Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending September 1: Digital health IPOs, secondary use of data, cardiac rehab platform reduces re-admissions, EPS in the UK, 20m Epic records for research, Google and UCMC in court, telehealth underused, reducing sepsis deaths, Ontario EMR dashboard, Allscripts links with Apple Health Records, Zocdoc charges $3000pa
2019 is the year of the digital health IPO, but will it last?
MedCity News ~ Pete Barlas ~ 25/08/2019
After a relatively quiet IPO market, 2019 has emerged as the year of the digital health IPO with Health Catalyst, Livongo Health, Phreesia, and Change Healthcare all going public and with one more - Peloton - set to debut soon.
Most patients say they would share records for medical research
Health Data Management ~ Joseph Goedert ~ 27/08/2019
Most patients are willing to share information from their electronic medical records and biospecimens for research purposes, according to a recently completed study.