In this audio recording, former Veterans Affairs CTO Peter Levin, who led development of Blue Button, discusses why patient engagement and interoperability of health information have been so difficult outside of the closed VA system.
Entrepreneurs and other private-sector innovators will soon, for the first time, have access to voluminous CMS data stores.
Discover Houston's best orthopedic surgery centers and what features — from personalized treatment plans to rehabilitation services — make these top providers stand out in their industry.
Few industries still rely on fax technology the way healthcare does, and advocates for greater transparency in healthcare on both sides of the Atlantic can't wait for that to change.
CVS Health has become the first private company to integrate the federal government's HealthFinder.gov service into its website via a public API.
The botched rollout of healthcare.gov insurance exchange prompted the administration to rethink how it builds and manages information systems, leading to the creation of the U.S. Digital Service.
Why have providers fought even the modest requirement in Stage 2 Meaningful Use that 5 percent of patients view, download or transmit health data through a portal or personal health record? Two tweets from Health Datapalooza tell the story.
Finding the best analytics tools for health care revenue management can revolutionize operational processes. Compare the leading software options to discover helpful team resources.
There's a growing sense of angst and frustration in the "data liberación" movement these days, and much of it has do with the difficulty of fighting the status quo in healthcare.
A computer programmer and a kid in a Batman suit walk into a pancake house…it sounds like a joke, but it really happened, and now the programmer, Dave Vockell, has a new product to bring to market. It’s an app to help seniors talk to their doctors about medical care. “Like all great health care […]
If you want to have a useful conversation with would-be customers to see how they would use your product, wining and dining is a good start. For Lyfechannel CEO Dave Vockell, it started at IHOP. He sat down to breakfast with his team and toddlers and learned how they interact with their physicians and […]
Early June is Health Datapalooza time, and this year’s event was again a whirlwind of energy, insights, and over 2,000 very motivated and passionate health data enthusiasts (health datapaloozers doesn’t sound right). The hallway conversations provided tons of of pragmatic, productive and engaging conversations, inspired by keynotes and presentations from Todd Park, Bryan Sivak, Jeremy Hunt, […]
This webinar will explore how a banking platform approach could be the resource for your company.
As part of an effort to use publicly available data to inform decisions on healthcare, the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT held a code-a-thon throw down. The winner developed an electronic tool to help patients and their families use Medicare claims data to make healthcare choices. Lyfechannel developed the tool, referred to as […]
Validic, a health IT company that developed an API to retrieve data from mobile health apps, wearables and medical devices, has been growing its clinical and wellness device company collaborations. The company, which is backed by Mark Cuban and other investors, has been successful in attracting companies to its collaboration pool, which has grown by […]
A network is being set up to develop partnerships between companies and researchers to unlock personal health information from wearables and health data streams. A recent report from the Health Data Exploration Project said that people would be fine with scientists accessing their personal health information if the goal was for the public good. So […]
A health IT startup plans to help pharma companies reduce drug development costs with a database to anticipate the side effects of their drugs in the early stages of development. Cyclica is one of eight early-stage companies that have been added to StartUp Health’s portfolio. The new additions span telemedicine, managing antibiotics treatment and applying […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the agency’s latest liberation of data from its vast trove of health care information this week, making public for the first time price and quality specifics for 30 different out-pat...