- Healthcare gets poor rating for application security (fiercehealthit.com)
healthcare industry fares poorly compared to other industries in reducing application security risk,… "Given the large amount of sensitive data collected by healthcare organizations, it's concerning that 80 percent of healthcare applications exhibit cryptographic issues such as weak algorithms upon initial assessment,"…
- Survey shows care coordination lacking (healthcareitnews.com)
Health IT support in care coordination inconsistent….leaves much to be desired, according to a new survey of clinicians….survey showed that although 78 percent of the 350 respondents viewed timely notification of hospital discharges as very important, only about 49 percent used health IT systems to accomplish this task.
- Is 3D printing the future of health care? (pharmacist.com)
3 Dimensional Printing has expanded its reach and hopes to make waves in the health care sector….Organovo strives to design fully functional human tissues and organs to experiment with investigational drugs in vitro first, and eventually to sustainably implant the tissues and organs in humans….
- Scientists find new evidence on GSK vaccine link to narcolepsy (newsdaily.com)
Scientists investigating why a GlaxoSmithKline flu vaccine triggered narcolepsy in some people say they have the first solid evidence the rare sleep disorder may be a so-called "hit-and-run" autoimmune disease… Pandemrix…as withdrawn from the market after the 2009/2010 pandemic..
- Digital health market continues to ‘mature’ in 2015 (fiercehealthit.com)
The digital health market continues to mature as we move into the second half of 2015,…focus on personalized medicine leading the way,…digital health funding is not outpacing 2014, which was a record year for investments in the market, capital flow is remaining steady this year,...
- Privacy & security: ‘theater’ vs. reality (healthcareitnews.com)
'What's at stake in healthcare is confidence in the system'...healthcare organizations too often depend on security protections that aren't much more than "theater."… a more nuanced approach is needed – a "delicate balancing act" that makes smart use of technology while also capitalizing on a people-based approach...
- Teva pays $35m upfront for implantable drug delivery device partnership (in-pharmatechnologist.com)
Teva Pharmaceuticals has partnered with Microchips Biotech to use its implantable drug delivery device… made up of microchip arrays that can store hundreds of drug doses that can be appropriately released in months or even years…has wireless control features, can be programmed to release drug on a pre-determined schedule.
- CHIME presses Congress for patient ID (healthcareitnews.com)
Calls for removing the Congressional prohibition on the use of federal funds for development of unique ID…correct patient identification as a critical need for ensuring patient safety…"The accurate and efficient matching of patients with their healthcare data is a signification threat to patient safety,"
- APhA introduces self-management tool for diabetes patients (drugtopics.modernmedicine.com)
American Pharmacists Association Foundation has introduced a self-management tool designed to improve healthcare outcomes for diabetes patients and to reduce overall costs..."enables pharmacists and other healthcare providers to gain a comprehensive understanding of their patients’ ability to manage their diabetes"
- Overuse of nursing home antibiotics may put all residents at risk (newsdaily.com)
…. nursing home facilities prescribe antibiotics more often than others, which is tied to increased health risks, even for residents who don’t receive the medications, according to a new study… consistent finding that one-third to one-half of antibiotic treatments are unnecessary or inappropriate,"..