytics Improve Data Science for Healthcare
The company uses data, analytics and digital health to advance precision medicine and optimize costs.
FDA Targets Unapproved Genetic Tests Claiming to Predict Medication Response
The regulator issued a warning to providers and patients just one day after approving a 23andMe direct-to-consumer test regarding medication metabolism.
5 Emerging Technologies that Will Change Healthcare
AI, big data and blockchain technology are just a few of the innovations that healthcare leaders must begin to leverage.
Ambulatory Surgery Centers Are High-Quality, Low-Cost Key for Outpatient Procedures
Data from a new ratings system will show the efficacy and efficiency of ambulatory surgery centers, according to this expert.
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.”
