Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information. | Walmart is shuttering all 51 health centers along with its virtual care services, the retail giant announced Tuesday morning.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 30, 2024
While some nurses recognize the potential of artificial intelligence to minimize documentation burden and improve patient monitoring – and see a future with broader AI-enabled nursing – others are concerned about AI replacing empathetic human assessment of patients, cutting nursing jobs, risking protected patient data to compromise and more.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
Hospitals are off the hook for data reporting requirements that have been in place since the early COVID-19 pandemic. | Hospitals were required to share COVID-19 admissions, ICU capacity and other related data on a daily basis during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, then the reporting frequency shifted. The CDC said it still encourages hospitals to report their data on a "voluntary" basis and will soon begin displaying those data online.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
The unexpected closure of Walmart’s 51 health centers and virtual care business highlights the difficulty of providing healthcare at this moment in time.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
CVS has quietly acquired Hella Health, a startup Medicare Advantage broker based in New York City, according to a post on LinkedIn. | CVS has quietly acquired Hella Health, a startup Medicare Advantage broker based in New York City, according to a post on LinkedIn.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
Twenty percent of a typical healthcare organization’s sensitive data holdings are affected in a ransomware encryption event, compared with just 6% for an average organization.
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Health Care Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
On Wednesday, hospitals will no longer be required to report COVID-19 admissions, capacity or occupancy data to the federal government.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
Kaiser Permanente announced a partnership Tuesday with leading healthcare AI platform Innovaccer. | Innovaccer’s AI platform and population health management solutions will begin to be rolled out this summer to the health system's 650,000 members in Washington.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 30, 2024
Ellen Arigorat, nursing informatics program director at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, supports digital technology adoption in clinical workflows, with a focus on health equity.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
Congressional inaction regarding health privacy laws robs Americans’ control of ownership of their health data, according to Senator Bill Cassidy, ranking member of the Senate HELP committee.
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 30, 2024
At NYU Langone Health, physicians record videos with post-hospital care plans for patients to help improve treatment compliance. Dr. Jonah Feldman, the health system's medical director for clinical transformation and informatics, explains.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
Failing to turn on multifactor authentication, a common cybersecurity safeguard, “underscores pure negligence on the part of UnitedHealth,” one expert said.
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
Despite his company’s recent flurry of hospital divestitures, Tenet He | A $215 million increase to FY24 guidance announced Tuesday doesn't take into account Tenet's above-expectations organic growth during the first quarter, which fueled a nearly 7% year-over-year increase in net operating revenues.
Health Care Dive
APRIL 30, 2024
Saurabh Tripathi, former CFO of Highmark Health, assumed the role on Monday.
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Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
Dr. | From chaos to change: The aftermath of the Change Healthcare attack sparks discussions on revolutionizing healthcare cybersecurity. Find out how this incident could reshape the industry.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 30, 2024
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Healthcare ECONOMIST
APRIL 30, 2024
In July 2018, FDA released the Biosimilars Action Plan (BAP), which outlined FDA’s approach for expanding access to biosimilars for the American public. The plan focused on 4 key areas: A recent FDA report reviews some of their accomplishments since then. Most of these efforts revolve around guidance documents, additional staff, education products and websites, public hearings and regulations (i.e., proposed/final rules).
HIT Consultant
APRIL 30, 2024
What You Should Know: – Walmart announced today the difficult decision to close all 51 Walmart Health centers and discontinue its virtual care offering. This comes after five years of operation for the health centers. – The company cited a “challenging reimbursement environment and escalating operating costs” as reasons for the closure.
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Advanced Data Systems
APRIL 30, 2024
As we embark on the second quarter of the year, it's an opportune moment to reflect on the financial projections and challenges that shaped the healthcare landscape in Q1. At the beginning of the year, medical group practice leaders identified finance/revenue cycle management (41%) and staffing/HR (29%) as primary focal points for 2024, according to a Jan. 2, 2024, MGMA Stat poll.
Home Health Care
APRIL 30, 2024
A new study found that post-acute patients and caregivers greatly prefer home-based care to facility-based care, although with some caveats. Published in JAMA, the study’s results came from an eight-question survey conducted in September 2022 of over 1,500 adults aged 45 and older. The survey dissected the participants’ willingness and preference to pay for certain services, such as skilled nursing facility (SNF) care versus home health care.
Home Health Care
APRIL 30, 2024
AccentCare has a new leader at the helm of its hospice and personal care services operations. Andy Johnston has joined AccentCare’s executive leadership team as its new president of hospice and personal care services, a newly created role at the company. “Andy is a highly respected leader who has proven operational experience in large, multi-site health care organizations,” AccentCare CEO Laura Tortorella said in a press statement.
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Meditech
APRIL 30, 2024
Since 2020, the workplace hasn’t been the same. But while many other industries have returned with remote or hybrid jobs, health systems continue to need staff in-person and in full force. This can contribute to staffing shortages, minimal workforce retention, burnout, and documentation overload.
Lexis Nexis
APRIL 30, 2024
Cyberattacks have been in the news recently and organizations and their consumers are paying attention. To combat these threats, many organizations are looking to invest in security measures to protect themselves against bad actors. Recent threats pulled from news headlines describe the horror of bad actors stealing data or forcing a cease in business with demands of ransom to restore them.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 30, 2024
What You Should Know: – Philips and Nicklaus Children’s Health System, a leader in pediatric care, announced a groundbreaking 10-year collaboration focused on enhancing patient and staff experiences, improving outcomes, and driving innovation in pediatric care. – As part of the partnership, Nicklaus Children’s will be the first to adopt the virtually helium-free Philips Ambition X MR scanner.
HKLaw
APRIL 30, 2024
Laboratory developed tests (LDTs) will be regulated as medical devices following the announcement of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's final rule on LDTs.
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.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 30, 2024
Caris Life Sciences Logo What You Should Know: – Caris Life Sciences (Caris) , a leader in AI-powered precision medicine, and COTA, Inc. , a real-world data (RWD) and analytics expert, announced a strategic collaboration today. – The strategic partnership aims to revolutionize cancer treatment development and patient care by leveraging a powerful combination of data: Caris’ extensive molecular data and COTA’s real-world patient information.
Briggs Healthcare
APRIL 30, 2024
The May 2, 2024, 2pm-3pm Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum has been rescheduled to May 16, 2:00pm-3:00pm ET. The registration webpage has been updated with the new date. Thank you.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 30, 2024
What You Should Know: – Vitestro , the pioneering autonomous blood drawing company, today announced that it has raised $22 million (€20 million) funding to accelerate commercialization of its innovative robotic blood drawing device. – This brings its total funding raised to $50 million (€46 million) from both equity investments and grant funding.
HIStalk
APRIL 30, 2024
Walmart Health Is Closing Walmart Health announces that it will.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
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