FILE PHOTO: A nurse walks along the hallways of a health center in Lepanto, Arkansas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht (Reuters) – Healthcare spending growth in the United States slowed for the second year in a row in 2017, mainly due to slower spending growth for hospital care, physician and clinical services as… Read More: U.S. healthcare spending growth slows for second year in a… »
As challenges persist in the nonprofit healthcare sector, Moody’s Investor Service announced its 2019 outlook will remain negative for the next 12-18 months despite some small indications of emerging stability. THE IMPACT The investor service said operating cash flows would be flat or would drop by up to 1 percent during the outlook period, and… Read More: Moody's maintains continued negative outlook for nonprofit healthcare sector but… »
Amazon has released new machine learning tools with a wide range of applications for the healthcare space. The new Amazon Elastic Inference service harnesses a scalable GPU model, enabling customers to choose the amount of computing power they need with the option to scale up or down as demands dictate. GPUs provide a tremendous surge… Read More: Amazon's new machine learning offerings promise wide range of healthcare… »
Blockchain is poised to go big in healthcare soon, according to a new study from CB Insights. The cryptographic digital ledger technology is highly secure and resilient, and while industries such as banking or retail are bullish on it, and already building on it in myriad ways, CBI finds that “still very early days for… Read More: Big things ahead for blockchain in healthcare, new report shows »