Tom Sullivan

The HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Pop Health Forum starts Monday morning. Here’s a roundup of articles about the event. We'll be reporting live and continue adding to it so check back often. 

Just weeks ago, the groundbreaking new game was a contender for most successful health app. Now, daily Pokémon Go users are dipping in number and that is troubling for the fate of fitness trackers, wearables and other devices. 

The academic medical center turned to its inaugural Healthcare Innovation Accelerator class for new technologies and services to improve patient care. 

The Democratic nominee also promised to institute a public health insurance option, paid family leave, affordable childcare and cracked a one-liner about using Trump’s Estate Tax amount to care for 3 million children. 

Vindell Washington to replace DeSalvo at the helm of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. 

Cybercriminals launching ransomware attacks – and one hacker in particular known as TheDarkOverLord – represented nearly 30 percent of the 39 data breaches in July. The average time an attack went unreported, meanwhile, was a whopping two years.

The Republican candidate called the Affordable Care Act disastrous and said he has a plan to overhaul the Veterans Health Administration but focused more on plans for jobs, the economy and tax policy. 

The highlights of what candidates and their supporters said during the Republican and Democratic national conventions. 

At the Democratic National Convention the Presidential nominee touched on her ideas to create jobs, pay women the same as men, defeat ISIS, enact immigration and education reform and address violent crime. Here’s what she said about healthcare. 

Vice Presidential nominee Tim Kaine said Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would build on the Affordable Care Act, preserve Roe v. Wade, ensure paid family medical leave and more if elected in November.