Ted Okon, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance
10:00 AM

The reach of the cyberattack is a looming crisis for providers' financial stability, particularly in rural areas, and could soon impact patient care, said Ted Okon of the Community Oncology Alliance.

Google hires former Karen DeSalvo as chief health officer
11:21 AM

For its most recent big healthcare hire, Google has recruited former National Coordinator for Health IT Dr. Karen DeSalvo to serve as its first chief health officer.

Congress, government agencies, presidential candidates, consumers and the industry itself talk about the need to lower healthcare costs, but what does this entail? Many want to target drug costs and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has mandated hospitals to post a list of their standard charges by diagnostic-related group, in an effort for consumers to have transparent cost options. And providers need to collect every penny owed them and combat revenue leakage.

HIMSS18 guide to patient experience
10:24 AM

From the rise of Chief Experience Officers and cool new tools to scalable programs, there are a lot of sessions about enhancing the patient experience.

03:56 PM

Farzad Mostashari's startup gives physicians the tools and assistance to build accountable care organizations.

Health IT startups to watch in 2017
06:08 AM

From companies created to operate in today's new value-based healthcare system to precision medicine, data analytics and interoperability, you can count on a healthcare IT landscape that is always in flux, thanks to new approaches driven by entrepreneurs who are adept at shaking things up.

This gallery highlights some of the most promising new companies and the founders and CEOs who are making news in 2017. Healthcare IT News is keeping tabs some of the most exciting and promisingnew ventures.

meaningful use
02:08 PM

A rock star lineup of health IT pros including Karen DeSalvo, John Halamka weigh in on where the program went astray and suggest the direction that government and industry should steer towards.

03:17 PM

Farzad Mostashari's startup marks its third anniversary by expanding to Medicare Advantage plans.

eClinicalWorks lawsuit
09:57 AM

Every hospital should be thinking about protecting their data today even if they use a different electronic health record software.

Trump effect on health IT
10:29 AM

Venrock 2017 Healthcare Prognosis finds industry is rankled by policy uncertainty, but that won’t stop companies from forming.