Category: Health IT

What the Health Care Sector Was Selling at the J.P. Morgan Confab

When bankers and investors flocked to San Francisco for the largest gathering of health care industry investors, the buzz was all about artificial intelligence, the next hit weight-loss drug, and new opportunities to make money through nonprofit hospitals.

UVA Health bolsters global telehealth coverage

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health is creating a telehealth clinic that will focus on medically underserved communities all over the world.

AI’s role in health care law enforcement [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! L. Joseph Parker, a research physician, sheds light on how AI has been employed to target physicians and reshape the landscape of health care, especially in the context of the opioid crisis…

Epic accused of patent infringement

EHR vendor Epic Systems is facing a patent infringement lawsuit over its patient portal software MyChart. 

Epic makes AI-powered clinical documentation widely available

Epic has made an AI-powered system that automates clinical documentation during patient and physician encounters widely available. 

University Hospitals projects $100M+ annual benefit from EHR install

Cleveland-based University Hospitals installed Epic EHR last year, a $400 million investment that consolidated 15 systems into a single integrated platform.

Data tokenization in health care [PODCAST]

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Adam Mariano, a health care executive. We’ll delve into the world of Big Data and tokenization in health care, exploring how these technologies are revolutionizing patient insigh…

UCLA, UC Irvine team up for surgical data repository

UCLA and UC Irvine worked together to develop a repository of de-identified EHR data and high-fidelity physiological waveform data based on more than 83,000 surgeries with the goal of improving patient outcomes.

MultiCare Yakima EHR to cost $50M

After Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System acquired Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima is set to get a new EHR system, Apple Valley News Now reported Jan. 16. 

Epic launches new app platform

Epic released its new Showroom platform Jan. 17 to connect its customers with digital tools that work with its EHR.