According to a recent report, 83 percent of medical imaging devices are running on unsupported operating systems, a 56 percent jump from 2018.
Paloalto Network’s 2020 Unit 42 IoT Threat Report analyzed 1.2 million IoT devices in thousands of physical locations across enterprise IT and healthcare organizations in the US. Researchers...
Earlier this week, the Office of the National Coordination for Health IT (ONC) announced a new interoperability rule which requires certified health IT developers to establish secure, standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) to support patient’s access to vital data in their electronic health record (EHR).
The 21st Century...
Many healthcare organizations continue to plan for artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging. The following report shared which organizations and vendors are best positioned for successful adoption as well as the best practices for AI deployment.
The KLAS report, Artificial Intelligence in Imaging 2020, received feedback from 81 organizations...
The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub (EHIH) recently announced that it will be powered by Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband service, creating the nation’s first 5G healthcare innovation lab.
EHIH is a healthcare advancement and commercialization program committed to improving patient care and provider experience. The partnership with Verizon 5G will...
Basic scientific research is critical for biomedical innovation, but the American public must provide researchers and scientists with the appropriate resources for innovation or the next generation will suffer, according to the president of Brigham Health and its Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, who is also a...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption is gradually becoming more prominent in health systems, but 75 percent of healthcare insiders are concerned that AI could threaten the security and privacy of patient data, according to a recent survey from KPMG.
Although 91 percent of healthcare respondents believe that AI implementation is...
The Department of Veteran Affairs will continue to increase innovation with the launch of its first 5G hospital in California, VA Secretary Robert announced at the “State of the VA” speech on February 5 at the National Press Club in Washington DC.
Expected to operate this week, the hospital will be one of the first 5G-enabled health...
More physicians than ever before are recognizing digital health tools as an advantage for driving efficiency and safety in healthcare while also reducing provider burden, according to a recent study from the American Medical Association (AMA).
The AMA first evaluated health technology integration into clinical practices back in 2016. Since then,...
Philips, Sectra, Fujifilm, TeraRecon, IBM Watson Health, Ambra, and Epic were just a few of the imaging system vendors who saw the top of the charts in 2020, according to the latest KLAS rankings.
The Best in KLAS 2020 Software & Services report released last week also named Epic the top overall software suite with a score of 85.9 points...
More than a year after Medtronic finalized its acquisition of Mazor Robotics for $1.64 billion, the purchase is showing early signs of success in its robotic surgery device business, national news sources reported.
And this is just the beginning of the payoff, said Omar Ishrak, PhD, Medtronic CEO in a CNBC report.
“We’re...
Verily Life Sciences was recently granted 510(K) clearance from the FDA for its Study Watch used with Irregular Pulse Monitoring, according to an official blog post from the Alphabet subsidiary.
This grant follows a 2019 clearance for Verily’s Study Watch, which is used for non-invasive, continuous monitoring. With the grant, the...
A host of major payer and provider organizations recently invested in a health analytics company focused on tackling social determinants of health (SDOH).
Socially Determined recently announced that it has closed its Series A investment round raising a total of $11.1 million.
The Washington, DC-based healthcare technology startup had...
Masimo, a global leader in noninvasive monitoring technologies and connectivity tools for hospitals, recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire the connected care assets from California-based NantHealth for $47.25 million.
NantHealth’s connected care assets, which include the DCX device connectivity, VCX patient vitals software,...
The Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC recently announced a partnership with wireless network AT&T to open a new “smart” facility to further advance the multidisciplinary cancer research ecosystem through 5G in healthcare.
By using AT&T as the foundation and backbone to help support the latest...
Enterprise imaging aims to align provider departments, priorities, and technologies to drive key clinical outcomes. Out of 113 organizations taking part in enterprise imaging, 69 percent have seen progress with their enterprise imaging strategies since 2018, according to a recent KLAS report.
New service lines, vendor neutral archives (VNAs), and...
Storage and information management leader Iron Mountain announced the expansion of its data center campus in North Virginia, with the construction of VA-2 underway.
Iron Mountain predicted that it will complete the development of the first part of VA-2 in the first quarter of 2020. It is expected to support the demand from both new and existing...
Enterprise software company VMware recently announced that it has acquired the cloud native platform provider Pivotal Software after sealing a $2.7 billion deal last August.
VMware has been increasingly adopted in healthcare systems to achieve real-time, connected healthcare. The digital foundation increases agility with a software data center that...
More than one-third of respondents will increase artificial intelligence (AI) spending in the next two years, according to a recent survey conducted by MIT Technology Review Insights and GE Healthcare.
The survey of more than 900 healthcare professionals found that healthcare organizations are already using AI to improve aspects of care, like data...
North America is leading the regional segment for the Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) market with a share of 28.51 percent in 2018, which increases data storage and security, according to a recent Adroit Market Research report.
The business analytics and consulting company found that this...
T-Systems North America (TSNA) and Hitachi Vantara recently announced a collaboration to create a new Hitachi Vantara-powered managed service that aims to address the growing volumes of enterprise imaging data healthcare and life sciences organizations face.
Through the partnership with Hitatchi Vantara, T-Systems will leverage their...
