Nearly half of healthcare providers (49 percent) and payers (45 percent) are already using predictive analytics at their organizations, according to a recent report from the actuarial professional organization Society of Actuaries.

Google Cloud and ClearDATA, a healthcare cloud provider, teamed up to bring cybersecurity and compliance tools to IT developers in the healthcare and life sciences industries.

Patient experience is a top organizational priority for IT at major U.S. hospitals, according to a report by health IT consultancy Impact Advisors.

Amidst pressure to reduce readmissions, improve care quality, and increase patient engagement, providers have been looking to implement strategies to help keep patients from returning to acute care. One of these strategies is building a preferred post-acute network.

LabCorp, America’s largest diagnostics service, reported a breach over the weekend that affected more than 2 million patients.

Substance abuse programs in Meriden and Old Saybrook, Conn., are piloting a new mobile app named TryCyle, which seeks to reduce patient relapses and opioid-related overdoses by creating what the app's co-founder calls a "Digital Tether," according to the Harford…

Telehealth and remote care may present healthcare's greatest opportunity, as well as its greatest challenge.

More than 1,200 patients who visited Dothan, Ala.-based Flowers Hospital may be eligible to receive settlement payments resulting from a four-year-old class-action lawsuit, according to a WTVY report.

Former Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, is joining the Google Cloud team as an executive adviser to its healthcare and life sciences divisions, the tech-giant confirmed July 23.

There is no doubt that we are living in the age of the customer, requiring companies – especially healthcare payers and providers – to demonstrate that members and patients(i.e., customers) are special, appreciated and understood. One of the most powerful…