Clinical
Analytics
Initial work with Mayo Clinic, Microsoft focused on stroke patients.
Innovation
Health systems will buy and deploy robots for clinical tasks in one to three years, IDC said, while drones investments may be five years away.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Rumors that WebMD was shopping around for a buyer are finally confirmed.
Electronic Health Records
Interoperability project enables clinicians to get patient information within their EHR workflow.
Patient Engagement
Report offers advice on how to do it right – the way patients want.
Accountable Care
Two news studies in peer-reviewed journals see positive signs for precision oncology.
EHR
The enterprise rollout at Ontario's Mackenzie Health, billed as the first end-to-end implementation north of the border, offers some good perspective on a smooth go-live: planning ahead, proper staffing levels, command centers and more.
Cloud Computing
Bedside Patient Rescue offers a view into patient risk and next steps to avoid adverse health events, the organizations said.
EHR
As the agency sets about adopting a new EHR system, better data is necessary to assess provider efficiency and clinical efficacy, the congressional watchdog says.
Precision Medicine
Researchers said Watson provided actionable insights within 10 minutes, compared to 160 hours of human analysis and curation typically required to reach similar conclusions.