“Now we’ve got electronic medical records, huge volumes of data, and this is like asking a navigation system from a World War I airplane to navigate us up to the space shuttle,” Arthur Kaplan, a professor at New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine, told CNBC. On Wednesday, Google’s cloud unit and hospital chain HCA Healthcare announced a deal that — according to The Wall Street Journal — gives Google access to patient records. “Maybe they don’t have your name, but they sure enough can figure out what sub-group, sub-population might do best by getting advertised to you,” Kaplan said.
Despite Scripps Health saying the online system should be back up later this week, many patients have complained of canceled appointments and surgeries.
Alphabet Inc.’s Google and national hospital chain HCA Healthcare Inc. have struck a deal to develop healthcare algorithms using patient records, the latest foray by a tech giant into the $3 trillion healthcare sector. Nashville, Tenn.,-based HCA, which operates across about 2,000 locations in 21 states, would consolidate and store with Google data from digital health records and internet-connected medical devices under the multiyear agreement. Google and HCA engineers will work to develop algorithms to help improve operating efficiency, monitor patients and guide doctors’ decisions, according to the companies.
Cerner (CERN) rose 2.2% after a report that the healthcare company is speculated to be a takeover target. There's speculation that an unidentified company is interested in Cerner.
Cerner Corp. rose 2.2% after a report that the healthcare company is speculated to be a takeover target. There's speculation that an unidentified company is interested in Cerner, according to a Betaville "uncooked" report. Cerner declines to comment.
Bassett Healthcare announced Tuesday, May 25 that they will be collaborating with Optum, a healthcare innovation company, in order to streamline health services through the use of technology, making providing care cheaper and more efficient. About 500 Bassett employees will be given the option of transitioning to work with Optum.