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Change Healthcare acquires blockchain API startup PokitDok's IP, staff
By Dave Muoio | 04:57 pm | December 18, 2018
Change Healthcare said that it is looking to infuse PokitDok's tech into its own blockchain network. 
Teladoc VP steps down amidst misconduct allegations, Flatiron CMO heads to the FDA, and more digital health hires and departures
By Laura Lovett | 04:27 pm | December 18, 2018
Also: Livongo names Zane Burke as the next CEO; Atrium Health taps Dr. Rasu Shrestha as VP and chief strategy officer. 
EMRs, APIs, App stores and all that: More data
By Matthew Holt | 04:03 pm | December 18, 2018
Health 2.0's Matt Holt talks results of Health 2.0's EMR API survey. 
For healthcare data security, blockchain can be a valuable piece of the puzzle
By Jonah Comstock | 03:15 pm | December 18, 2018
Blockchain can protect data integrity and streamline patient consent, but it should be used in conjunction with other technologies and procedures.
How to prepare for the journey to Stage 7 EMRAM
By HIMSS TV | 02:46 pm | December 18, 2018
Zhigang Liang, CIO, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, discusses what is needed before an organization embarks on a journey toward Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM).
FDA approves Medtronic’s multi-implant smart programmer
By Dave Muoio | 02:46 pm | December 18, 2018
Comprised of a Samsung touch screen device and an app-based platfrom, the InterStim smart programmer helps patients and physicians more easily monitor incontinence implants. 
Russian entrepreneur Natalia Glazkova talks noise-canceling ECG software
By Laura Lovett | 12:47 pm | December 18, 2018
At WISH in Doha Qatar last month, Glazkova was a featured young entrepreneur for her Sense2beat technology.
AIA partners with MyDoc to digitally deliver health screening results for AIA Vitality Members
By Dean Koh | 02:41 am | December 18, 2018
CVS, Sharecare launch digital pharmacy savings card; Eli Lilly, Evidation expand data platform partnership; and more digital health deals
By Dave Muoio | 04:35 pm | December 17, 2018
Also: Case Western Reserve University's rowing team will now wear VivaLNK's wearable patches and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center inks a deal with MyHealthDirect. 
Lessons from China's digital healthcare approach
By HIMSS TV | 03:57 pm | December 17, 2018
Dr. Manish Kohli, HIMSS' Chair Global Board of Directors, discusses global struggles with access, quality and cost of care and how China has stepped up to those challenges with remarkable speed and level of ambition.