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• Google continues work to use machines for health analytics

  

  Evolving algorithms may do tasks such as predicting the risk of death for patients to identifying potential treatments.

  Predictive analytics 1h ago

  Predictive analytics 1h ago

• Theranos founder Holmes, ex-president charged with fraud

  

  Indictment charges that the executives lied about technology’s capabilities to raise $700M for company.

  Diagnosis and treatment June 15

  Diagnosis and treatment June 15

• HIT Think Why proposed CMS rule will re-energize info exchange

  

  Donald Voltz, MD

  Medical Director of the Main Operating Room Aultman Hospital

  The Promoting Interoperability program will use federal payments to nudge healthcare organizations to comply.

  EHR interoperability June 15

  EHR interoperability June 15

• NLP to help Mercy better treat heart failure cases

  

  Study will look at how cardiac resynchronization therapy affects patient care and recovery.

  Disease management programs Joseph Goedert June 15

  Disease management programs Joseph Goedert June 15

• Alphabet's DeepMind asked to explain business model for healthcare

  

  Review panel contends subsidiary should tell Google connections to the National Health Service.

  Artificial intelligence June 15

  Artificial intelligence June 15

• 20 leading revenue cycle management vendors

  

  Providers seek more help as collections become harder and value-based care takes hold.

  Revenue cycle Fred Bazzoli June 15

  Revenue cycle Fred Bazzoli June 15

• FCC commissioners boost Rural Health Care Program cap to $571M

  

  The $171 million increase is meant to address a funding shortfall and improve telemedicine in underserved communities.

  Telehealth Greg Slabodkin June 15

  Telehealth Greg Slabodkin June 15

• House bill ups funding for HIT-enabled medical research

  

  National Institutes of Health’s All of Us and Cancer Moonshot initiatives are big winners in draft legislation.

  Medical research Greg Slabodkin June 15

  Medical research Greg Slabodkin June 15

• Stanson enterprise decision support coming to Adventist Health

  

  In other implementations, Singing River selects Mediscribes as its dictation and transcription vendor.

  Contract signings Joseph Goedert June 14

  Contract signings Joseph Goedert June 14

• HIT Think Why penetration testing is key to protecting networks

  

  John Nye

  Vice president of cybersecurity Cynergistek

  Often confused with vulnerability scans, focused examination of network defenses can identify gaps in security that jeopardize data.

  Network security June 14

  Network security June 14