Explosive news accounts based on anonymous sources are easy targets in this era of “fake news.” Usually reserved for partisan political debate, it’s unusual for such a charge to be leveled at a legitimate news organization for coverage of the technology industry. But Bloomberg Businessweek finds itself in the crosshairs and in this case, the…
DetailsIn the days before Google (was there ever a day before Google???), business books would claim that every time someone had a bad experience, they’d spread the word to ten of their closest friends (who would then tell ten of their friends and so on). Today, bad reviews spread faster than the flu and doctors…
DetailsDoes anyone really know what time it is? “I’m not recommending it for most people as anything other than just a novelty,” said Ethan Weiss, a University of California, San Francisco cardiologist. Dr. Weiss was quoted in a recent review of the new Apple Watch Series 4 by the New York Times. That raises some…
DetailsA tornado rips through a rural community and the local hospital is overwhelmed with injured residents. A ten-car pile up in the middle of the night on a major highway stretches the resources of emergency doctors to diagnose and treat the victims. The use of teleradiology services to facilitate image reading during off-hours and provide…
DetailsHealthcare organizations will spend more money on IT security in 2018 than ever before. But the statistics suggest these cybersecurity warriors may be taking one step forward and two steps back. Comparing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA violation data for calendar year 2017 versus unofficial tallies year to date, it would appear…
DetailsMonty Hall would be proud. The ultimate dealmaker could look to the $316B in 2018 healthcare M&A activity and see that it is more than double the same period a year ago. As insurance, pharmaceutical, technology, and traditional healthcare companies get in the act, the downward pressure from government regulators, shareholders, and patients to provide…
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