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By Mike Miliard | 05:58 pm | August 22, 2016
Researchers from University of Pittsburgh and UPMC say they're encouraged by what may one day be a new tool to help battle cancer and heart disease: an ultrasound-enabled genetic therapy called sonoporation.
By Jessica Davis | 04:30 pm | August 22, 2016
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response has awarded $2.6 million to DiaSorin – an Italy-based biotechnology company with offices in Stillwater, Minnesota – to further develop its Zika diagnostic tool.
By Henry Powderly | 03:50 pm | August 22, 2016
More than a dozen medical groups including the American Medical Association, Medical Group Management Association, American College of Surgeons and others, have sent the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on August 22 imploring it to quickly make the proposed 90-day reporting period a final rule.
By Jessica Davis | 03:37 pm | August 22, 2016
Findings shows respondents lost a total of 2.36 TB of data last year, which cost, 22 hours of downtime for each incident and a total of $900,000 on average.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:11 pm | August 22, 2016
CVS Health Research Institute shows potential for $38 million to $63 million saved per 100,000 health plan members.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:01 pm | August 22, 2016
Enterprise imaging strategies are key priorities for healthcare leaders, but interoperability roadblocks remain a challenge, finds a new survey from lifeIMAGE and CHIME.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:28 am | August 22, 2016
Healthcare IT News travelled to Epic’s campus to learn how the company thinks about design and usability. Takeaway: Health IT is hard. One vice president even said that if she wanted an easier job she could just go to Facebook. 
By Mike Miliard | 10:05 pm | August 21, 2016
HHS initiative to re-focus on incidents affecting fewer than 500 patients.
By Henry Powderly | 05:03 pm | August 19, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said that the grace period will end as planned and come Oct. it will end the flexibilities it granted hospitals and coders thus far.
By Jessica Davis | 04:23 pm | August 19, 2016
The notorious virus is running rampant through global phishing campaigns to a wide range of industries, but U.S. healthcare is ground zero.