Connected Health

CMS is also seeking Blue Button 2.0 app developers, Verma says at second interoperability forum hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in Washington, D.C.

The three-day event, during October in Boston, will include cutting-edge technologies such as social robots, voice interfaces and digital therapeutics.

The center will focus on developing predictive apps from data in EHRs, wearables and other digital health tools.

The suit filed by Omni MedSci claims Apple infringed on a patent-pending laser technology that measures physiological parameters including heart rate.

The former U.S. CTO and speaker at the upcoming HIMSS Dev4Health event explains why innovators should include the perspectives of patients, clinicians and patients when building apps.

The third gathering of the Health Innovation Think Tank brought together a diverse group of leaders, innovators and policymakers to identify best practices that can move the industry toward key clinical models associated with value-based care, connected health and virtual care.

The tool has led to a complete restructuring of Centra Health's entire patient navigation process, says one clinician.

Use of telemedicine has gone up as well, but not as dramatically, respondents say.

Patients and physicians both are ready to engage with one another using digital tools, according to a new Ernst & Young national survey released at HIMSS18 this week.

Validic launches a remote care monitoring platform, Veta Health unveils a data-driven system that syncs with EHRs, and the Medici for Doctors app uncorks a new communication feature.