'Who treats you matters': Some ER doctors three times more likely than others to prescribe opioids | STAT News
Whether patients leave a hospital emergency room with a prescription for opioid painkillers may well depend on one, often random factor: which doctor treats them. And a new study suggests that chance encounter can have far-reaching impact, possibly setting up some patients to become long-term users of the drugs.
Microsoft Takes Another Crack at Health Care, This Time With Cloud, AI and Chatbots | Bloomberg Technology
Microsoft Corp. is trying again in health care, betting its prowess in cloud services and artificial-intelligence can help it expand in a market that's been notoriously hard for technology companies.
How many hacks happen every minute against healthcare? More than 700,000, Fortinet says | Healthcare IT News
There were more than 700,000 hacking attacks in any given minute against healthcare organizations in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a study of 450 providers around the world by the threat intelligence arm of cybersecurity vendor Fortinet.
For California’s Smallest Businesses, Obamacare Opened The Door | Kaiser Health News
If Republicans in Congress scrap the Affordable Care Act, Carmina Bautista-Ortiz might have to go back to Mexico for health care. But she’d rather spend the time running the printing shop she and her husband own in Jurupa Valley, a city about 50 miles east of Los Angeles.