eClinicalWorks will announce the launch of a cloud-based platform for Acute Care EHR and Revenue Cycle Management during HIMSS18.

Despite national initiatives to reduce obesity in children in the United States, a new report from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) shows rates have increased.

Starting in 2010, states began implementing Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment, or DSRIP, programs aimed at changing how hospitals and other providers delivered care to Medicaid beneficiaries. New York was one of the later states to adopt the initiative but saw success in reducing preventable utilization while tackling the effects of the opioid epidemic.

Spok, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Spok Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPOK) and the leader in healthcare communications, announced the strengthening of its long-term strategic partnership with Spectralink Corporation, the leader in enterprise mobility solutions. Spok Care Connect®, the company’s clinical communications platform, integrates with Spectralink’s medical-grade mobile devices, including the PIVOT™ clinical smartphone, to deliver critical information and updates from colleagues and alert systems—such as nurse call and patient monitoring—to mobile care teams quickly and securely. The result is enhanced clinical workflows, faster response times, dependable voice quality, and improved patient outcomes and experiences.

Uber, which held 84 percent of the U.S. market in 2017, has plans to help patients and providers arrange rides with a March 1 announcement of a service that will allow clinic and hospital personnel to order rides for patients and clients.

Researchers at Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of screening patients with common but blinding retinal diseases for improved detection and treatment. Findings were published online Feb. 22 in Cell.

The combination of a wearable, smartphone app and wristband was able to accurately show the electrical activity in the heart and notify those with atrial fibrillation (AFib) abnormal behaviors, according to a recent study.

Verily, the healthcare unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is planning a move into the health insurance market by joining with existing insurers for bids on care management and population health contracts.