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Cybersecurity Not Always Top Priority as ASCs Move Toward Digitization
But the cloud could help healthcare organizations.
What Makes a Strong Wearable? A Conversation with Rosalind Picard, Part 2
Health-tech KOL Janae Sharp discusses how wearables and digital health apps could be improved with the inventor of affective computing.
At $8B, Annual Digital Health Funding Has Already Surpassed 2017
The boon comes at a time when regulators and established companies are placing confidence in health tech.
Anthem to Pay $16M for Largest Healthcare Data Breach to Hit U.S.
Cyberattacks compromised the protected health information of 79 million people.
The Job Market for Pharmacists Is Rapidly Changing, and It's Not Because of Silicon Valley
Amazon’s purchase of PillPack made insiders wonder whether traditional pharmacies were at risk. But pharmacists are used to disruption.
4 Can't-Miss Stories from the Week in Health Tech
Alexa for doctors, medical devices and mergers gave healthcare stakeholders plenty to discuss.
21,000 Patients' Data Compromised in Minnesota Hacks
But the state Department of Human Services claims there’s no evidence that the information has been viewed or misused.
Wearable Data Can Help Change Behavior to Keep Blood Pressure Down
How researchers used a Fitbit to influence behavior change.
Creating Intelligent Computing: A Conversation with Rosalind Picard
Health-tech KOL Janae Sharp talks the brain, wearables and autism and the inventor of affective computing.
FDA Approves Medtronic Fix for Device Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
The medical device manufacturer has updated the software as part of a voluntary recall to address safety risk.
Podcast: Is Anyone Obligated to Incite Healthcare Innovation?
Data Book tells the story of artificial heart innovator Robert Jarvik and brings on five health-tech KOLs to discuss who is responsible for advancing medicine.
AMA Says CVS-Aetna Merger Will Hurt Patients
The U.S. Department of Justice approved the merger between CVS Health and Aetna this week.
How the First FDA-Approved Contraception App Performs Across Populations
Natural Cycles unveiled the results of a study of 54,000 women. Here’s what it found.
Doximity Uses Data to Unearth Looming Oncologist Shortage
The finding underscores a problem facing cancer care — and the power of a strong database.
Fixing Common Medical Device Supply Chain Break Points
10 realities that healthcare organizations must understand about the data that fuel their technologies.
Most Health IT Execs Not Confident in Their Med-Tech Cybersecurity
Healthcare leaders say their strategies could place patients at risk, a new survey found.
What Do Mergers and Acquisitions Mean for Healthcare's Digital Transformation?
It’s time for health systems to build on their tech foundation and strive for interoperability, analytics and engagement.
Alexa for Doctors Claims 70 Percent Reduction in EHR Time
Will Suki become a part of the clinic of tomorrow?
Biomarker Diagnostics Company Lands $23M
How sphingotec GmbH plans to help patients with congestive heart failure and other conditions.
5 Stories Hitting Health-Tech Circles
The week in review is all about cybersecurity, the digital transformation and big ethical questions, but it all orbits around risk.
Improving Online Self-Scheduling with Analytics
What health systems must know to improve patient engagement and more.
Privacy Concern or Public Benefit? Police Access to Consumer DNA in Question
Cops identified the alleged Golden State Killer using DNA collected by a direct-to-consumer company. But that might not concern the public, a new study finds.
3 Tips to Better Protect Patient Data
Why SOC 2 certification could help health systems.
Closing the Knowledge Gaps in Care Gap Management
How healthcare organizations can succeed in population health management.
Fixing Physician Burnout Is More Than Just the Decent Thing to Do
The problem is also hurting patients and costing health systems untold billions, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pregnancy Wearables Hit the Market, Raising Questions
Women today have more tools than ever before to monitor their pregnancies, but data mean little without physician guidance.
CMS Says Revisions Will Bring Healthcare Innovation to Patients
By updating Medicare’s Program Integrity Manual, groundbreaking therapies and medical devices could be more likely to be covered, the insurer says.
Why Cellphones Might Be the Next Great Public Health Tool
A new study found that SMS polls can help rapidly gather health information.
Is Digital Health the Future of Healthcare?
How tech can help patients and clinicians reap the benefits of an improved, sustainable and proactive healthcare system.
Is FHIR Adoption About to Take Off?
New ONC data suggest 82 percent of hospitals have products developed by FHIR users.
