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By Jessica Davis | 12:39 pm | December 15, 2015
A new report from Frost & Sullivan that forecasts the market will grow 13.2 percent over the next five years.
By Mike Miliard | 12:25 pm | December 15, 2015
First announced in August, the platform features more than 20 public and private sector participants including National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Broad Institute, Intel, Illumina, 23andMe and more.
By Susan Morse | 11:55 am | December 15, 2015
Congress on Wednesday will consider legislation to allow physicians working in ambulatory surgical centers to receive the same payment incentives for meaningful use of electronic health records as doctors in other settings.
By Henry Powderly | 11:45 am | December 15, 2015
The public health system will also use Cerner's patient engagement tool, which takes patient data and uses it to suggest wellness tools and other health tracking options.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:18 am | December 15, 2015
In 2013, the electronic protected health information of about 90,000 individuals was accessed after an employee downloaded an email attachment that contained malicious malware.
By Bernie Monegain | 09:29 pm | December 14, 2015
Supply chain costs ranks second only to reimbursement problems as the issue top of mind for hospital executives today, according to a new national survey commissioned by healthcare services company Cardinal Health.
By Susan Morse | 04:17 pm | December 14, 2015
Kaiser Permanente Ventures is betting big on telemedicine, investing $10 million in Vidyo, a visual communications company that integrates high definition video communications into electronic health record systems and workflow, Vidyo announced Monday.
By Jessica Davis | 03:23 pm | December 14, 2015
The conservative Association of American Physicians and Surgeons on Monday challenged the employer insurance of the Affordable Care Act, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a writ of certiorari in the case of Stephen F. Hotze, MD, and Braidwood Management v. Sylvia Matthews Burwell and Jacob J. Lew.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:51 pm | December 14, 2015
More than 1,000 patients -- including 350 newborns and their mothers -- could have been exposed to tuberculosis at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in California, the system announced last week.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:29 pm | December 14, 2015
Symantec expects the healthcare industry will see more and worse of just about everything in 2016 ranging from cybercrime and data breaches to ransomware and attacks against infrastructure.