Cloud Computing

IBM and the American Cancer Society are putting IBM Watson’s cognitive computing skills to work to advise people with cancer, as well as to counsel caregivers and survivors, officials said on Tuesday.

Some experts are predicting a spike in denials beginning on Oct. 1, 2016 when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will require claims to be more specific. Forward-looking providers are assembling teams to prepare now. 

Family Medical Specialists in Florida is using care management technology to get paid under CPT code 99490, and the practice has already gotten buy-in from almost every eligible patient.

The Genome Analysis Toolkit, dubbed GATK, will be available as a hosted service and a fistful of leading cloud vendors will also contribute to future generations of genome analysis technology.

The Venture Fund challenge will award winners money, mentorship and the opportunity to pilot emerging technologies.   

With the recent surge in ransomware attacks, cybersecurity is a top priority for healthcare organizations across the nation.

The hospital partnered with Techstars to create a three-month program to help startups working on technologies ranging from analytics of unstructured data to create artificial intelligence apps to virtual reality for improving inpatient experience.

In application programming interface deals with Health Gorilla, Inuvio, Medisafe and Wink Health, drchrono enables users to tap new functionalities with its EHR, revenue cycle and practice management platform.

Watson, IBM's supercomputing brainchild, will soon have its own pied-à-terre across the pond.

Researchers say that pilot program demonstrates how readily available technologies can be used along with an EHR to improve communication between doctors and patients with type 1 diabetes.