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When sponsored CDS is a crime …

Docnotes

The core of the criminal action was something inevitable: the tension between better health and better profit. Here’s what I saw … all of which caused me to be not-so-surprised today when the news broke. Much of my work was focused on how our customers could use our products to improve the health of our patients.

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Weekender 1/18/19

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap. A study of 2018 hospital acquisitions finds that deals are larger, the selling hospitals are usually not experiencing financial distress, and the line between for-profit and not-for-profit health systems is blurring. Judy wouldn’t let that happen until she has moved on. PerfectServe acquires Telmediq.

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Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

Lloyd Price

Reactions to news last monththat Amazon’s voice-controlled digital assistant Alexa was to begin using NHS website information to answer health queries were many and varied. Why Amazon is moving into health Few doubt new digital technologies have roles to play in the huge challenges healthcare systems are facing.

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Weekender 11/9/18

HIStalk Weekender

Weekly News Recap. Premier announces that it will acquire clinical decision support vendor Stanson Health. Microsoft tells users of its HealthVault personal health record that it will shut down Direct messaging on December 27, 2018. Thank you for your continued support!”. Midwest Fan ). YoungBuck ).

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Gearing up for Immunizations

Redox

Unless you happen to live under a rock, you’ve noticed that much of the post-election news cycle has been dominated by the back-and-forth announcements of COVID vaccine progress, first by Pfizer, then by Moderna, and finally AstraZeneca. Lisa is an excellent health tech policy follow, by the way). The vaccine is coming.

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Avizia CEO Mike Baird on Numbers Narrative Podcast

American Well

Thank you, great to be here. What changed in the world or in the health care system or regulation to make telemedicine something that seems like everyone is starting to do it? And I think it’s primarily because one, there’s always legislative issues when you’re working in something as complex as health care. Welcome Mike.

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Avizia CEO Mike Baird on Numbers Narrative Podcast

American Well

Thank you, great to be here. What changed in the world or in the health care system or regulation to make telemedicine something that seems like everyone is starting to do it? And I think it’s primarily because one, there’s always legislative issues when you’re working in something as complex as health care.