June 2016

AstraZeneca takes on FDA over Crestor patent ()
Making EHR's easier shouldn't be so hard ()
Think again when using your smartphone to avoid pregnancy ()
West Virginia hospital to acquire neighboring hospital, pending approval from FTC, Vatican ()
A&M University partners with local hospital to engage Hispanic communities ()
Keystone Health Information Exchange connects to Pennsylvania network ()
Shrinking down, speeding up drug production ()
House committee subpoenas HHS over ACA reinsurance program ()
Biden rallies participants to double cancer progress in 'moonshot' kick-off ()
Where did the money go? GAO report finds VA at high risk after billions invested in IT ()
FDA approves test for quicker detection of hospital ‘superbugs’ ()
Kindred Healthcare acquires another hospital as it focuses on acute care ()
Improving hospital-doctor integration can help patients navigate healthcare ()
Heart disease, cancer remain top causes of death ()
Chicago hospital tests free housing for frequent ER visitors ()
Report: Implementing patient engagement strategies can improve care, reduce costs ()
CMS’ Conway promises ‘adjustments’ to controversial Part B overhaul ()
Paper strips can now detect malaria and cancer ()
Texas healthcare system expands footprint with purchase of neighboring hospital ()
HHS aims to reduce backlog of 700,000 Medicare appeals with new rule ()
Georgia health systems establish partnership to boost pediatric services ()
HHS teams with 3,200 doctors to boost coordination in oncology care ()
Zika funding bill stalls while transmission fears grow ()
MACRA could mean improved opportunities for HIE implementation ()
Philips introduces a tracking aid to improve senior safety ()
Study reveals differing standards for approval of American, European medical devices ()
Bumps in the road: HIEs face economic, cultural obstacles ()
NPR, ProPublica report: Doctors who take money from pharmaceutical companies tend to congregate in the same regions ()
Healthy women might be able to ditch annual pelvic exam, says task force ()
Phone friendly? Digital health advisors may put healthcare directly in you hands ()
Health IT groups want more time to prepare for MACRA ()
Collegium CEO Michael Heffernan Named EY Entrepreneur of the Year ()
Gay, bisexual people have worse health outcomes related to stress than straight counterparts ()
Read all about it: Is healthcare headed down the same road as newspapers? ()
MACRA comments urge CMS to push back start date ()
12 executive moves from June ()
Phones can now diagnose parasites with the help of a microscope ()
Home health would see $180 million Medicare cut under CMS proposal ()
NYU shuts down medical studies over drug violations ()
Doctors develop computer simulation for spleen's filtering process ()
Florida cancer center launches private data network ()
McKesson hints at sale of EMR business ()
California company raises $51 million for light-operated hearing aid ()
EPA OKs drinking filtered water in Flint as CDC releases report detailing effects on children ()
Nonmedical prescription opioid use and opioid use disorder doubled in last decade ()
CDC awards $26M for research on hospital ‘superbugs’ ()
Georgetown Institute launches real-time study of smartphone fertility app ()
Two drug-based treatments for Alzheimer's produce mixed results ()
Patients unhappy with UnitedHealth’s limits on insulin pumps ()
Hacker claims to have 600K patient records, wants big payday ()
Dialysis services could get extra $50 million from CMS in 2017 ()
Mayo Clinic, Transplant Genomics to develop immunosuppression strategies for transplant patients ()
3-D printed cartilage may present new path toward joint rejuvenation ()
Living organ donation can be ethical minefield ()
State news: Calif. split on Aetna-Humana merger, N.Y. enacts opioid prescription limits ()
Doctors remove tumor, save kidney thanks to 3-D printed model ()
New York pediatricians see patients well into adulthood ()
Virtual reality to be used at L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ()
Adeptus Health names new chief medical officer ()
CDC failed to disclose lab mishaps to Congress ()
WellCare Health Plans expands Medicaid benefits to members in Georgia ()
Medical examiners, coroners struggling to keep pace with overdose deaths ()
New system from Veeva meant to streamline clinical trials ()
Experian Health launches three new revenue management systems ()
Nokia Technologies enters healthcare industry, aims to improve outpatient care ()
IT group wants interoperability standards for drug monitoring ()
House passes Zika bill opposed by White House, Senate Dems ()
Boeing partners with MemorialCare to offer healthcare direct to workers ()
Nurses in three states deal with strike negotiations ()
Dems to DOJ: Block Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Human mergers ()
Colorado health system to open teen psychology center ()
CDC panel: FluMist doesn't work, don't use it ()
Medicare trustees say hospital trust fund will run dry by 2028 ()
One writer's experience with the healthcare system raises testing questions ()
HHS says 90 percent of new Medicaid enrollees satisfied with healthcare under expansion ()
McKesson considers IT merger with Change Healthcare ()
Parents of pediatric inpatients thrilled with mobile portals ()
DOJ sets new Medicare fraud case record with $900M sweep ()
Study claims high drug prices lead to more long-term savings ()
After Orlando, National Academy of Medicine offers mass shooting guidelines for healthcare providers ()
Feds doing what they can to help app developers anticipate rules and regs ()
How HHS plans to attract more young adults to exchanges in 2017 ()
PAVmed finds noninvasive approach to carpal tunnel surgery using innovative device ()
Half doctor/half app developer, how physicians are changing healthcare technology ()
More than half of kids' sports-related concussions never treated ()
Federal committee approves first cancer cell immunotherapy trial to be tested on humans ()
House Republicans release latest ACA replacement plan ()
Boston Children's tops list of best pediatric hospitals in the U.S. ()
Avoiding the High Price of Downtime with Perle Console Servers ()
American Medical Association Adopts New Guidance for Ethical Practice in Telehealth & Telemedicine ()
Mayo Clinic Children’s Center Ranks Among the Nation’s Best ()
More Americans are able to afford healthcare in new Gallup survey ()
Growing together: Demonstrating value for enterprise imaging with 6 use cases you can implement today ()
Boston Children's struggles to find space for both nature and NICU patients ()
Drug companies unhappy with Supreme Court decision on patent law challenges ()
Birth control? There’s an app for that too ()
Everything is bigger in Texas, and that includes sports medicine ()
Study: Post-ACA healthcare spending could fall $2.6 trillion below projections ()
Students develop app that aims to predict readmission rates, cut associated costs ()
142 in Congress want end to FDA ban on gay men donating blood ()