The current tension in healthcare tech isn’t just about software; it’s a collision of two incompatible philosophies. On one side stands the EMR companies with their own boundaries. These are
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“I don’t want to get political … ” Alan Minsk, an attorney, was forced to say several times during a panel discussion on the Food and Drug Administration’s use of
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Epic‘s high-profile lawsuit over the alleged misuse of patient data just scored its first major concession. Last Friday, GuardDog Telehealth — one of the defendants accused of exploiting interoperability networks
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Real-world evidence (RWE) has become a crucial driver of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in recent years. In fact, RWE is now included in 70 percent of new drug and
Isaac Health Introduces New Virtual Program to Reduce Dementia Risk
Isaac Health, a virtual memory clinic, unveiled a new eight-week virtual group series on Wednesday to reduce the risk of dementia. The New York City-based startup works with healthcare organizations
At SXSW, Cuban and eMed CEO Draw Contrast Between Them and Other “Marketing” Companies
On a sweltering 95-plus-degree afternoon in Austin at the annual SXSW Festival, Mark Cuban, co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs, and Linda Yaccarino, CEO of eMed Population Health, briefly turned the
Epic Is Letting Health Systems Build Their Own Agents — But Are They Ready?
Last week at the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, Epic announced its new “agent factory” — a drag-and-drop platform which lets health systems build and deploy their own AI agents
FDA Transparency Push Expands to Monitoring Safety of Vaccines and Other Regulated Products
When safety concerns emerged for an FDA-regulated product, the suspected problem could be reported to one of seven online databases. The agency is now consolidating this reporting into a single
The Aging Crisis Is Here, and Technology Is No Longer Optional
By 2034, ~20% of the U.S. population is expected to be over the age of 65, with more seniors than children for the first time in history and an old-age
Startup Waiv Spins Out of Owkin With $33M to Bring AI Precision to Cancer Decisions
Cancer treatment is evolving with a growing number of therapies designed to address specific targets expressed by tumors or genetic drivers of the disease. But for this precision medicine approach









