SPOTLIGHT -
Monitoring Drug Use on Social Media
Investigators analyzed 91 studies to develop a framework for future research.
Progenity Raises $125M in Series B Financing
This windfall marks the third for a genomics company since Friday.
JAMA Debate Highlights Need for Better Data Breach Stats
Critics say the available data is insufficient. That matters for hospitals and patients alike.
Why Consumers Could Drive the Genomic Revolution
Healthcare must adapt to the new way in which risk factors present, according to a UPMC expert.
Counsyl Gets $80M Birthday Present
The genetic testing company celebrated its birthday in style, adding a new board member and a huge investment.
Assessing Wound Depth with Smartphone Sensors
“Our hope is that arming clinicians everywhere with this feature will mean they can get better data to help patients heal faster.”
Microsoft and PAREXEL Aim to Speed Up Drug Development
The companies’ partnership will also focus on patient engagement and precision medicine.
NIH Slates $9M for Health Data Commons Pilot
The 4-year program aims to spur collaboration to advance biomedical research.
FDA to Streamline Review Process for DTC Genetic Tests
The move could be a massive boon for the burgeoning industry.
Cybersecurity Threats, Digital Failures Top Hospital Hazards List
"Patient safety is on everyone's mind, but technology safety sometimes gets left behind."
Computational Simulations Show Multiple Sclerosis is 1 Disease
Researchers performed the analysis using long-term data from 66 patients.
Annoroad Raises $105M in Funding Round
The Chinese genomics company will use the money to focus on its growing overseas business.
CareFirst Petitions Supreme Court Over Data Breach Lawsuit
If the Supreme Court hears the case, it could have major implications for future hacking incidents.
The Challenges of Monitoring Pain Remotely
Most remote pain monitoring studies lack context for the data they collect.
Making Precision Medicine a Reality
A UPMC biomedical informatics professor outlines 4 steps healthcare orgs can take now.
Why EHR Changes Are Slow and Slight
3 barriers that hospitals must break down. It's not all about the money.
Shaping the Labs of the Future
How analytics and other high-tech tools can reap better insights.
4 Steps Toward Using Real-World Data
Jyotsna Mehta, the owner of the analytics firm KEVA Health, provided a 4-step framework to make the big data problem a little smaller.
What's Keeping Pharma Off the Cloud?
It's time, experts said, for executives and employees to adapt.
Digging for Empathy in Big Data
A study of diabetes diagnoses and long-term health points to the numbers' softer side.
The Case for Building a Clinical Information Commons
How diagnoses can progress from the "19th-century Oslerian blueprint."
Marc Berger Shares the Keys to the Data Mart
“The data has gotten better, and our ability to interrogate it has gotten better. But it has always been dirty.”
It's Time to Move Beyond EHR Tweaks
Healthcare can strive for actionable data, especially regarding social determinants of health, a Lumeris executive says.
How Analytics Enable Pharma to Find Trial Subjects
Analytics might be able to help defeat the so-called “Lasagna Law" of diminishing study subject availability.
Smartphones Can Help Track the Progression of Multiple Sclerosis
Algorithms and machine learning may dissect real-world data, according to Roche.
3 Common Cybersecurity Threats to Healthcare
A HIMSS expert details what hospitals need to know.
One Drop and Fitbit Announce Diabetes Collaboration
The move enables One Drop to sync with a sizeable share of the wearables market.
How the FDA Pushes Medical Device Cybersecurity
An agency leader says the process should continue “throughout the total product life cycle.”
Latest WannaCry Virus Attack Stresses Healthcare's Need to Fortify Defenses
“They have more janitors at these hospitals than they do security people.”
Georgia Tech Researchers Offer Open-Source Cancer Treatment Algorithm
Sharing algorithms can benefit healthcare research and society at large.
