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Singapore unveils online health insurance planning tool and more briefs

Healthcare It News

Singapore launches online health insurance planning tool Singapore's Ministry of Health and the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board have unveiled a digital tool for health insurance planning. The Health Insurance Planner (HIP) on the CPF website helps individuals visualise their MediSave medical savings and health insurance premiums; compare benefits, features, and premiums across private insurance plans for their preferred ward type; and project the premiums up to 30 years for their chosen p

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Lower Your Cost Per Acquisition Through Conversion Rate Optimization

Healthcare Success

Is your digital marketing strategy wasting budget on ads that dont convert? In this week's episode, Stewart Gandolf talks with Brian Massey , Founder and Conversion Scientist at Conversion Sciences. Together, they explore the power of conversion rate optimization (CRO) to lower your cost per acquisition (CPA). They discuss how optimizing landing pages, refining messaging, and improving the overall experience can make your marketing budget work smarternot harder.

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Symptom Search Optimization

Healthcare Success

Forward by Stewart Gandolf, Chief Executive Officer At Healthcare Success, we understand that a patients journey often beings with a search query. In this blog, our Technical Program Manager, Victoria Shepherd, explores the critical role of symptom search optimization. She shares how organizations can leverage this healthcare marketing trend to engage potential patients early and offers key strategies for optimizing symptom-based searches to drive patient conversions.

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Medicaid, SNAP cuts could lead to 1 million jobs lost in 2026: report

Health Care Dive

Reducing spending on Medicaid and the food assistance program could batter state economies and lead to job cuts — including 477,000 roles in in the healthcare sector alone, according to the Commonwealth Fund.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Fierce Healthcare

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly rescinding $11.4 billion in funds to states, cities and organizations receiving grants for COVID-19 efforts.

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How 3D Modeling is Transforming Medical Imaging and Diagnosis

HIT Consultant

Nik Froehlich, CEO and Founder of Saritasa In the 21 st century, we are fortunate to benefit from perpetual advances in medicine. Researchers continue to discover new procedures and treatments, and those advances often rely on technology. Improvements in hardware, internet speeds, interconnected devices, and artificial intelligence all contribute to higher efficiency, personalization, and accessibility in treatments.

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HHS announces sweeping reorganization, including cuts of 10K workers

Health Care Dive

Along with shrinking the HHS’ workforce further, the reorganization announced Thursday will cut the department from 28 divisions to 15, and close five regional offices.

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Oracle Health, which has not publicly reported the incident, reportedly told customers on Feb. 20 that its legacy Cerner systems were breached sometime after Jan. 22.

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A Closer Look At Home Instead’s Leadership Recruitment

Home Health Care

E-commerce, fast food and tech are just a few of the industries Home Instead have eyed as a part of the companys leadership recruitment efforts. Over the years, Home Instead has looked beyond home care to other industries in order to recruit key leaders. This has allowed the company to leverage fresh leadership perspectives that have helped drive the business forward, according to Heidi Robinson, chief people officer at Honor, which acquired Home Instead in 2021.

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'Off the charts' patient satisfaction at LifeBridge Health's virtual urgent care center

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LifeBridge Health, based in Owings Mills, Maryland, faced two primary telemedicine challenges: improving operational efficiency and increasing patient adoption. THE CHALLENGE Dr. Jonathan Thierman, president and chief executive, ExpressCare and Children's Urgent Care, at LifeBridge Health, previously had set up the LifeBridge Health Virtual Health Center.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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5 Ways AI Can Help Mental Health Clinicians Manage a Growing Caseload

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Loren Larsen, CEO and Co-Founder, Videra Health The mental health landscape is experiencing a surge in demand for services. With limited resources and an ever-growing client base, mental health providers face a daunting challenge: ensuring high-quality care for each individual while managing an overflowing caseload. This is where AI-powered mental health screening platforms can become your secret weapon.

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GLP-1s are accelerating spending growth on traditional drugs, Evernorth research finds

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Spending growth for simple medications used to treat common health problems is outstripping spending growth for pricey medications used to treat complex and chronic conditions, according to a new report from a Cigna subsidiary.

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In a new assessment, the Peterson Health Technology Institute finds mixed reviews on key metrics for ambient scribes. While scribes clearly reduced cognitive load for physicians, they don't uniformly reduce pajama time or produce financial returns.

