Connected Health

CMS Administrator Seema Verma calls for an end to physician fax machines by 2020

By Susan Morse 04:59 pm August 06, 2018

CMS is also seeking Blue Button 2.0 app developers, Verma says at second interoperability forum hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in Washington, D.C.

Scott Kirsner and Carla Kriwet speaking at the Connected Health Conference last year.

HIMSS Connected Health Conference to focus on the human element of digital tech

By Jonah Comstock 04:15 pm July 27, 2018

The three-day event, during October in Boston, will include cutting-edge technologies such as social robots, voice interfaces and digital therapeutics.

Mount Sinai opens biomedical blockchain research center

By Bernie Monegain 04:04 pm July 24, 2018

The center will focus on developing predictive apps from data in EHRs, wearables and other digital health tools.

Apple faces new lawsuit over tech behind its heart rate monitor

By Laura Lovett 03:57 pm April 09, 2018

The suit filed by Omni MedSci claims Apple infringed on a patent-pending laser technology that measures physiological parameters including heart rate.

Aneesh Chopra, president of Care Journey and formerly served as White House CTO under President Barack Obama, will be speaking at the Dev4Health event on April 30.

Aneesh Chopra urges innovators to embrace 'Digital Hippocratic Oath'

By Laura Lovett 09:45 am April 02, 2018

The former U.S. CTO and speaker at the upcoming HIMSS Dev4Health event explains why innovators should include the perspectives of patients, clinicians and patients when building apps.

Justin Barnes, Director, Justin Barnes Advisors, along with Leigh Williams, Administrator, Business Systems, Health Information & Technology, University of Virginia Health System, speak at the third gathering of the Health Innovation Think Tank during HIMSS18 in Las Vegas

Health Innovation Think Tank @ HIMSS18: Moving the industry forward

By Lenovo Health 08:04 am April 02, 2018

The third gathering of the Health Innovation Think Tank brought together a diverse group of leaders, innovators and policymakers to identify best practices that can move the industry toward key clinical models associated with value-based care, connected health and virtual care.

Centra Regional Cancer Center in Lynchburg, Virginia. Credit: Google Maps

Cancer center taps clinical collaboration tech to connect caregivers - including competitors

By Bill Siwicki 02:06 pm March 27, 2018

The tool has led to a complete restructuring of Centra Health's entire patient navigation process, says one clinician.

Health app adoption tripled since 2014, Accenture survey finds

By Jonah Comstock 01:13 pm March 09, 2018

Use of telemedicine has gone up as well, but not as dramatically, respondents say.

Patients engage doctors digitally, but don't share data

Survey: Patients are comfortable engaging doctors digitally, but not with sharing data

By Bill Siwicki 11:25 am March 09, 2018

Patients and physicians both are ready to engage with one another using digital tools, according to a new Ernst & Young national survey released at HIMSS18 this week.

(photo via Twitter)

Clinical systems, tech companies unwrap new applications at HIMSS18

By Bill Siwicki 10:38 am March 09, 2018

Validic launches a remote care monitoring platform, Veta Health unveils a data-driven system that syncs with EHRs, and the Medici for Doctors app uncorks a new communication feature.