Technology

Consumers searching for health information on Google will now see results from Mayo Clinic in a feature box at the top of the return screen.

Research has been given a shot in the arm by Apple Corp, which recently expanded the use of ResearchKit to include clinical trials.

A new survey from KPMG of 270 healthcare professionals found only 10% are using advanced tools for data collection with analytics and predictive capabilities.

Health plans and providers are working with tech companies to make sure that the digital experience is as smooth and engaging as online shopping.

Independence Blue Cross and other Blue providers have partnered together to purchase a real-time secure communication network for physicians and hospitals to be on the leading edge of big data.

Change has proliferated how health insurance is offered in recent years, and experts predict that private exchanges will now seek to emulate the e-commerce format that public exchanges have embraced.

Premera Blue Cross and Lifewise Health Plan had websites offering protections for affected individuals ready to go the day they announced a breach of up to 11 million records of members, vendors and employees.

You’ve considered all the risks posed by the new HIPAA guidelines, but did you include streaming media?

Mobile device health apps have the potential to transform healthcare, but their exploding use is also giving rise to new concerns about privacy and security.

A Geisinger Health Plan telemonitoring program for heart failure patients significantly reduced hospital readmissions, cut the cost of care for members, improved the efficiency of care managers and delivered a 3.3 return on investment, according to a new study.

Two-thirds of organizations will increase spending on analytics in 2015, according to a new survey by CDW Healthcare.

New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) will take steps to help strengthen cyber hacking defenses for insurers.

As healthcare reform enters its second year, insurers and exchange vendors complain that interoperability continues to plague the carrier-facing side of federal and state exchanges.

In what may be the biggest breach in healthcare, as many as 80 million records of current and former Anthem customers have been hacked, The New York Times reported.

Health insurance websites, including exchange sites, health plan sites and aggregator sites, are on an upward trend since the rocky debut in 2014 of HealthCare.gov.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it has selected Accenture Federal Services for a five-year, $563 million contract to continue Accenture’s work on the federally facilitated marketplace in support of healthcare.gov.

Customers at 7-11 stores who use a bill-paying system will receive information promoting the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period on their printed receipts, allowing HHS to reach financially underserved consumers.

The industry turns to telehealth to lower costs and improve quality.

The industry is challenged by a number of issues in 2015 including cost control, technology threats, and the emerging consumer market.

An acute care facility replaces unproductive PCs with zero clients and no click access authentication, resulting in improved quality of care

With more than 40,000 health and wellness apps on the market today, consumers of all ages are responding to health care they can access on-the-go.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, the national for Health Information Technology (HIT), explains that healthcare is a decade away from a national, interoperable health information technology platform.

Accenture Federal Services will continue to operate healthcare.gov through the next open enrollment cycle, while the GAO has recommended security fixes for the site.

Today’s launch of the Open Payments website has trade and physician associations worried about the accuracy and presentation of its data.

At least five state health insurance exchanges are making major changes in their websites for the 2015 open enrollment period

Concerns about cost and ROI are widespread

The website was breached on July 8 but no consumer information was taken

Payers and providers can stop hemorrhaging administrative costs by investing in technology

When aggregating analytics, compliance considerations must be taken into account

How to collect, compile and present data