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Palliative Care in Home Health: Misconceptions and Market Opportunities

Home Health Care

While palliative care remains an uncommon offering among home-based health care providers, forward-thinking providers have recognized a growing market demand and are strategically expanding their service offerings to include palliative care solutions. Expanding service lines to include palliative care can help home-based care providers stand out from their peers, industry insiders told Home Health Care News.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

The healthcare landscape is being revolutionized by AI and cutting-edge digital technologies, reshaping how patients receive care and interact with providers. In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine. You'll also learn how AI is streamlining healthcare processes, helping providers offer more efficient, personalized care and enabling faster, data-driven

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Healthcare’s quiet battle with burnout and technology lag

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Sponsor: Infor Primary topic: Patient Engagement Topic: Patient Engagement Resource Central: White Papers External url: [link] Thumbnail: Body: Enterprise Taxonomy: Operations Business Short Headline: Healthcares quiet battle with burnout and technology lag Region Tag: Global Edition Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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AI Ambient Scribes Show Promise in Reducing Clinician Burnout, Research Reveals

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What You Should Know: – A new report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) reveals that early adopters of AI-powered “ambient scribe” technology, designed to automate note-taking during patient appointments, are reporting significant potential in reducing clinician burnout. However, the financial impact of these tools remains unclear. – Ambient scribes utilize artificial intelligence to convert patient-clinician conversations into EMR notes, aiming to allev

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Advocacy groups say Medicaid cuts would be ‘catastrophic’

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In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, hundreds of groups said the potential cuts would “shred our nation’s social safety net,” delaying access to care and ultimately drive up healthcare costs.

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To prepare for the expansion, Two Chairs has added new clinicians to its team, including some who are cross-licensed to treat in multiple states. To date, the company focused on building its presence in California, Florida and Washington, where it also has in-person clinics.

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How to Make The Best Benefits Decisions for 2025's Workforce: An HR and Total Rewards Guide

Speaker: Kaitlin Ruby Carroll

Retaining top talent in 2025 means rethinking benefits. In a competitive job market, fertility benefits are more than just offerings - they are a commitment to your team’s well-being. Gain critical insights into the latest fertility benefits strategies that can help position your organization as an industry leader. Our expert will explore the unique advantages and challenges of each model, share success stories from top organizations, and offer practical strategies to make benefits decisions tha

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Home-Based Pediatric Care A Leap For Patients, A Struggle For Providers

Home Health Care

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In January, I wrote a story on pediatric private-duty nurses that has become one of our most-read articles so far in 2025 and elicited reader engagement. One reader wrote to me expressing support for companies offering this type of care. As the mom of a medically complex child, a big challenge weve encountered is how we can overcome the hurdle of the continuum of care with nursing at school and at home.

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Understanding the lived experience is key for improvements in women's health

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Femtech is helping reduce medical gaslighting by generating data that translates women's experiences into measurable health insights, says Ida Tin, founder of think tank Femtech Assembly.

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Tasso Partners with SNBL to Bring Patient-Centric Blood Collection to Japan

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What You Should Know: – Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd. (SNBL) and Tasso, Inc., a Seattle-based provider of patient-centric blood collection solutions, have announced an agreement to establish a new joint venture (JV) company. – The JV will focus on the exclusive distribution of Tasso’s proprietary on-demand blood collection device in Japan.

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The silent crisis in hospital administration. Can AI be the solution?

Health Care Dive

America’s hospitals face staffing and cost crises, but AI assistants offer hope through automation and smart management.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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The healthcare industry must shift from thinking you are lucky to be able to see us, to we are so fortunate to have the privilege to care for you.

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Frontline Honors: Gail Craig, 24 Hour Home Care

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Gail Craig, Caregiver at 24 Hour Home Care, has been named a 2024 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be: A dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes A passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into for the good of their respective industry, the patients and residents they serve, and their families An advocate for their industry

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The future of healthcare in virtual worlds: Web3, AI and social gaming

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Virtual environments can provide soothing, nonjudgmental healthcare experiences, leveraging AI-generated agents and immersive spaces, says Anca Petre, cofounder of MedShake Studio.

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Chatbots Transforming Healthcare: From Diagnosis to Patient Support

HIT Consultant

Image by DC Studio on Freepik What You Should Know: – Chatbots are emerging as a revolutionary tool in healthcare, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to improve patient engagement across diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and support, according to a new report in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science. – The study of clinical studies highlights the growing role of chatbots in various medical fields, particularly in oncology, psychiatry, and chronic disease management.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Penn Medicine cuts 300 roles, citing ‘pressures’ in operating climate

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University of Pennsylvania Health System is cutting staff “amidst continued changes and pressures for the field,” a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.

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Private equity's track record in healthcare could best be described as "mixed," with high-profile failures like the implosion of Steward Health Care setting a poor example. | Private investment will be even more critical for healthcare organizations in a political environment where public funds are likely to shrink.

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Frontline Honors: Susan Wisley, Help at Home

Home Health Care

Susan Wisley, Caregiver at Help at Home, has been named a 2024 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be: A dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes A passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into for the good of their respective industry, the patients and residents they serve, and their families An advocate for their industry an

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How can payers build trust with customers? Start by listening

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Rita Sharma, chief product officer at Pager Health, says health plans that are transparent and offer access to care and member benefits have great Net Promoter Score results.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.