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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma speaking at HIMSS18.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma presses for remote monitoring of patients

By Bernie Monegain 03:05 pm July 03, 2018

She says redesign of the home health payment system would encourage value over volume.

Cleveland Clinic puts EHR data onto iPhone with Apple Health Records

By Mike Miliard 10:00 am July 03, 2018

In combination with the Epic MyChart app, patients can now access lab results, meds, vitals and more.

next generation of clinical communication is real-time location and mobile

Next-gen clinical communication: Real-time location, context-aware and mobile

By Bill Siwicki 08:35 am June 26, 2018

Here are the features and functionality clinical communication tool vendors think will emerge next.

Why Walmart filed a patent for blockchain, wearables and EHR data

By Dave Muoio 10:11 am June 21, 2018

The retail giant is looking to protect a method for obtaining EHR data via the distributed ledger technology.

Adrienne Boissy, MD, Cleveland Clinic Chief Experience Officer speaking at HIMSS Patient Experience Summit

Adrienne Boissy, MD, Cleveland Clinic Chief Experience Officer speaking at the Summit on Monday. Credit: Twitter

Cleveland Clinic shows its digital health toolbox for improving patient experience

By John Sharp 09:17 am June 21, 2018

Boston University researchers also demonstrated an avatar-based coaching app at the Patient Experience Summit.

CMS to host Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference this summer

By Mike Miliard 08:54 am June 21, 2018

The event, on Aug. 13, will host app developers to build and innovate software that can help patients access and understand their health data, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said.

VA open FHIR API project discussion at HL7 event

VA tackles interoperability, massive data stores with open FHIR API project

By Jessica Davis 04:15 pm June 19, 2018

Veterans Health Affairs’ director of standards and interoperability warns that FHIR is not a cure all, just one valuable asset in a tech toolbox.

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MedStar to pilot new apps for patient-reported outcome data

By Mike Miliard 01:36 pm June 19, 2018

The apps will be evaluated in 10 different primary and specialty care settings.

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UCHealth to create innovation center in Denver to focus on the hospital room of the future

By Bernie Monegain 02:24 pm June 13, 2018

The center, called Catalyst Health-Tech Innovation, will convene experts across the healthcare and wellness industries to incubate new ideas, officials say.

Apple files patent blood pressure monitoring

A diagram of the pending patent.

Apple files patent for blood pressure monitoring device

By Jonah Comstock 04:30 pm June 12, 2018

The patent description is a tweak on the standard-of-care inflatable blood pressure cuff, built into a wearable that might be smaller, connected and sport a touchscreen.