St. Luke's University Health Network radiologist Karl Yaeger, MD, and his colleagues have developed the industry’s first x-ray system with an embedded AI algorithm to quickly detect a...
MassChallenge, the Boston-based startup accelerator, has selected seven digital health startups for the first cohort of its Houston-based accelerator program, including a startup developing a...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for development of an algorithm to automate the process of detecting hospital infection...
HHS's Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $243 million to health centers in order to upgrade their health IT between fiscal years (FY) 2011 and 2017, according to a...
The Department of Defense’s program to transfer management of its medical treatment facilities (MTFs) from individual military departments to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) is helping to improve...
Investments in digital health startups totaled $4.2 billion across 180 deals in the first half of 2019, putting the market on track to reach $8.4 billion this year, according to the latest data from...
Only 20 percent of consumers would trust AI-generated advice for healthcare, according to survey 2,048 U.S. adults by The Harris Poll on behalf of Invoca.
There is a generation gap when it comes to...
Human-machine interface (HMI) technology, healthcare robotics, and brain stimulation are being used by Swiss researchers to help rehabilitate stroke patients.
When used together and personalized for...
MassChallenge, a network of zero-equity startup accelerators, has awarded $220,000 in cash to five digital health startups as part of its HealthTech accelerator program.
To select the winners,...
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Emory University, the University of Washington, and the University of California San Francisco have joined a pilot study of a free healthcare artificial...
Under legislation signed June 24 by President Trump, HHS is directed to work with other public health officials and private sector entities to identify the critical healthcare infrastructure...
The White House is calling for more transparency and “explainability” in healthcare artificial intelligence.
Currently many algorithms are opaque to users, which creates problems for...
The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub, set up last year to improve patient care and provider experience by using cutting-edge health technology, has added four major healthcare industry partners to its...
Nine health IT programs implemented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) were recognized during the FedHealthIT Innovation Awards held June 12 in Washington, DC.
The nine VA health...
A majority of C-suite executives identified healthcare innovation as the best response to industry disruption, according to the annual healthcare CEO survey by the Advisory Board.
The interest in...
A bipartisan Senate bill introduced this week would invest $100 million per year in modernizing the public health IT infrastructure in the United States.
The Saving Lives Through Better Data Act,...
Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that electronic inhaler monitoring combined with a disease management program resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits for chronic...
Machine learning could significantly improve low-dose computed tomography (CT) scanning by reducing patient exposure and improving image quality, according to research by Rensselaer Polytechnic...
Healthcare technology implementation and adoption is a top concern of 100 healthcare leaders surveyed by Rabin Research Company on behalf of international law firm Proskauer.
Healthcare technology...
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is fining Kansas-based Coffey Health System $250,000 for lying about its EHR security to get Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments.
In its lawsuit, DoJ...
