Best Buy acquires GreatCall for $800 million
Retail giant says that buying the aging in place vendor is part of its strategy to offer seniors a wider range of technologies. Powered by WPeMatico
HHS awards $125 million to support community health center quality improvement
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced $125 million in Quality Improvement grant awards to 1,352 community health centers across all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), health centers will use these funds to continue to improve quality, efficiency, and ...
Geisinger, Merck co-launch new FHIR-enabled patient apps
Geisinger and Merck have collaborated on a pair of new web-based applications, designed to make it easier to incorporate patient data into health systems’ electronic health records for better care coordination, treatment and outcomes. Powered by WPeMatico
Fax machines can be hacked to breach a network, using only a fax number
While CMS Administrator Seema Verma called for the end of fax machine use by 2020, new Check Point research found a hacker could steal data from a flaw in the fax protocol. Powered by WPeMatico
Precision Innovation Network builds cloud-based, AI-powered precision medicine app
Precision Innovation Network has selected Splice Machine’s big data platform to develop its Treatment Advisor application, to be hosted in an AWS cloud. Powered by WPeMatico
Healthcare app economy is coming: Get ready for the dataquake
Cloud giants are poised to reshape the industry with FHIR and open APIs to unleash the power of consumerism. Powered by WPeMatico
Is FDA doing enough to support medical device security?
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. Powered by WPeMatico
Apple is developing custom health information tracking chips
Apple is looking to hire engineers to develop a custom chip for more sophisticated health information tracking and applications, according to a CNBC report. Powered by WPeMatico
IBM responds to recent Watson media coverage
Several news stories have questioned what reported struggles with the cognitive platform mean for the larger idea of AI in healthcare. Powered by WPeMatico
CMS, USDS innovators on the future of Blue Button 2.0
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. Powered by WPeMatico