The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) applauded 12 U.S. governors for writing a letter strongly encouraging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, and Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, to permanently repeal the medical device tax before the end of the year.

General Electric (GE) has filed the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) for its healthcare unit, GE Healthcare, according to numerous sources familiar with the ongoing situation. The offering is expected to take place by the middle of 2019.

General Electric (GE) has filed the paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO) for its healthcare unit, GE Healthcare, according to numerous sources familiar with the ongoing situation. The offering is expected to take place by the middle of 2019.

Change Healthcare has announced the acquisition of intellectual property and other assets from PokitDok, a healthcare application program interface (API) company.

AI and big data to have the “greatest technology impact” in the pharmaceutical industry in 2019, according to a recent report by GlobalData.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, issued a rare national advisory Dec. 18 deeming youth e-cigarette use an “epidemic” in the country.

Finding an electronic health record (EHR) system that works perfectly with a healthcare network’s preferred care delivery process is like finding a needle in a haystack. However, AI offers a solution to improve EHRs and make them more user-friendly for clinicians, according to the Harvard Business Review.

A U.S. District Court judge in Texas ruled on Dec. 14 the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional, a decision that could throw the American healthcare system into turmoil.