An infusion of artificial RNA molecules into stented arteries prevented new blockages and encouraged beneficial cell growth, according to research presented this week at the American Heart Association's Vascular Discovery Scientific Sessions.

A colony of E. coli bacteria with a novel and entirely synthetic genome is alive and reproducing, slowly but surely, at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England.

A system using the speaker and microphone of a smartphone and a handmade paper funnel could be a more effective tool for diagnosing ear infections than a traditional otoscope, according to a study published this week in Science Translational Medicine.

What is a 'platform' anyway? This is the question 18 healthcare executives set out to answer during a roundtable session supported by athenahealth at the Becker's Hospital Review 10th Annual Meeting in Chicago on April 2.

Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts will launch the industry's first formulary specifically for digital health solutions.

"About 85 percent of hospital executives say digital innovation is part of their long-term strategy," stated Niren Gandra, MD, citing data from a recent American Hospital Association survey.

An automated system that uses machine learning for data analysis is completely open-source and free to use, thanks to the Institute for Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.

An experimental hearing aid powered by artificial intelligence essentially reads a user's mind to separate out and amplify the voices they want to hear, according to a report published in Science Advances on May 15.

An employee at Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica stole patient data between April 2017 and March 2019, the U.S. Secret Service alleges, according to 13abc.

Geeta Nayyar, MD, a former chief medical information officer of AT&T, was named CMO of Greenway Health, an EHR and revenue cycle management vendor.

The FDA cleared the first six-lead personal electrocardiogram device, which can detect arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation, bradycardia and tachycardia, according to CNET, a consumer electronics publication.

Stricter regulatory oversight and guidance are needed to substantiate the claims of digital health solutions in order to maximize the benefits for patients, providers, payers and all other stakeholders in healthcare, according to a new report published in npj Digital Medicine.

Physicians experience various factors that negatively impact their EHR user experience and leave them spending more time on administrative tasks than direct patient care, according to an essay published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Most hospital executives and administrators believe the accuracy of patient matching when information is exchanged between organizations with different EHR systems is subpar, according to a recent Pew Charitable Trusts report.

The Physicians Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that supports physician workflow and patient care, is forming a fund dedicated to improving EHR interoperability and state health information exchanges.

A prototype of a wearable five-channel electrocardiogram chip that can continuously monitor fetal heart rate and mobility was presented by Belgian nanotech company imec at the FutureSummits tech expo in Antwerp this week.

A predictive machine learning model was able to identify how effectively patients with Crohn's disease would respond to long-term usage of ustekinumab, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open.

Culbertson, Mont.-based Roosevelt Medical Center is transitioning to an athenahealth EHR, according to Roundupweb.

CNBC released the latest edition of its annual Disruptor 50 list on May 15, including several health and biotech startups among its ranking of private companies "whose innovations are changing the world."

The federal Health IT Advisory Committee's Information Blocking Task Force advanced several recommendations May 13 to ONC's proposed interoperability rule, according to a Politico Morning eHealth newsletter.