by HIStalk | Dec 11, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Former Director Of Healthcare Services Company Charged In Alleged $300 Million Investment Fraud Scheme Federal officials arrest Pavandeep Bakhshi, a former Constellation Healthcare Technologies board member, for his role in a scheme that attempted to trick investors...
by HIStalk | Dec 10, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
The physician lounge was abuzz on Friday due to a piece on CNN claiming that Australian researchers have developed a “10-minute cancer test.” Supposedly it “can detect the presence of cancer cells anywhere in the human body” and stems from research looking at the...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 10, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
By HANS DUVEFELT MD I have seen the light. I now, finally, see a clear role for artificial intelligence in health care. And, no, I don’t want it to replace me. I want it to complement me. I want AI to take over the mandated, mundane tasks of what I call Metamedicine,...
by HIStalk | Dec 10, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
NHS banned from buying any more fax machines In England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock bans NHS from buying new fax machines and insists that they be phased out by March 31, 2020. Hospital Beds Get Digital Upgrade Hill-Rom’s newest hospital bed will include...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 9, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
It’s prediction season and all of the experts, thought leaders, consultants and others operating in and around the edges of the healthcare industry are sharing their lists of predictions and trends expected will take place in 2019 and beyond. For the fourth year in a...
by HIStalk | Dec 9, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News In England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock bans NHS from buying new fax machines and insists that they be phased out by March 31, 2020. The Royal College of Surgeons agrees, estimating that NHS still has 8,000 fax machines in service. Here we hospital people...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 7, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
By KIP SULLIVAN JD The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), one of numerous pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes authorized by the Affordable Care Act, was sprung on the Medicare fee-for-service population on October 1, 2012 without being pre-tested and with...
by HIStalk | Dec 7, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Weekly News Recap Apple’s Watch 4 OS update includes the ECG app and arrhythmia notification capability. Meditech acquires its London-based partner Centennial Computer Corporation as part of its creation of Meditech UK. A KLAS report finds that most EHR vendors are...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 7, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
On Episode 61 of Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I are still in Tokyo—but this time we’re reporting from a famous whiskey bar. In this episode, Jess asks me about the most important takeaways from Health 2.0 Asia-Japan and the growing health tech market there. We also...
by HIStalk | Dec 7, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Partners goes down (and then back up) Politico reports that Partners HealthCare (MA) briefly took its Epic EHR offline Wednesday to handle unspecified technical issues. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and Walmart Announce Telehealth Collaboration to Reach...
by HIStalk | Dec 6, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News It’s been a busy week for Apple when it comes to healthcare: The FCC clears an Apple-branded sleep monitor built using technology the company gained from its Beddit acquisition last year. Apple Watch 4 users who update to watchOS 5.1.2 can now use the ECG...
by HIStalk | Dec 6, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Following the ONC annual meeting at the end of November, I received an email that the slides and webcast would be “made available in the near future.” This always aggravates me after conferences, because by the time they make the content available, people have moved...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 6, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
By KIP SULLIVAN JD Egged on by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Congress has imposed multiple pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes on the fee-for-service Medicare program. MedPAC recommended most of these schemes between 2003 and 2008, and Congress...
by HIStalk | Dec 6, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Enzyme Health Adds $1.7M for Clinician Telemedicine Job Marketplace Austin, TX-based Enzyme Health raises $1.7 million in a seed funding round led by Silverton Partners. Teladoc Health Refutes SIRF Report Claims Teladoc refutes claims of inappropriate relations and...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 5, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
By AMY LONG and JOE MOLLOY According to the Democrats, their success across the country in the midterm elections has largely been due to the party running on healthcare. Indeed, surveys such as the one conducted by Health Research Incorporated indicated that health...
by HIStalk | Dec 5, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
What’s Good for the Dentist is Good for the Medical Doctor as WellBy Robert Patrick Robert Patrick is president of dental at Vyne of Dunwoody, GA. Medical professionals might be tired of the endless requirements of mailing x-rays or other documentation to the...
by HIStalk | Dec 5, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Alexander Scarlat, MD is a physician and data scientist, board-certified in anesthesiology with a degree in computer sciences. He has a keen interest in machine learning applications in healthcare. He welcomes feedback on this series at drscarlat@gmail.com. Previous...
by HIStalk | Dec 5, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Curavi Acquires TripleCare, Prepares to Rapidly Expand Telemedicine Services UPMC-backed Curavi Health acquires competitor TripleCare, a telemedicine vendor that caters to the post-acute, long-term care market. MEDITECH UK Announces Acquisition of Centennial and the...
by HIStalk | Dec 4, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Top News A ProPublica report finds that the so-called “Mar-a-Lago gang” of three wealthy supporters of President Trump reviewed the VA’s proposed $10 billion Cerner contract before it was signed even though none of them had healthcare IT or military experience, naming...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 4, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
By REBECCA FOGG Today’s health care providers face the formidable challenge of delivering better, more affordable and more convenient care in the face of spiraling care costs and an epidemic of chronic disease. But the most innovative among them are making...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 4, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I report from a hedgehog cafe in Tokyo. In this episode, Jess asks me about Bright Health’s $200 million raise and the significance of Amazon’s new EMR product. We also talk about Health 2.0 Asia-Japan, which is happening right...
by HIStalk | Dec 4, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
ResMed to Acquire Propeller Health, a Leader in COPD and Asthma Connected Health Solutions, for $225 Million Connected health technology vendor ResMed will acquire Madison, WI-based Propeller Health for $225 million. Tabula Rasa HealthCare to Acquire DoseMe, a...
by HIStalk | Dec 3, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
My former employers at Big Hospital System recently reached out to me, requesting some assistance with practices they’ve acquired. In the years since I left, they’ve consolidated their empire onto a single EHR platform and have streamlined a number of IT departments...
by The Health Care Blog | Dec 3, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
By MICHAEL L. MILLENSON Former President George H.W. Bush may have been every inch the caring individual portrayed in the eulogies of those who knew him, but when it came to health care reform, two words characterized his attitude: Don’t care. However, compared to...
by HIStalk | Dec 3, 2018 | Healthcare Technology
U.S. judge raises prospect of not approving CVS-Aetna deal A federal judge involved with the final legal step in the CVS/Aetna acquisition delays court proceedings, telling lawyers that he is very concerned and that “you all are proceeding on a rubber-stamp approach...
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