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FDA Clears Verily Study Watch for Irregular Pulse Monitoring

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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...

Payers, Providers Invest in Analytics for Social Determinants

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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...

Masimo Acquires NantHealth’s Connected Care Assets for $47.25M

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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...

5G in Healthcare Solving Care Team Problems at Ellison Institute

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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...

One-Third of Providers to Boost Artificial Intelligence Spending

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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...

New Partnership Aims to Solve Enterprise Imaging Data Problems

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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...

ECS Tapped to Modernize Health IT Infrastructure for Military

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The Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Defense Health Information Technology Division recently awarded a four-year $116 million contract to ECS to lead health IT infrastructure modernization...

Blockchain Technology to Evolve in 4 Phases, Predicts Gartner

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Blockchain technology, which is already making an impact in healthcare, will evolve in four phases over the next decade, predicted Gartner. The high-tech research firm advised chief information...

Improving Health IT Infrastructure Key to Reducing Clinician Burnout

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Improving the usability of healthcare IT infrastructure and other health IT technology, such as electronic health records (EHRs), is one solution to reduce clinician burnout, according to a new report...

UCI Health Implements Provider Information Management Platform

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California-based UCI Health has implemented a healthcare provider information management platform to keep its provider community informed about patient care. UCI Health opted to go with Phynd...

Most Healthcare IT Execs Unaware of Proposed Interoperability Rules

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Most U.S. healthcare IT executives are unfamiliar with healthcare interoperability and information blocking rules being developed by HHS, according to new research from Accenture. Only 18 percent of...

NSF Grants $225K to Integrate Graphene with Nexus Blockchain Protocol

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $225,000 grant to integrate new Graphene technology with SimplyVital Health’s Nexus blockchain protocol. Graphene is a block propagation...

Hospital Networks at Risk from URGENT/11 Vulnerabilities, FDA Warns

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Hospital networks and medical devices are at risk from URGENT/11 vulnerabilities that lurk in their IPnet network connection, warned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week. The...

Interoperable IT Infrastructure Vital to Link Healthcare, Social Care

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The United States needs to develop interoperable IT infrastructure that will facilitate the integration of healthcare and social care, advised a new report from the National Academies of Sciences,...

NYeC Seeks Vendors for Patient Access, Secure Messaging Platform

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The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is looking for industry input about a platform that enables patients to access and aggregate their electronic health information and supports secure messaging...

NIMH Awards $4.6M to UC San Diego for NEMAR IT Infrastructure, Tools

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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded $4.6 million to the University of California San Diego to build IT infrastructure and tools to add human neuroelectromagnetic brain imaging to...

Broadband Internet Expansion Key to Telehealth in Rural Areas

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Expanding access to broadband internet is necessary for rural areas to benefit from telehealth services, argued Karen Rheuban, MD, professor of pediatrics and director of the University of Virginia...

Regional Groups Team to Set Up Great Plains Health Data Network

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The Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD) and the Wyoming Primary Care Association are partnering to establish the Great Plains Health Data Network. The network is expected to enable...

Gila Regional Medical Center Deploys Telestroke Services Equipment

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New Mexico-based Gila Regional Medical Center has acquired telestroke services equipment that includes a camera and communications link to connect stroke patients in the emergency department with a...

Health IT Infrastructure Delays VA’s Family Caregiver Program Growth

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has failed to implement new health IT infrastructure that fully supports the Family Caregiver Program, which is holding up a congressionally mandated expansion...