by HIStalk | Jan 24, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
23andMe lays off 100 people as DNA test sales decline, …
by HIStalk | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Citing patient privacy concerns, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner …
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
BY JESSICA DAMASSA Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is known worldwide for their leading-edge approach to cancer care…so, how can digital health help? MSK’s new Digital Ventures Lead, Janhvi Patel, talks about the types of tech companies she’s looking to partner...
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, everybody’s getting 20 million dollars! There are so many deals to cover. AI chatbot symptom checker Buoy gets $20 million, Clue gets $20 million, diabetes management company Oviva gets $21 million, Covera gets $23.5 million for...
by HIStalk | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
IBM has proposed measures to reduce concerns of bias in …
by Health IT Buzz | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
New data released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) examines how people diagnosed with cancer access and use their online medical record. Nearly 60 percent of individuals with a previous cancer diagnosis reported being...
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
By ANDY MYCHKOVSKY Would it blow your mind if only five startup health plans interested in Medicare Advantage (MA) have collectively raised over $3.9 billion in private funding to-date? Well, readers, that is the reality. Now I know there are some skeptics out in the...
by HIStalk | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Epic’s CEO is urging hospital customers to oppose rules that …
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 22, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I bring you the first ever cliffhanger episode—money was flying everywhere during JP Morgan last week, so stay tuned for more tomorrow. Jumping right in, on Episode 105 we discuss Virta Health raising $93 million for diabetes...
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 22, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
BY JESSICA DAMASSA, WTF HEALTH Almirall is a dermatology-focused pharmaceutical company based in Spain, and its investment in R&D for developing new therapeutics leads the way as the largest within the country’s pharma industry. It’s no surprise, then, that...
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 22, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
By KIM BELLARD We’ve been spending a lot of time these past few years debating healthcare reform. First the Affordable Care Act was debated, passed, implemented, and almost continuously litigated since. Lately the concept of Medicare For All, or variations on it,...
by HIStalk | Jan 22, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Snohomish County man is first US case of new coronavirus …
by HIStalk | Jan 21, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Amazon files trademarks for “Amazon Pharmacy” in the …
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 21, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
BY JESSICA DAMASSSA, WTF HEALTH As the adage goes, “health is wealth,” and Wellthy Therapeutics is a startup looking to improve the health of patients with chronic conditions in India by making treatment more accessible. Only 5% of Indians are insured and much of the...
by Health IT Buzz | Jan 21, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Today, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is releasing an updated version the Health IT Playbook, a tool to help clinical practices reduce the burden of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and make the most of their health IT...
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 21, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
By ANISH KOKA, MD Mr. Smith has a problem. He can’t see. Even this cardiologist knows why. The not so subtle evidence lies in the cloudy lens in front of his pupils. He is afflicted with cataracts that obstruct his vision to the point he can’t really do his job...
by HIStalk | Jan 21, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Two Former Outcome Health Employees Plead Guilty Former Outcome Health …
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 20, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
BY JESSICA DAMASSA Bum knees, aching backs, and neck pain are literally a pain-in-the-neck for millions of people – making chronic pain one of the largest areas of healthcare spending. Is it time to disrupt the traditional delivery of physical therapy? Physera CEO,...
by HIStalk | Jan 20, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
On occasion, I’ve done consulting for groups who are trying …
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 20, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Vince Kuraitis Deven McGraw By DEVEN McGRAW and VINCE KURAITIS This piece is part of the series “The Health Data Goldilocks Dilemma: Sharing? Privacy? Both?” which explores whether it’s possible to advance interoperability while maintaining privacy. Check out other...
by HIStalk | Jan 20, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Epic Systems, a major medical records vendor, is warning customers …
by HIStalk | Jan 19, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Top News Epic decides to stop pursuing integrations with Google …
by HIStalk | Jan 17, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Weekly News Recap Masimo buys NantHealth’s Connected Care business for …
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 17, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
By KIM BELLARD I don’t really follow FinTech — I can’t even keep up with HealthTech! — but it caught my eye when Visa announced that it was acquiring FinTech company Plaid for $5.3b; a 2018 funding round valued the company at $2.65b. A 100% increase in valuation...
by The Health Care Blog | Jan 17, 2020 | Healthcare Technology
Today on THCB Spotlights, Matthew chats with a couple of the OGs from the original days of Health 2.0—Scott Shreeve, founder and CEO of Crossover Health, and Jay Parkinson, founder of Sherpaa, who were the first ones doing something different in terms of doctors...
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