Secure cloud services are a silver lining in the perfect storm facing...
Sept. 9 - 10, 2013San Francisco, CAEarly Bird Tickets on Sale This is a guest post by investor Robert Abbott In a field where handwriting notes on paper charts and managing large rooms filled with...
View ArticleCode for America’s Jen Pahlka goes to Washington
As that old adage goes, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Rather than change the system from the outside, entrepreneurs are slowly making their way to the White House to expedite the glacial pace of...
View ArticleCan you trust Facebook with your genetic code?
Thomas Hawk23andme cofounder Anne Wojcicki Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now We share everything on Facebook: our family photos, intimate thoughts, relationship woes. Some of us...
View ArticleWhy the FDA is targeting Google-backed 23andMe: Unnecessary MRIs, mastectomies
Thomas Hawk / Flickr23andMe cofounder Anne Wojcicki Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 Redwood City, CA Tickets on Sale Now Monday morning, federal regulators issued an enforcement action against 23andMe, a popular...
View ArticleConfronting the doctor shortage with virtual assistants and performance-based...
Kirill__M / ShutterstockWith the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and promise of millions of newly insured individuals gaining access to more health care, the growing problem of doctor...
View ArticleClariture social-stalks you to learn about your health — so healthcare...
Image Credit: Illustration by Eric Blattberg / VentureBeatHealthcare providers are looking for ways to connect with potential patients on the web, on mobile devices, and through social channels. And...
View ArticlePractice Fusion’s new database eats electronic health records and spits out...
Above: Screen from Practice Fusion's new 'Insight' productImage Credit: Practice FusionThe great promise of electronic health records is that they capture patient-care data in digital form so that it...
View ArticleAver Informatics raises $8.5M to cure ailing health care billing system
Above: Aver Informatics founders Matt Frohliger and Kurt BrenkusImage Credit: Aver InformaticsThe science of getting paid is on the minds of a lot of health care providers, entrepreneurs, and investors...
View ArticleDid Apple just iTune-ize your personal health data?
Above: Healthkit from Apple at WWDC 2014Image Credit: Dean TakahashiApple announced a new health app (called “Health”) today. And, far more interestingly, it also rolled out a new health data...
View ArticleReport: Google set to launch ‘Google Fit’ health data platform
Image Credit: Kristina Alexanderson/FlickrGoogle is reportedly preparing its own health data platform, called “Google Fit,” to compete with the recently-launched health platforms from Samsung and...
View ArticleSalesforce and Philips partner in ambitious health data venture
Above: Executives from Royal Philips NV and Salesforce.com announce plans for a new health platform during a webcast early Thursday.Image Credit: Salesforce/PhilipsSalesforce and Royal Philips NV have...
View ArticleCareCloud takes $25.5M in debt financing to expand medical group data
Image Credit: Illustration by Eric Blattberg / VentureBeatOn the same day Salesforce and Philips announce a large venture to put clinical data in the cloud, another company with similar ideas announces...
View ArticleEpion Health puts iPads in the waiting room, scores $4.5M
Image Credit: Epion HealthThe waiting room is a boring place. You wait for the doctor, and you fill out forms. And you usually forget all of the information you give or receive while you’re there....
View ArticleThe Chinese government has a clear motive to steal U.S. health data
Image Credit: China Defense MashupThe theft of data from 4.5 million patients last week sent shockwaves through the health industry. It’s proof that health organizations can be the target of the same...
View ArticleCommunity Health Systems breach could cost up to $150 million
Image Credit: Global Panorama/FlickrLast week’s data breach at Community Health Systems, in which data from 5.4 million patients was lost, could end up costing the health system between $75 million and...
View ArticleAmazon meets with FDA, shows signs of entering digital health sector
Image Credit: Robert Scoble/FlickrWhile the details are hard to come by, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Amazon is getting ready to make some sort of play in consumer health. At Rock Health’s...
View ArticleApple prohibits HealthKit app developers from selling health data
Above: Healthkit from Apple at WWDC 2014Image Credit: Dean TakahashiApple has tightened its rules around the use of health data by developers making apps that connect to the HealthKit aggregation...
View ArticleHealthKit is finally live: Here’s how it (really) works
Apple’s HealthKit consumer health platform and ecosystem is officially out. After a couple of false starts, HealthKit and the “Health” app are live in iOS 8. Much has been said about HealthKit, bad and...
View ArticleAthenahealth partners with Ingenious Med for charge capture and coordinated care
Electronic health records (EHR) vendor Athenahealth continues adding to the lineup of platforms and applications in its More Disruption Please (MDP) accelerator program for startups developing new...
View ArticleFTC issues slap on the wrist for Atlanta medical billing company that misled...
Updated 12/3 at 3:40PM PST with clarification on penalties from the FTC. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come to terms with an Atlanta-based medical billing company that misled consumers by...
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