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Atrium Health Invests $10M for Affordable Housing, Boosting Population Health
The health system is working to enhance the overall health of the community.
EHR Companies Want Big Changes to ONC Proposed Rule, Innovation Barriers
The public comment period for the ONC and CMS rules is now closed.
Digital Therapeutics Could Be Coming to Your Health System
What you need to know about prescription apps.
Will Healthcare See Ethical Patient Data Exchange?
Health information exchanges raise important questions about data exchange through the proposed CMS interoperability rule and beyond.
EHR Flaws and Fixes
How healthcare can begin to realize the potential of EHRs.
Mental Health Center of Denver Is Using VR Technology to Bridge the Care Gap in Behavioral Health
Implementation of VR therapy isn’t as difficult as you might think.
Study: Radar Monitors Sleep with Accuracy Comparable to Current Standards
The device helps patients with sleep apnea by tracking their breathing and heart rate.
Images of Self-Harm on Instagram Can Lead to Similar Behavior
43% of respondents said they had seen self-harm content on Instagram at least once.
Youth Suicide Is Pervasive in Utah. An App, SafeUT, Is Fighting Back.
The digital health tool connects patients to mental health providers — and much more.
Podcast: When a Startup Goes Bust, Pt. 1
Data Book examines the story of Gail Zahtz and her dotcom startup, Working Weekly, for insights into healthcare’s digital transformation.
Executive Voices: Divya Paliwal, M.D., Chief Transformation Officer of Horizon BCBSNJ
The chief transformation officer is reshaping how care is delivered to the insurer’s 3.7 million members.
Ensuring Portability and Patient Ownership of Health Data: The Great Potential of ONC's Proposed Interoperability Rules
Healthcare must prepare for coming change by focusing on interoperability.
Reading Clinician Visit Notes Improves Medication Adherence
Poor medication adherence costs the healthcare system about $300 billion per year.
Selecting Startup Partners Can Be Hard for Health Systems. Here Are Some Tips.
We examined the early days of health data company Carium for insights on how hospitals can choose young vendors.
After Promising Clinical Results, Healthcare Has Emerged as an Early Booster of VR
The technology can improve outcomes and create better treatments and diagnostics.
Cota and FDA Team Up to Research Precision Medicine for Cancer Treatment
The partnership will leverage real-world evidence to improve treatments and breast cancer outcomes.
Talkspace Raises $50M to Expand Access to Telemedicine for Behavioral Health
The company aims to make therapy more available and affordable.
Care Coordination Tool Cuts Crohn's Disease Hospitalizations, Costs
Patients with Crohn’s disease reduced their medical costs by an average of $6,500.
Executive Voices: Bimal Desai, M.D., of CHOP
The chief health informatics officer discusses how CHOP is navigating the digital transformation.
FDA Clears Theranica Wearable to Treat Migraine Headaches
The device sends smartphone-controlled electronic pulses to create a conditioned pain modulation response.
Physician Burnout Costs Healthcare System $4.6B a Year, Study Finds
Burnout accounts for an estimated $7,600 per employed physician each year, according to a new AMA and Mayo Clinic study.
New Survey Tool Unlocks Actionable Patient Data in 22 Questions
SymTrak is designed to capture important patient data that often go unnoticed.
AI Directs Catheters to Target to Treat A-Fib
The algorithm could improve the success of patient-specific A-fib before the disease progresses.
Medical Informatics Engineering Pays $100K for Data Breach of 3.5M Patients
The EHR developer violated a HIPAA requirement by failing to conduct a comprehensive risk analysis.
VR Navigation Task Outperforms Cognitive Tests in Identifying Alzheimer's Disease
The tech could help clinical trials of future drugs aimed at slowing down or halting the progression of the disease.
CMS Interoperability Rule Must Consider Data Usability, Workflow
But healthcare might not be ready for the changes that are necessary.
New Study to Examine Why People in the Rural South Have Worse Health
The investigation will span six years, compiling a huge trove of data that could unlock population health secrets.
HITAC Suggests Removing Price Transparency Requirements from Information Blocking Rule
The proposed rule is designed to increase innovation and competition by giving patients secure access to health information and new tools.
Why Healthcare Is So Vulnerable to Ransomware and What We Can Do About It
Few organizations come out unscathed where ransomware is concerned. But in healthcare, the problem is particularly bad.
EXPO.health to Provide Actionable Health IT Insights for Health Systems
The goal of the conference is to improve healthcare by fostering relationships between vendors and innovators.
