Cerner’s Burke: Health IT vendors should invest more in R&D
Cerner President Zane Burke talks health IT security, interoperability, innovation in EHR development and the fierce rivalry with Epic Systems.
Cerner President Zane Burke talks health IT security, interoperability, innovation in EHR development and the fierce rivalry with Epic Systems.
The cancer journey gave Patterson a front-row seat to some of the ills of the American healthcare industry and of the EHRs that support care providers and patients.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Ozark, Missouri-based HealthMEDX serves retirement communities, assisted-living and independent-living facilities, skilled nursing centers and home care providers.
PierianDX has bought Tute Genomics, a move that underscores the trend toward providing an end-to-end solution in clinical genomics analysis to labs.
Healthcare finally came up as an issue in the second presidential debate in St. Louis Sunday night. But the discussion may have confused more than clarified the issue for many voters.
The co-founders have adopted a direct to consumer model but see interest from insurers, self-insured employers and clinical researchers.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The service is integrated into Epic Systems’ Care Everywhere interoperability platform and early plans were unveiled at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando, Florida.
In the new study, the researchers used a compound that has a very high affinity for tau proteins.
"Telehealth is a critical part of population health," Glaser said in an interview ahead of HIMSS16, which kicked off Monday in Las Vegas.
In a new study from consulting firm Numerof & Associates and the Jefferson College of Population Health, more than half of healthcare providers said that they get no more than 20 percent of revenue from risk-based contracts.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The drives could not accounted for during a recent inventory of IT assets.
Patterson, 66, will continue working during his treatment, though with a reduced schedule, according to the company.
Wednesday's news that the team of Cerner, Leidos and Accenture Federal had won the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization contract to replace the Department of Defense's electronic health records system came as a bit of a surprise, as many had assumed Epic Systems and IBM were shoo-ins.
Cerner beat out competing bids from the teams of Epic Systems and IBM; and Allscripts, Computer Sciences Corp. and Hewlett-Packard.
A 10-minute assessment with a new device from health IT vendor Cerner can identify patients at high risk of falling with 90 percent accuracy, according to the company.