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  IBM to acquire Phytel, Explorys and expand Watson.   by Bernie Monegain, Editor-at-Large   Bernie Monegain is the Editor-at-Large of Healthcare IT News. Bernie covers hospitals and IDNs and industry trends. Phytel and Explorsys will be part of a “holistic platform” CHICAGO | April 14, 2015 IBM will be buying population health company Phytel and Cleveland Clinic spinoff Explorys, a cloud-baseRead more

The Global market for Healthcare Analytics is poised to reach $23,800 million by the end of 2020 growing at an estimated CAGR of 23.9%. The healthcare industry is undergoing a transformation from volume-based to value-based business. Factors such as improved quality care, reduced length-of-stay in hospitals, fraud detection, and prevention of novel diseases are theRead more

By Joseph Conn  | March 27, 2015 Scripps Health announced its intent to buy an electronic health-record system and a revenue cycle management system from Epic Systems Corp. for its 26 clinics and four hospitals on five campuses across the San Diego area.The cost of the health information technology project is undisclosed.Scripps said in a statement that the health system wasRead more

February 25, 2015 by Rajiv Leventhal Stiffer competition between key vendors is causing a growing number of providers to be undecided about which electronic medical record (EMR) to purchase, according to a new report from the Orem, Utah-based KLAS research. For one, the report—”Acute Care EMR Purchasing Plans 2015: New Energy in a More Competitive Market”— found thatRead more

By Lt. Dan   Researchers from Stanford University are turning to big data to help them track down patients at risk for rare but dangerous medical conditions. The project is being spearheaded by Stanford cardiologist John Knowles, MD, who is using machine learning algorithms to pour through EHR data in search of patients that might have familialRead more

Posted by Sharon Theimer (@stheimer) · Mon, Jan 26 at 9:32am EST Rochester, Minn. – “Precision medicine” is becoming a national catchphrase after President Obama highlighted it in his State of the Union address. But what exactly is it?Richard Weinshilboum, M.D., acting director of theMayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine,describes this new, rapidly advancing frontier in medicine and outlines 10Read more

BY KATHLEEN COOPER Staff writerJanuary 14, 2015    Major changes in medical record-keeping are coming for members of the military, and the Pacific Northwest region will be the proving ground. In addition, a vendor team has asked Tacoma’s MultiCare Health Systems to help it win an $11 billion federal contract to provide modern electronic medicalRead more

Andy Medici, Staff Writer, 5:34 p.m. EST January 7, 2015   Even as the Defense Department mulls over which team of companies to choose for its $11 billion dollar Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) contract, one group is already laying the groundwork for the project in case they are picked. IBM and Epic, an electronicRead more

January 06, 2015 | Government Health IT Staff       With Republican majorities poised to take control of the Senate and House of Representatives, the 2015 Congress is expected to address several health IT programs. Although controlling spending and promoting free enterprise remain GOP tenants, the approach by Congress to various health IT issuesRead more

December 11, 2014 by Mac McMillan Each year around the holidays we stop to reflect on where we’ve been and what’s to come in the coming year. Without a doubt, 2014 was one of the most interesting years to date in healthcare from a cyber security perspective. I think we saw it all. Insider abuse, userRead more