Why is telehealth still not as widespread as many think it should be? Three...
The advent of telemedicine has introduced an unprecedented degree of convenience and immediacy, data sharing and communications among care teams and resource availability for value-based,...
View ArticlePatient-facing apps to outpace clinician mHealth this year, Red Hat survey says
Healthcare organizations are moving fast to embrace mobile apps, with 82 percent implementing a mobile strategy, and 78 percent achieving positive ROI from mobile app investments already, according to...
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Best Hospital IT 2016: CIOs talk emerging technologies with biggest potential
When Healthcare IT News interviewed the winners of our Best Hospital IT Departments 2016 we also asked them which emerging technologies today have the greatest potential to improve healthcare in the...
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Zipline snaps up $25 million to advance drone for medical supply delivery
Drone startup Zipline raised $25 million to deliver blood to transfusion patients.The company plans to use the funding to extend its delivery beyond blood, eventually dropping medicine and vaccines....
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Gates Foundation gives Factom a grant to deploy blockchain for medical records
Factom, an Austin-based technology firm that develops blockchain-based tools for data management and security, has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop secure,...
View ArticleProofPilot launches platform to help researchers run scientific studies about...
ProofPilot, a platform for designing and managing research studies, released new features to ease the creation and replication of randomized, controlled trials."We kept hearing from all sorts of...
View ArticleShafiq Rab will take helm as CIO and vice president at Rush University...
Shafiq Rab is taking the position of chief information officer and senior vice president at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.He will leave Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack,...
View ArticleStudy: Doctors need clear strategy for evaluating and recommending mHealth apps
A gap exists between the wide variety of mobile health applications in the marketplace and the number that address the needs of patients who could benefit the most, a new survey found.Ubiquitous...
View ArticleGoogle Glass startup Augmedix scores $23 million from McKesson Ventures, others
Augmedix, which has harnessed Google Glass technology to develop tools to improve physician workflow and productivity, has secured a $23 million round of funding from new investors McKesson Ventures,...
View ArticleNIH zeroes in on alcohol abuse with projects focused on EHRs, wearables
The National Institutes of Health challenged the biotechnology community on Thursday to design a wearable device able to measure blood alcohol content in real-time for its National Institute on Alcohol...
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drchrono unveils mobile check-in device for patients
Mobile EHR vendor dchrono launched a new feature for its iPad app called Kiosk that lets patients check themselves in at physicians’ offices. Kiosk enables providers to equip their front office with an...
View ArticleAMA, AHA, HIMSS, DHX Group form mobile health safety collaboration
The American Medical Association, The American Heart Association, HIMSS and the DHX have joined to create Xcertia, collaborative to evaluate and improve the safety and effectiveness of mobile health...
View ArticleCyberattack on Quest Diagnostics breaches 34,000 patient records
Quest Diagnostics, a New Jersey-based clinical laboratory services company, announced Monday its internet application was breached by an unauthorized third-party.The company has notified the 34,000...
View ArticleJoe Kvedar gives an update on the state of connected health
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Digital health tools and apps are all the rage these days but that's hardly to say they're a new phenomenon, according to Partners HealthCare vice president of connected health...
View ArticleData breach rates rise 60 percent in November, more than 400,000 records stolen
November saw a 60 percent increase of breach incidents from October, at an average of two incidents per day. With 57 reported incidents, November saw the most breaches so far this year, according to...
View ArticleConnected health tools boost long-term patient engagement, study finds
New research shows that automated health tracking using connected devices and apps can improve long-term engagement in health activities, compared with manual tracking.The study, published in the...
View ArticleUnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm add new wearables to wellness program
Health insurer UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm Life, a health services subsidiary of telecommunications equipment provider Qualcomm, announced enhancements to UnitedHealthcare Motion, a wellness program...
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Ascension IT exec: 'Treat IoT security with respect it deserves'
The Internet of Things holds great promise for the healthcare industry: The ability to care for patients in a preferred setting, helping the elderly live at home longer, getting in-patients out faster...
View ArticleCommentary: A health IT wish list for 2017
As 2016 gave way to 2017, Healthcare IT News readers shared with us their expectations and hopes for the year ahead. "We are in an age where technology has extended so far into the realm of healthcare...
View ArticleThe Internet and insecurity of medical things at CES 2017
Medical DevicesMobileNetwork InfrastructurePrivacy & SecurityWomen In Health ITHealthcare IT News survey out this week found that the No.1 health IT challenge hospital IT execs cite for 2017 is...
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