May 2017

Pocket colposcope allows in-home screenings for cervical cancer ()
56% of healthcare delivery organizations believe an attack on medical devices is imminent ()
Physician ownership of practices falls below 50% ()
Medical University of South Carolina: Students get "Just Culture" in their MHA Program ()
Rate dispute between John Hopkins All Children’s, UnitedHealth ‘causing angst’ ()
2 in 3 would consider leaving provider after ransomware attack ()
CHS to sell 5 hospitals to Reading Health System ()
CMS chief: ‘Individual market was working much better’ prior to ACA ()
Sleep tight? Data security keep healthcare execs up at night ()
Leaked regulation from HHS would roll back ACA’s contraceptive mandate ()
HIEs reduce redundant therapeutic services ()
CMS to begin replacing Medicare cards in 2018 ()
Molina Healthcare investigating breach of patient portal ()
Swedish Health neurosurgeons double-booked surgeries without patients’ consent ()
5 principles for safely implementing health IT ()
LifeWatch’s Largest Shareholders Accept BioTelemetry, Inc.’s Tender Offer for LifeWatch AG ()
Dr. Sherine Gabriel, Dr. William A. Haseltine and Paul P. Tanico Join New York Academy of Medicine Board of Trustees ()
Cerner EHR implementation at Department of Defense may have been pushed back ()
Medela simplifies the delivery and management of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) ()
Immunotherapy, genetic testing could offer cancer patients a breakthrough treatment ()
Stroke patients use brain-computer interface to move hands ()
Fitbit reigns supreme as most used activity monitor for biomedical research ()
Med school enrollment up 28% since 2002, but residency slots may not be keeping pace ()
Virtual reality in healthcare conference debuts in DC ()
Hospital CEO turnover remains high in 2016 ()
Bayer medical devices in the US infected by WannaCry ()
Precision Medicine Initiative set for ‘beta test’ ()
Apple Watch most accurate in measuring heart rate, energy expenditure ()
First look at Senate ACA replacment expected after recess ()
CBO report bolsters industry opposition to AHCA, worries some Republicans ()
Metrics changing for U.S. News rankings on children’s hospitals ()
Top findings of what CIOs think about data security, clinical mobility ()
Is digital health lacking in its potential? ()
Health IT groups oppose $22M cut to ONC in Trump’s budget ()
Top 7 findings on 2017 global EMR market ()
BCBS of Kansas City departing ACA exchanges, leaving 25 counties with no insurer ()
Fitness trackers improving as heart rate monitors, but terrible at tracking calories ()
CBO: AHCA would destabilize individual market in parts of U.S. ()
Artificial intelligence could be exactly what American healthcare needs ()
ONC budget cut by $22 million under Trump ()
MidMichigan Health plans to build $57 million cardiovascular center ()
Shut it! Keeping OR door closed reduces infections ()
Erlanger Health projects $1 billion in revenue by 2019 ()
5 things for-profit hospitals want from ACA repeal-and-replace ()
Paper test strip allows heart failure patients to monitor disease at home ()
WHO elects new director-general ()
Miniature wearables for small humans ()
Half of SharePoint users report at least one data breach ()
Conservative groups to Senate Republicans: No auto-enrollment in ACA repeal ()
Leaf Healthcare introduces monitoring devices tailored to hospital patients ()
Intermountain Healthcare Goes Live on the American Well Exchange ()
Trump’s HHS budget cuts 16 percent across agency, including NIH, ONC ()
CHS rejects $2.4 billion bid by physician group for Indiana hospitals ()
$400 billion California single-payer system offers providers 'little incentive' to control costs ()
Orbita and ERT Collaborate to Optimize Data Capture, Insights for Pharmaceutical and Device Trials ()
ISDD device reduces blood draw contamination by 88% ()
Top 5 concerns inflammatory bowel disease patients post on social media ()
90-day delay in ACA subsidy lawsuit adds to uncertainty for insurers ()
Rural family physicians more likely to use telehealth ()
Mortality rises in hours if physicians don’t follow sepsis protocol ()
Steward would become largest for-profit hospital operator after IASIS merger ()
Trump budget to include $800 billion in Medicaid cuts ()
HIMSS Resources Available to Respond to WannaCry Ransomware Attack ()
HFMA ANI 2017 preview: ‘Healthcare finance has always been about change’ ()
Email provides new tool to help smokers quit ()
Trump favoring cutting off ACA subsidies to insurers ()
One innovation links bad breath, kidney failure ()
CPC+ applications open for second round ()
CMS pushes back cardiac, orthopedic bundles to 2018 ()
mPulse, Harvard partner to engage Medicaid patients with texts ()
Why the House may have to vote on the AHCA again ()
Augmented reality gives surgeons x-ray vision in real time ()
Prescribing more opioids won’t affect HCAHPS scores ()
9 recommendations to prevent surgical site infection via patient engagement ()
Surgical site infections are as seasonal as allergies, warmer weather increases risk ()
Athenahealth sale ‘possible’ with activist investor taking 9.2% stake ()
Joint Commission: No social media posts about nursing home residents ()
Rochester Epidemiology Project introduces data exploration portal on disease prevalence ()
Rural hospital turns to GoFundMe to stay open ()
Trump budget would limit NIH grant recipients' spending on admin, IT ()
CMS could boost ACA enrollment by letting consumers skip Healthcare.gov ()
Safety testing could prevent adverse drug reactions, reduce costs ()
UnitedHealth hit with another DOJ lawsuit over Medicare Advantage fraud ()
HFMA announces 2017 revenue cycle awards ()
EHRs could be crystal ball in predicting heart failure ()
AI 94% accurate in detecting diabetic retinopathy ()
C-suite expects to reach value-based care tipping point by 2020 ()
Bayer's Medrad device infected by WannaCry Ransomware ()
New York Assembly passes single-payer bill for third straight year ()
6.3 million with pre-existing conditions face higher premiums under ACA replacement ()
Erie County Medical Center confirms Easter ransomware attack ()
Top 6 things patients want in their hospital room ()
Gains in insurance coverage stalled in 2016 ()
Weight a minute: Bathroom scales detect arteriosclerosis, cardiac arrhythmia ()
Kaiser, Ascension see big gains in operating income ()
Health IT leaders can use WannaCry attack to their advantage ()
Harken Health, UnitedHealth’s primary care-focused startup, will shut down ()
Physician burnout linked to environment, stress, taking work home ()
Researchers find link between donor, bacterial infection in heart, lung transplant recipients ()
UnitedHealth whistleblower: ‘They’ve set up a perfect scheme here’ ()