Microsoft makes its move into artificial intelligence cancer moonshot realm
The software giant joins rivals IBM and Google in putting supercomputing to work on cancer research and treatment. Powered by WPeMatico
New ONC chief Vindell Washington, MD: 'Time to pivot toward information sharing'
The newly-minted National Coordinator for Health IT offered his thoughts on interoperability, quality reporting, privacy and security, EHR certification, innovation and more. Powered by WPeMatico
NYU Lutheran launches Epic EHR, implements Imprivata patient ID
The platform integrates with the health system’s 22 inpatient and outpatient care centers to improve patient-provider communication and improved access to medical records. Powered by WPeMatico
Former HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt shares guidelines for accountable care success
The Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, which Leavitt co-chairs with former CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, published a framework for sharing best practices and care delivery competencies. Powered by WPeMatico
IBM and MIT team on cognitive computing, machine vision, artificial intelligence for healthcare
The organizations are building a research laboratory for brain-inspired machine comprehension to develop systems that mimic certain human abilities. Powered by WPeMatico
Allscripts subsidiary 2bPrecise looks to inject genomics into EHR workflow for precision medicine
In an early-adopter program at the National Institutes of Health, the cloud-based genomics platform is being used to gauge how best to deliver precision medicine data to clinicians at the point of care. Powered by WPeMatico
FDA launches app competition to help connect opioid overdoses with naloxone
With the 2016 Naloxone App Competition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is calling on programmers, public health experts, clinicians and others to develop a mobile app that can connect overdosing users with nearby carriers of the life-saving drug. Powered by WPeMatico
McLeod Health taps Cerner for EHR, RCM, population health tools
The hospital system intends to streamline billing and clinical documentation, give patients a single record and use that to analyze population-level data, officials said. Powered by WPeMatico
CMS to build central repository to help with meaningful use public health reporting
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching a central data repository for public health agency and clinical data registry reporting. Powered by WPeMatico
Dignity Health, Catholic Health Initiatives join forces to create Precision Medicine Alliance
The initiative will offer advanced technologies and genomic profiling to nearly 150 hospitals, focusing first on cancer treatment, hospital executives said. Powered by WPeMatico