HRSA grants $8.1M to help health centers boost IT use
Nearly 100 community health centers in the U.S. will get more federal funds to improve current technologies or get new... Read More
Transitions hampered by info exchange between venues of care
Transitions in care between providers offering different levels of care are still mired in manual processes that hampers the ability... Read More
Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance, AWS join on machine learning effort
A consortium of three Pittsburgh institutions, focused on turning big data into better health, is joining forces with Amazon Web... Read More
Partners HealthCare taps AI to bring ultrasound to point of care
Boston-based Partners HealthCare is teaming with FUJIFILM SonoSite to enhance ultrasound technology with artificial intelligence for use at the point... Read More
Researchers urge caution in selecting, using algorithms to support analytics
A new study of predictive analytics in healthcare asks a provocative question: How can we know it works? Source: HDM
Solving identifiers is key to address interoperability roadblocks
Removing the decades-old ban on a national patient identifier addresses a major impediment to information exchange. Source: HDM
Health plans, big tech firms to test Blue Button implementation guide
About a dozen health plans will join Apple, Google and Microsoft to test a new private sector implementation guide for... Read More
State AGs ask Congress to replace law on substance use disorder records
Legal leaders contend that the statute is out of date and impedes doctors’ efforts to treat patients with substance abuse... Read More
CMS discontinues demo that waives MIPS requirements for clinicians
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says low participation is to blame for its decision to nix a demonstration... Read More
3 health systems, precision med vendor partner to personalize care
Three well-known healthcare delivery systems are teaming with a precision medicine vendor to develop algorithms to personalize care delivery. Source:... Read More