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Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 04:09 pm | November 09, 2018
Pacific Dental Services, the first dental support organization to implement Epic's comprehensive health record, will leverage the technology to improve care coordination.
By Bill Siwicki | 03:30 pm | November 09, 2018
The time it takes to take a test has been reduced from 30 minutes to 15 minutes, freeing up technicians to do other clinical work.
By Mike Miliard | 02:29 pm | November 09, 2018
David Feinberg will work with Google and other Alphabet companies to unify and innovate their various health projects. At Geisinger, Jaewon Ryu has been named interim president and CEO.
Artificial Intelligent
By Susan Morse | 01:10 pm | November 09, 2018
Insurers are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to review medical records, optimize care for chronic conditions, identify risk.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 06:57 am | November 09, 2018
The traditional model of outpatient care is creating unnecessary pressure on patients, clinicians and the NHS as a whole, a new report from the UK's Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has warned.
Artificial Intelligent
By Mike Miliard | 05:09 pm | November 08, 2018
The machine learning algorithm, which can anticipate how cells respond CRISPR-induced breaks, could help researchers repair gene mutations.
Precision Medicine
By Tom Sullivan | 02:06 pm | November 08, 2018
Respondents to new research indicated that major EHR vendors are not capable of precision medicine work.  
Privacy & Security
01:11 pm | November 08, 2018
Last year’s WannaCry ransomware attack on the UK health service did more than expose weaknesses in healthcare cyber resilience – it also highlighted weaknesses in emergency responses to healthcare cyber attacks.
By Leontina Postelnicu | 12:01 pm | November 08, 2018
The Welsh Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned the “competence, capability and capacity" across the system to digitise healthcare services in Wales after an inquiry uncovered a “raft of problems”, from delays in the delivery of digital projects to “unclear” lines of accountability.
Artificial Intelligent
By Mike Miliard | 10:58 am | November 08, 2018
IT leaders should show the value of specific AI use cases, while also ensuring the C-suite understands the potentially slow or hard-to-define ROI.