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There are only a few months left in 2019, but some major news is still likely to come out of Congress and the Trump administration. Impeachment has dominated talk on Capitol Hill, but some lawmakers …
Posted Oct 17, 2019trump administration
NEW ORLEANS—Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) officials got out their crystal ball Monday. At the organization’s annual conference in New Orleans, members of MGMA’s government affairs group …
Posted Oct 17, 2019reportssurvey
As part of proposed rules released by federal policymakers in February, the Trump administration wants to give 125 million patients electronic access to their medical claims information by 2020. But …
Posted Oct 17, 2019interoperability
Ancestry, a company that uses DNA testing to give consumers information about their family history, is moving into consumer genetic health testing as a rival to 23andMe. The company announced …
Posted Oct 17, 2019genetic counsellinggenomics
Busy hospital staff can’t always take hours out of their day to visit a doctor about minor problems like a sinus infection or a skin rash. Staff at Tampa General Hospital (TGH) now have a new …
Posted Oct 17, 2019telemedicine
Electronics company Sony is jumping into the mobile health technology market, offering a business-to-business wearables solution to rival consumer-facing devices like Fitbit and the Apple Watch. The …
Posted Oct 17, 2019mhealth app
A public-data tool built by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to track the prevalence of hepatitis infections left individuals’ health records accessible, compromising the names, addresses, …
Posted Oct 16, 2019cybersecurity
An Alabama hospital chain that quit accepting new patients after a malware attack crippled computer systems said it has resumed normal operations after paying a ransom demand. The DCH Health System …
Posted Oct 16, 2019cybersecurityhospital
NHS Digital Chief Nurse Caron Swinscoe discusses the recent launch of the HIMSS Nursing & Midwifery Network for England.
Posted Oct 15, 2019nursing
Erin Trimble of 23andMe discusses the value of polygenic risk scores, making genetic information actionable for better health and equipping primary care providers to talk with their patients about …
Posted Oct 15, 2019precision medicine
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