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By Mike Miliard | 12:07 pm | August 30, 2016
The companies said that Cerner’s HealtheIntent platform will use 3M's grouping methodology to help customers manage both care and costs.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:50 am | August 30, 2016
Clinton promises to adjust payment systems for telepsychiatry and other services, increase funding for research into brain science and PTSD, and to study suicide prevention.
By Jessica Davis | 11:49 am | August 30, 2016
A recent Cybersecurity Ventures report, sponsored by security firm Herjavec Group, also found global cybersecurity defense costs will exceed $1 trillion over the next five years.
By Jack McCarthy | 11:19 am | August 30, 2016
A theory emerges that the investment and cybersecurity research firms withheld information from St. Jude to short-sell stocks and profit from the bad news about the security of its pacemakers and heart devices. 
By Bill Siwicki | 06:08 pm | August 29, 2016
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT said that the winners offer new uses for Blockchain digital technology to protect and exchange electronic health data in a secure fashion.
By Bill Siwicki | 04:58 pm | August 29, 2016
The new Population Health Explorer feature can show hospital executives and physicians where specific healthcare services are needed most.
By Jessica Davis | 04:23 pm | August 29, 2016
Cloud-based IT developer athenahealth announced Aug. 29 that it has acquired the care coordination platform Patient IO to expand the company's focus on patient-centered care.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:22 pm | August 29, 2016
An Intermountain Healthcare study conducted at 27 team-based medical practices and 75 traditional practices revealed that delivering integrated mental and physical healthcare in team-based primary care settings yields better results for patients and also reduces the rates of healthcare utilization and lowers cost.
By Mike Miliard | 12:16 pm | August 29, 2016
Harold Bornstein, MD, gained attention first for saying that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is in excellent physical condition and, subsequently, for still using a 15-year old operating system that Microsoft no longer supports.
By Jessica Davis | 12:09 pm | August 29, 2016
Long Beach, California-based SCAN Health Plan reported its contact sheets' system had been breached by an unauthorized party, which exposed the data from its 107,000 members and some non-plan members who provided their personal information to its sales team.