Health Care Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
Walgreens is refocusing on pharmacy operations after failing to make inroads in healthcare services. The company will sell its majority stake in VillageMD and is no longer looking to invest in medical offices, executives said.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
Health insurance premiums are putting major pressure on small businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase Institute. | Health insurance premiums are putting major pressure on small businesses, according to a new analysis from the JPMorganChase Institute.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
A managing director at a global strategy firm makes the case for Walmart to continue pursuing healthcare customers through maximizing access to nutritious food.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
Nineteen rural Minnesota hospitals and their 50-plus clinics have banded together to form a clinically integrated network (CIN) serving more than 750,000 people. | Headwaters High-Value Network aligns 19 independent hospitals for greater care coordination, cost savings and other efficiencies of scale.
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Health Care Dive
JUNE 27, 2024
Startups raised $1.1 billion across 77 deals in the first quarter — far lower than pandemic-era highs, but consistent with recent quarters.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
Walgreens stock fell 24% Thursday morning as the drugstore chain slashed its profit outlook for 2024 amid a "challenging" environment for its pharmacy operations. | Walgreens is plotting a financial turnaround that includes closing a "significant portion" of underperforming retail pharmacy stores in the U.S. over the next three years.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
After a brief misfire earlier this week, the Supreme Court has now officially ruled that it will lift a ban on emergency abortions in the state of Idaho while leaving the larger question of state b | Though the top court pulled back on a preliminary injunction pending appeal it granted in January, justices still appear divided on the core question of whether a federal emergency care law preempts Idaho's abortion ban.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 27, 2024
What You Should Know: – Xealth , a leading force in scaling digital health s olutions, has unveiled Dewey, a performance-based, digital health benchmarking tool. – Incorporating more than 20 million assets and programs distributed from more than 400 hospitals to more than five million patients over seven years, Dewey calculates engagement benchmarks from nearly 1000 digital health programs. – Additionally, the platform will incorporate AI-powered features that personalize recom
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
While the buzz around generative AI continues to build, physicians at advanced cancer centers, startups and biomedical companies are seeing the potential for gen AI solutions to advance cancer rese | At the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C., startup founders and cancer care physicians discussed their early work leveraging AWS' generative AI and cloud technologies to advance cancer research.
Spok Inc
JUNE 27, 2024
How does communication technology enhance clinical communication and care team collaboration? To give you some tangible examples, our mobility solutions expert examines three clinical workflows to show how communication technology fills the gaps created by the EHR by connecting care teams and systems to deliver information quickly and securely into the hands of those who need to act on it.
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Home Health Care
JUNE 27, 2024
Following its move to decrease VillageMD’s physical footprint, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) seems to be doubling down on its decision. “We don’t have plans to continue to invest in brick and mortar-owned primary care practices,” Mary Langowski, the president of U.S. Healthcare, said during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on Thursday.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 27, 2024
What You Should Know: – At the American Diabetes Association conference, Abbott unveiled a new addition to its FreeStyle Libre portfolio – the FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor. – The sensor boasts the distinction of being the world’s smallest, thinnest, and most discreet continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensor available. Unmatched Design and Performance The FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensor offers a unique combination of user-centric features: Unmatched Discreetness: The sensor mai
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 27, 2024
The good news: drug shortages in 2023 were down in the US from their recent peak between 2010 to 2012. The bad news: Drug shortages in 2023 were the highest they have been since 2012. These findings are from an FDA Report to Congress. Of note, shortages for biologic drugs (governed by CBER) increased a lot in 2023. FDA writes that: CY 2023 has been a challenging year for shortages.
Home Health Care
JUNE 27, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed home health payment rule, released Wednesday , included significant cuts for the third straight year. Those cuts, among other proposed changes, raise questions over the stability of the industry in the coming years. It has providers asking themselves and others the question: “Why us?
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The Rand Blog
JUNE 27, 2024
Fresh off his reelection, Vladimir Putin has shuffled some senior officials in his government to bolster his rule in the years ahead. What is Putin trying to accomplish with these moves? How will they affect Russia's future?
Health Populi
JUNE 27, 2024
Patients’ experience with health care in the U.S. dropped to its lowest point over the past year, explained in the 15th release of The Beryl Institute – Ipsos PX Pulse survey. The study into U.S. adult consumers’ perspectives defined “patient experience” (PX) as, “The sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization’s culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.” The survey was fielded by Ipsos among 1,018 U.S. adults
HIT Consultant
JUNE 27, 2024
Healthcare organizations have been increasingly adopting digital communication channels like email and text messaging. These channels offer convenience and flexibility for both healthcare providers and patients. When used judiciously, they can help improve the overall patient experience. However, with the growing use of digital communication comes an increased risk of data breaches.
Health Business Group
JUNE 27, 2024
Listen in to this informative episode with Pete O'Heeron , CEO of FibroBiologics , as we explore his journey from a small, innovative town to the forefront of healthcare innovation. Pete shares how his upbringing in a medically inclined family and a community rich with inventiveness influenced his career. Hear how Pete transitioned from pre-med to hospital administration due to unforeseen geopolitical events, ultimately finding his passion within the healthcare industry.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 27, 2024
What You Should Know: – Philips , a leader in health technology, announced today a significant advancement for its IntelliSpace Radiology platform. Existing customers in North America will now have the option to transition to a cloud-based version hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). – This strategic expansion positions Philips at the forefront of cloud-based healthcare solutions, offering improved efficiency, enhanced security, and powerful AI integration.
HIStalk
JUNE 27, 2024
Top News Walgreens Boots Alliance reports Q3 results: revenue up.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 27, 2024
What You Should Know: – VenoStent, Inc., a medical device company pioneering a new approach to improve dialysis patient outcomes, announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round. The round closed at $20M, with Norwest Venture Partners contributing an additional $4M to join Good Growth Capital and IAG Capital Partners as co-leads. – VenoStent also welcomes Dr.
The Rand Blog
JUNE 27, 2024
Despite the emergence of financial feminism and greater policy attention paid to this topic, women who face the greatest challenges in securing financial independence may still face barriers to improving their financial literacy. Women would benefit from free, diverse, and accessible forms of financial education.
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HIStalk
JUNE 27, 2024
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 27, 2024
What You Should Know: – Arcadia has acquired CareJourney® , a leading provider of clinically relevant healthcare data and AI-powered insights. – The deal strengthens Arcadia’s position as a trusted partner for leading healthcare brands like Southwestern Health Resources, Tandigm, Castell, Rush Health, and Beth Israel Lahey Health. – With the acquisition, Arcadia’s customer portfolio grows to nearly 200, encompassing providers, payers, government agencies, and life s
HIStalk
JUNE 27, 2024
Walgreens Boots Alliance Reports Fiscal 2024 Third Quarter Results Walgreens.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 27, 2024
Leading health legislators say they are focused on reducing prescription drug prices while minimizing unintended consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). | Republicans and Democrats agree drug prices must be reduced but disagree on the best solution to ensure drug innovation stays robust.
Speaker: Dr. Ugo Uwaoma, MD, MBA
Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
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