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Government & Policy

Mobile Health IT
By Lynne Minion | 04:42 pm | August 17, 2018
ResApp will partner with Lockheed Martin to join the US government’s "Warfighter Analytics using Smartphones for Health" effort to develop audio-based machine learning algorithms using smartphone microphones.
Analytics
By Susan Morse | 03:42 pm | August 16, 2018
OptumRx is changing its medication containers for temperature-sensitive prescriptions for home delivery to renewable cotton that is biodegradable, compostable, reusable and recyclable.
Electronic Health Records
By Mike Miliard | 03:09 pm | August 16, 2018
The grants from the HHS agency aim to boost use of health information technology for cost-efficiencies and outcomes improvement at small hospitals.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 01:48 pm | August 16, 2018
While the state program had a security program in place, it lacked sufficient controls over the data and its operation.
Privacy & Security
By Jessica Davis | 10:53 am | August 15, 2018
McAfee researchers show just how easy it is to hack into devices -- but new MedCrypt data shows government guidance may be putting device manufacturers on the right trajectory to shore up this real threat.
Electronic Health Records
By Tom Sullivan | 02:23 pm | August 14, 2018
With more than 700 developers now in the Blue Button sandbox, officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the U.S. Digital Service say we are just scratching the surface of what the API-first approach can accomplish.
Population Health
By Tom Sullivan | 11:58 am | August 14, 2018
With a GitHub site coming and new developer challenges, the agencies are the latest to engage the developer community.
Workforce
By Tom Sullivan | 05:09 pm | August 13, 2018
Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr reveals what makes the best innovators succeed.
Analytics
By Tom Sullivan | 04:58 pm | August 13, 2018
Speaking at the White House, she said the potential of what unleashed health data could do for the country is "really unimaginable."
By Leontina Postelnicu | 11:12 am | August 13, 2018
NHS Digital plans to engage with suppliers to help create a more flexible and competitive market for IT in general practice.