FaceTime video has been one of the fundamental tools since 2014 in which Memorial Healthcare System began working with South Florida Fire Rescue EMS agencies in Miramar and Hallandale Beach, FL, to obtain valuable patient information that has enabled acute stroke teams at Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, FL, and Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke Pines, FL, to be ready when stroke patients arrive to the Emergency Room.  By Lourdes Rodriguez, Corporate Communications Manager, Memorial Healthcare System. - 7/2/18

Cleveland-based University Hospitals joined Plug and Play Cleveland as a founding anchor partner of the innovation platform.  By Anuja Vaidya - 7/2/18

Alphabet's Google named Karan Bhatia head of policy, according to Bloomberg. Most recently, Mr. Bhatia served as president of government affairs and policy at General Electric.  By Anuja Vaidya - 7/2/18

After five years as a privately held company, Dell is returning to the public market in a $21.7 billion stock buyout, The New York Times reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 7/2/18

Amazon recently purchased online pharmacy startup PillPack, giving the e-commerce giant access to information about people's health conditions and sparking privacy concerns, The Wall Street Journal reports.  By Julie Spitzer - 7/2/18

The Department of Veterans Affairs has the option to terminate its contract with Epic and Leidos for a $624 million patient scheduling system, despite early success at an Ohio VA facility, according to Politico.  By Julie Spitzer - 7/2/18

Changes in the way Medicare pays health care providers have created a strong inducement for hospitals and health systems to get patients involved in their own care.  By Linda Robinson, MSN, RN, Solutions Specialist, GetWellNetwork - 7/2/18

Engineers recently laid off from IBM Watson Health, the division rooted in artificial intelligence, say the company's mission to make AI profitable is failing, according to IEEE Spectrum.  By Julie Spitzer - 7/2/18

Here are eight recent health IT vendor contracts and go-lives:  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 7/2/18

The American Medical Association revealed the winners of its AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge, a mobile health innovation competition sponsored by Google Cloud, June 23.  By Jessica Kim Cohen - 7/2/18

As surveys show, patients usually think of a patient app as a tool to keep track of their doctor appointments.  By Anastasia Yaskevich, Enterprise Mobility Researcher - 6/29/18

From performing surgery to sterilizing rooms, robots have made their healthcare debut. Not all healthcare robots have physical forms, though.  By Patrick Spoletini, VP Healthcare Consulting, Cognizant - 6/29/18

In a recent press release, BroadJump, an industry leader in the delivery of healthcare data analysis for expense management, announced  that its latest application is available to healthcare organizations nationwide.  By Staff - 6/29/18

The healthcare industry continues to face skyrocketing costs, falling numbers of physicians and a growing geriatric population. In the midst of these various obstacles, health systems seek new solutions to provide quality care through cost-effective avenues.  By Megan Wood - 6/29/18

A few years ago, I first heard that hospitals and clinics were investing in hiring Chief Experience Officers (CXO) to focus solely on the patient experience.  By Art Sauer, VP and Healthcare Applications Consultant, Carousel Industries - 6/29/18

UC San Diego Health has notified 619 patients that their protected health information may have been compromised as part of the massive Nuance Communications data breach.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/29/18

After more than three years of litigation, North Kansas City, Mo.-based EHR vendor Cerner has agreed to pay a $4.5 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit alleging it failed to pay employees overtime wages, Missouri Lawyers Weekly and KCUR report.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/29/18

Speculation about Amazon's entry into healthcare has been rampant for years, but recent announcements by the e-commerce giant make it clear that it's jumping into the healthcare arena in a big way.  By Alia Paavola - 6/28/18

Mining unstructured notes in the EHR could help physicians and nurses more easily recognize signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.  By Julie Spitzer - 6/28/18

When patient portals were first mandated under Meaningful Use (MU), the idea was to facilitate two-way communication between providers and patients. They got it half right.  By Eric Rock - 6/28/18