An HHS rule that would enable patients to have free access to their medical records through third-party digital apps is facing a tough battle, with one of the biggest EMR vendor companies, Epic Systems, leading the opposition.

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa to add cardiology to their existing enterprise imaging solution.

Envision Healthcare, the physician-led services and post-acute care company based in Nashville, announced its president and CEO Christopher “Chris” Holden will step down from his role. Holden has been with the company for 13 years.

According to a new AI simulation, the Wuhan coronavirus could kill 52.9 million people within 45 days—and infect 2.5 billion overall.

The U.S. FDA on Feb. 6 granted Breakthrough Device Designation to medical device developer Aria CV, Inc., for its Aria CV Pulmonary Hypertension System.

The former CEO of San Rafael, California-based Sanovas was found guilty of wire fraud and money laundering for siphoning millions from the company toward luxury purchases. 

People who begin taking antihypertensive drugs or lipid-lowerers like statins are more likely than non-initiators to become obese and physically inactive, a JAHA study has found—but they’re also more likely to quit smoking and keep their alcohol intake in check.

Oftentimes, clinicians know what their patients need, but the bureaucracy of healthcare and its drive toward profit can prevent them from doing so, experts say. 

New rules about e-cigarettes went into effect Feb. 6, with a partial ban on some flavored products in the U.S. market.

University of Texas at Dallas researchers applied their novel method to organic radical contrast agents with encouraging conclusions.