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For better health and financial outcomes, patients need transparency and directness. For physicians, the transition may be tough.

The culmination of several factors has made the healthcare industry a perfect target for cybercriminals. Understanding those factors, experts say, is critical to creating a more secure industry moving forward.

Researchers at Black Hat USA described the growing threat of hacked medical devices.

“Visionary organizations already know the train has left the station,” Yele Aluko, MD, says.

The company emphatically denies that the incident could constitute a breach of unsecured PHI under the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

A recent New England Journal of Medicine article provides healthcare cybersecurity guidance.

In part 2 of this week's Q&A, Medicomp Systems' CMO has some direct words for the hype surrounding artificial intelligence, the usefulness of natural language processing, and the potential of his own company.

Hinge Health is working to create remote physical therapy and behavioral health treatment options using wearables and software.

"For the last 30+ years, the company has sat down with physician experts to ask, say, ‘if you’re seeing a patient with bacterial pneumonia, what would you expect to see? What would you ask, what historical facts would you like to know?'"

A new study shows that tracking Google searches may be an effective means of monitoring mosquito-borne disease activity.

Your weekly roundup of the 5 most popular stories on iDigitalhealth.com. This week’s highlights include a Q&A with a healthcare payment system thought leader, a report on IT treats against smaller health facilities, and a country-by-country look at cybersecurity.

Being a small or single-practice facility doesn't make you any less appealing as a target for cybercrime. That’s the takeaway from the recent news of a malware attack at an Atlanta-based neurological clinic.

The CEO and CMO of SidekickHealth give a deep, detailed look at the development and potential of mobile apps that could change how patients approach their chronic conditions.

A recent study linked cancer cell shapes to gene expression.

Glass developer X has announced a pivot toward industry, with healthcare being an emphasis.

The App Wrap focuses on a select few health apps that strive to make a meaningful difference for healthcare providers and their patients.

The study showed that Watson could produce actionable clinical data in 10 minutes that would ordinarily take humans 160 hours.

The hospital will now offer a telehealth service for pediatric patients.

The research organization is introducing a population of sterile mosquitos in California to curtail disease.

Japanese researchers have developed a nanomesh for wearable health monitoring that they say can be worn for a week without discomfort.

In Part 2 of the interview, Bradley speaks to what makes analytics in healthcare unique, the breadth and integrity of provider data, and how better financial interactions with patients may improve their perception of healthcare providers

The life science research organization will use its wearable, Study Watch, to work with UNC and Harvard on the expansive mental health study.

The University of Aberdeen has received nearly $10 million to use AI to determine the human behaviors that lead to attacks, and how to modify them.

“All of the goodwill that’s been accumulated when we have the patient in our care, that’s thrown out the window because we haven’t maintained the patient experience in the financial relationship we have with the patient.”

In the face of mosquito-borne threats like Zika, Microsoft joins other tech firms in trying to combat the flying vectors.

"Two years ago people were still saying 'well, let’s see what happens to these programs.' Now, everyone is saying that it isn’t a question of 'if', it’s 'at what pace?'"

The announcement continues a trend of technology companies, app makers, and glucose monitor makers pairing up to create integrated care systems.

"Sometimes serendipity smiles." Dr. Drouin, in the first part of our interview, spoke to the needs his company aims to fill, the pursuit of value-based care, and the process of leaving a career and getting a startup off the ground.

The company is expanding its digital health platform in partnership with IBM Watson Health.

“Big data is not just about big numbers, but also the patterns that can explain important health trends,” says the NIH's Grace Peng. A new Stanford study used some huge data to track obesity.