Category: eHealth

One of the main problems digital health faces is the fundamental connection between user and device, according to Forbes contributor John Nosta. read more …read more

As the Oct. 1, 2014, deadline to convert to from ICD-9 to ICD-10 draws closer, healthcare providers who have yet to take significant action are likely growing increasingly anxious. During a webinar hosted by FierceHealthIT last month entitled “What to do NOW to prepare for ICD-10,” provider representatives Colleen Deighan and Stephen Stewart discussed steps…

Total digital health funding in 2013 reached $1.92 billion, according to an end-of-year report from Rock Health, a digital health startup accelerator. That figure shows 35 percent growth since 2012, and more than 100 percent growth since 2011. read more …read more

While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration oversees a database that reports deaths and injuries associated with medical devices, the agency has no authority to force medical providers to contribute to the database. To that end, many hospitals fail to report adverse events associated with robotic surgery procedures, according to a recent Bloomberg investigation. read…

Echoing the position of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the mHealth Regulatory Coalition (MRC) has drafted and approved a policy proposal urging Congress not to pass legislation that regulates… read more …read more

With radiology practice changing dramatically these days in the wake of healthcare reform, reimbursement cuts, and other payers coming from payers and purchasers, radiologists in practice are going to be looking more and more towards hospitals and especially towards healthcare IT leaders, for support for practice and workflow optimization. Are healthcare IT leaders ready? read…