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Focus on interoperability: What we learned
Top takeaways from a month of reporting on today's current state and the future of health data sharing. → Read More
92% of Mount Sinai patients engage when prescribed an app
The system worked with a patient design team and turned the metrics of success upside down, for starters. → Read More
Mount Sinai finds deep learning algorithms inconsistent when applied to outside imaging data sets
The team used convolutional neural networks on its own chest X-rays as well as imaging from NIH and Indiana University and said they did not perform equally. → Read More
FDA unveils open source code for collecting patient data
Researchers can customize and rebrand the agency’s MyStudies App for their own clinical trials or observational studies. → Read More
3 key aspects of a killer app for healthcare
HIMSS Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Steve Wretling says developers need to build the experience healthcare hasn’t had yet. → Read More
AHRQ, Social Security Administration aim to attract FHIR developers
With a GitHub site coming and new developer challenges, the agencies are the latest to engage the developer community. → Read More
EHR interoperability: We're closing in on a signature moment
No, interoperability will not be completely solved – but an architectural feat that's about to happen will ignite FHIR and API innovation and bring bright new developer minds to healthcare. → Read More
Security's next act: serving as an enabler of innovation
Here's a look at why a secure innovation foundation is important – and some advice for getting started building one. → Read More
Precision medicine paradox: Tech outpacing policy
That burdens hospitals with the responsibility to ensure affordability, access and ethics to avoid making a broken healthcare system even worse. → Read More
Eric Schmidt lays out formula for healthcare innovation
LAS VEGAS -- Eric Schmidt delivered a hearty dose of optimism Monday evening in the HIMSS18 opening keynote. “A revolution has been happening in my industry. Scale changes the rules, scale changes everything,” said Schmidt, who is the former Executive Chairman of Alphabet and today serves as a Technical Advisor to Google’s parent company. “The combination of cloud, deep neural networks, the… → Read More
A 'gaming disorder' code in ICD-11? Not so fast
Even if the World Health Organization finalizes ICD-11 in May, it will take years for U.S. doctors to start using the next classification system. → Read More
The next precision medicine breakthrough is about apps, not EHRs
Hospitals such as Beth Israel Deaconess and Providence St. Joseph Health are building their own apps to transform the future of personalized care. → Read More
Scripps rolls out Apple ResearchKit app to predict risk of heart disease
People with genetic data from 23andMe can use Scripps’ MyGeneRank app to calculate a genetic risk score for coronary artery disease. → Read More
Healthcare is swimming in data, but what to do with it?
It’s time to take stock of big data so we can move forward and turn it into knowledge, experts at the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum say. → Read More
Cost is top threat to care quality, and fixing that can repair our broken healthcare system
But experts at Monday's National Committee for Quality Assurance event say cutting costs without compromising quality is the hardest part. → Read More
Social determinants of health and the $1.7 trillion opportunity to slash spending
The potential to harness this data to both make people healthier and help hospitals and payers save money is enormous. → Read More
Know these 5 principles of value-based care, because it's here to stay
American Enterprise Institute scholar says that despite all the various attempts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, value-based care and payment model is the clear path forward. → Read More
OHSU kicks off initiative to personalize clinical trials for cancer
Oregon Health & Science University will run analytics against clinical data to deliver decision support to clinicians. → Read More
Mayo unveils EHR-integrated clinical decision support tool for ordering lab tests
Doctors can use the software to access best practices while hospitals can access analytics to understand and manage test ordering trends. → Read More
Why hospitals should join an ISAC immediately
Cyberintelligence experts, prominent infosec pros and an HHS official all agree – health org’s need to share information security information now. → Read More