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Hospitals Struggle with Cutting Healthcare Supply Chain Costs

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One in ten hospitals and other health systems said that they have had the greatest difficulty in reducing healthcare supply chain costs as part of their cost transformation strategy. Twelve percent of...

FHIR-based Pharmacy Care Coordination Platform Goes Live in 50 States

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An FHIR-based pharmacy care coordination platform, known as the Pharmacist eCare Plan (PeCP), is up and running in all 50 states. The PeCP platform was selected by the Office of the National...

Epic’s App Orchard Adds Clinical Decision Support App for Cancer

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Epic is adding a clinical decision support application for cancer treatment to its App Orchard marketplace for third-party apps. The new application, Flatiron Assist, provides support to oncologists...

Nuance Takes Top Spot in Health Information Management Vendor Poll

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Nuance Communications has taken the top spot for end-to-end coding, computer-assisted coding (CAC), and health information management (HIM) solution vendors among inpatient hospitals and health system...

Clinical Supply Chain Integration Not a Priority for Hospitals

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While two-thirds of hospital administrators currently tie clinical supply chain integration initiatives to their budget, only 5 percent said clinical integration was their supply chain department's...

Cumberland Joins MediLedger Project Healthcare Blockchain Scheme

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Cumberland, a healthcare consulting and services firm, has joined the MediLedger Project, an initiative of Chronicled to use healthcare blockchain to improve drug supply chain networks. Chronicled is...

Greeneville Community Hospital East Deploys Telehealth ICU Platform

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Tennessee-based Greeneville Community Hospital East is deploying a telehealth ICU platform for its intensive care unit (ICU). Greeneville Community Hospital East, part of the Ballard Health system, is...

Radiologists’ Societies Warn Against Using AI Solely for Financial Gain

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Several major radiologists’ societies recently called for development of ethical codes of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology, warning against the use of radiology...

FDA to Examine Safety of Materials Used in Medical Devices

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public advisory committee meeting next month with experts and the public to examine the safety of materials used in medical devices, the agency...

Consumers Would Use Blockchain-based Tokens to Control EHR Access

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Consumers are willing to use blockchain-based tokens for a variety of applications, including using them to control access to their electronic health records (EHR), according to a survey of 1,000 U.S....

FDA Proposes Risk-Based Clinical Decision Support Software Rules

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released revised draft guidance on how it proposes to regulate clinical decision support software, after facing industry criticism of its 2017 draft...

AHIMA Warns About Privacy Risks in ONC Information Blocking Rule

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The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) along with six other healthcare organizations are warning that the proposed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...

Medical Device Firms Shift Focus from Hardware to Data, Says Deloitte

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Medical device vendors, which have traditionally concentrated on developing hardware, are shifting their attention to software, data collection, and data analytics, concluded a new study from...

HL7, CAQH CORE Join to Boost Admin, Clinical System Interoperability

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Health Level Seven International (HL7) and CAQH CORE are working together to improve interoperability between healthcare administrative and clinical systems.  The two organizations...

Columbia Researchers Develop Miniaturized Medical Imaging

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Columbia University researchers have developed miniaturized medical imaging using a microchip to map the back of the eye to diagnose disease. The microchip uses interference technology to capture high...

AWS Announces General Availability of Centralized Blockchain Service

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Amazon Web Services has announced the general availability of its centralized blockchain service, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB). Amazon QLDB is a fully managed service that provides an...

ONC Ponies Up Close to $2M for Healthcare Interoperability Work

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has awarded close to $2 million to two organizations in order to fund their work in improving healthcare...

CommonHealth Enables Android Users to Share EHR with Health Apps

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The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is piloting CommonHealth, an open-source, non-profit service designed to enable people to securely collect their electronic health record (EHR) data...

C4MI Launches Program to Verify Medical Device Interoperability

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The Center for Medical Interoperability (C4MI) has launched an industry-wide program to verify medical device interoperability. The program, called C4MI Verified, is designed to accelerate the...

ONC Selects Sequoia Project to Support Healthcare Interoperability

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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has inked a cooperative agreement with The Sequoia Project to support nationwide healthcare interoperability. The Sequoia...