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Providence Ventures closes $150M healthcare fund.

Providence St. Joseph Health announces new $150M healthcare fund | FierceHealthcare Seattle-based Providence Ventures, which is the venture capital arm of Providence St. Joseph Health, raised a $150 million healthcare venture capital and growth equity fund to invest in healthcare and technology partnerships aimed at changing how care is delivered to consumers.

Few health apps have undergone medical scrutiny to show effectiveness, study finds.

Where's the evidence that app will help your health? Study finds there's likely not much | FierceHealthcare Digital healthcare apps are a rapidly growing space, yet the companies developing them lack real proof of their effectiveness. In fact, few studies have even tried to examine the apps' impact on high-burden patients, instead focusing mostly on healthy populations, according to a new report.

GE Healthcare, Vanderbilt partner on precision immunotherapy.

GE Healthcare partners with Vanderbilt University on precision immunotherapy apps | FierceHealthcare GE Healthcare announced a five-year partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in which the organizations will work to deliver safer and more precise immunotherapy treatment for cancer patients.

FDA launches new tool for AI in healthcare.

FDA launches new tool aimed at safe deployment of AI in healthcare | FierceHealthcare The FDA has released model 1.0 of the Software Precertification Pilot Program to give guidance to the health IT community about artificial intelligence. The FDA wants to make sure such technology is safe and effective when it's making decisions about patients' health.

After social determinants' biggest year yet, 2019 must be bigger.

Social determinants became mainstream in 2018, but it can't be just a fad | FierceHealthcare Payers, providers, and startup companies tackled food insecurity, reliable transportation, affordable housing, and more this year. But much remains to be done in 2019 and beyond.

Vertical mergers dominate healthcare M&A in 2018.

Healthcare’s vertical mergers kick-started a massive industry shift in 2018. Will it pay off? | FierceHealthcare Two massive megamergers in CVS-Aetna and Cigna-Express Scripts dominated the conversation around M&A in healthcare, with the companies promising to transform the industry. But those deals also set the stage for smaller acquisitions across the payer industry.

Affordable Care Act to remain in place during appeals.

Affordable Care Act to remain in place during appeals to Texas ruling | FierceHealthcare U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas said the Affordable Care Act should remain in place as appeals to his decision to strike down the law weave their way through the appeal process.

FierceHealthcare’s 10 most read stories of 2018.

FierceHealthcare’s 10 most read stories of 2018: Amazon, mergers and more Amazon | FierceHealthcare It was a wild year for healthcare. Amazon made waves with a big (but vague) new venture, Allscripts was hit with a ransomware attack and megamergers grabbed the headlines. Here's what our readers were clicking on.

Change Healthcare buys blockchain company PokitDok.

Change Healthcare bolsters existing blockchain platform with PokitDok acquisition | FierceHealthcare McKesson-owned Change Healthcare is buying blockchain startup PokitDok, the company announced on Tuesday. The acquisition bolsters Change Healthcare's blockchain focus at a time when more payers and providers are showing interest in the technology.

Providence St. Joseph lures another executive from Microsoft.

Providence St. Joseph Health lures another executive from Microsoft | FierceHealthcare At a time when healthcare executives are leaving the industry for gigs at big tech firms, Providence St. Joseph Health keeps poaching IT executives from Microsoft. This week it hired B.J. Moore as chief information officer.

9 things physicians hate about medicine. Any bets that EHRs are on the list?

9 things physicians hate about medicine | FierceHealthcare You might have guessed it. Paperwork and administrative burdens is the number one issue that frustrates doctors, according to a new poll.

State AGs ask Texas judge to clarify ACA decision.

State AGs ask Texas judge to clarify ACA decision as they prepare for appeal | FierceHealthcare California and 16 other state attorneys general are asking a Texas judge to clarify his ruling on the Affordable Care Act, a procedural move that sets the stage for an appeal. On Tuesday, Judge Reed O'Connor agreed an expedited briefing was necessary.