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Legal

How Can Providers Respond to the Wave of Laws Banning Gender-Affirming Care for Minors?

LGBTQ advocacy groups and clinicians argue that healthcare providers have a responsibility to treat the recent wave of laws banning gender-affirming care for minors like the public health crisis that it is. To do this, providers must educate themselves about the laws in their state and nearby states, fight misinformation and collaborate with nonprofits to deliver care to kids in states where their access is under attack.

By Katie Adams

Health IT

Uber Health lets providers schedule rides for patients

Uber has launched Uber Health, a service that allows healthcare organizations to order rides for patients to get to and from appointments. The offering is HIPAA compliant, and patients don't need the Uber app or a smartphone to utilize it.

By Erin Dietsche

Patient Engagement, Kaiser

Swipe right on Tinder to register as an organ donor

The donor registration drive is the culmination of the partnership between Tinder and a nonprofit group called Organize, which aims to end the organ donor shortage. A similar campaign between Tinder and the National Health Service was carried out in Britain last year.

By Zhai Yun Tan

Health IT, Hospitals

MedStar hackers offer ‘bulk discount’ to release ransomware

The hackers are said to be demanding more than $18,000 in bitcoins to unlock the computers. Still, MedStar reportedly was "nearing full restoration" of its three primary IT systems late Wednesday afternoon.

By Neil Versel

Health IT, Hospitals

Cerner systems ‘not penetrated’ in MedStar hack

Cerner, which provides EHRs across MedStar's network of 10 hospitals and more than 250 outpatient facilities, said that its technology came through unscathed. However, local reports suggest patients are being told not to come in today.

By Neil Versel

Health IT, Hospitals

Hackers target MedStar in possible ransomware attack

With 10 hospitals and more than 250 outpatient centers, MedStar would be the largest healthcare victim of ransomware in the U.S. to date.

By Neil Versel

MedStar Health adds Health for America fellowship, 1776 partnership

MedStar Health has integrated Health For America fellowship into its Institute for Innovation as well as partnered with startup incubator 1776. The Institute began mentoring the fellows last Fall. Madhura Bhat and Dr. Kapil Parakh co-founded Health for America fellowship program in 2012 as a standalone nonprofit organization, but the MedStar Institute for Innovation dates back to […]

By Stephanie Baum

Health IT

ONC hosts informatics grand rounds; New HIT Precision Medicine Task Force to meet

This week will see two firsts in health IT within the federal government, Dr. Jon White, deputy national coordinator in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, said at MedCity ENGAGE.

By Neil Versel

Devices & Diagnostics

Implantable ventilator device marks first licensing deal for Cleveland Clinic’s Innovation Alliance

A new licensing agreement with Maryland tech company InnoVital Systems marks an important milestone for the Cleveland Clinic’s commercialization arm as the first such deal to come out of its seven-member Healthcare Innovation Alliance. InnoVital Systems, which develops sensors, robotics and electronics for the defense industry, licensed patent rights from Cleveland Clinic Innovations and Maryland […]

By Deanna Pogorelc

Hospitals

Cleveland Clinic expands alliance with MedStar to include clinical research and cardiac care

The initial “first-of-its-kind” collaboration that the Cleveland Clinic inked with MedStar Health was focused on developing and commercializing new technologies. Now, the heart institute at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center is announcing another “first-of-its-kind” alliance with the Clinic — this one focused on clinical research. Physicians at the Maryland-based health system, ranked 41st on last […]

By Deanna Pogorelc

Health IT

Reducing Clinical and Staff Burnout with AI Automation

As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.

By Dr. Michael Blackman, Chief Medical Officer at Greenway Health

Health IT

Cleveland Clinic-MedStar deal pays off for Explorys

Health information technology company Explorys, a Cleveland Clinic spinoff, has added Maryland's MedStar Health to its electronic medical records network.

By Brandon Glenn

Hospitals

Cleveland Clinic inks commercialization deal with Maryland system

Cleveland Clinic Innovations has reached a deal to help a Maryland health system develop and commercialize medical inventions by the health system's clinicians.

By Brandon Glenn

The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It

Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.

By Eve McDavid - CEO of Mission-Driven Tech

Consumer / Employer

Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare

Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.

By MedCity News

Consumer / Employer

Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare

Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.

By MedCity News