A cyberattack at NRC Health has prompted questions about the security of its data and overall patient privacy, CNBC reported. On Feb. 11, the attack hit the publicly traded health company, which works with 75 percent of the 200 largest U.S. hospital chains. The company...
San Francisco’s Verana Health, a health-data startup, raised $100 million from investors, such as GV (Google) and Bain Capital. The plentiful interest in Verana signals the interest in new data-driven ways to treat disease. Verana works with two medical associations for its process of analyzing...
Peter Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Healthcare, wants to make sure patients have access to their healthcare records. Lee, speaking with CNBC, said he wanted to follow the general trend set by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and make sure they keep to a standard...
Google is currently collecting and using millions of people’s healthcare data without informing them, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The company is calling the initiative “Project Nightingale” and it involves data from millions across 21 states in the U.S. The company...
February 06, 2019
This isn’t some cheap dose of “Little House on the Prairie” nostalgia, but rather a shot of truth: We are a long way from small-town doctors treating patients for decades and lifetimes — after treating their parents, and perhaps even grandparents as well. Not only that, but healthcare is infinitely more complicated than it was […]
February 21, 2023
Amazon can close its acquisition of One Medical without opposition from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Feb. 21) that the FTC will keep investigating the purchase of the health clinic operator but won’t sue in time to block it. The FTC did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request […]
February 21, 2020
A cyberattack at NRC Health has prompted questions about the security of its data and overall patient privacy, CNBC reported. On Feb. 11, the attack hit the publicly traded health...
February 06, 2020
San Francisco’s Verana Health, a health-data startup, raised $100 million from investors, such as GV (Google) and Bain Capital. The plentiful interest in Verana signals the interest in new data-driven...
January 26, 2020
Peter Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Healthcare, wants to make sure patients have access to their healthcare records. Lee, speaking with CNBC, said he wanted to follow the general...
