Fierce Healthcare
MAY 30, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. — CVS Health continues to invest heavily in healthcare delivery services with a focus on affordability, convenience and better access to primary care. | CVS Health continues to make investments in healthcare delivery services with a focus on affordability, convenience and better access to primary care.
Healthcare It News
MAY 30, 2024
Patients at Crescent Regional Hospital can schedule a non-touch visit with their doctor or any range of medical specialists from the Dallas area, or anywhere in the world, through the magic of spatial computing. The once-ailing hospital is now using holograms for non-touch patient visits and plans to expand its uses of holographic technology, Holoconnects announced Wednesday.
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Fierce Healthcare
MAY 30, 2024
UnitedHealth is predicting an upcoming “disturbance” among its Medicaid programs as members continue to disenroll after the COVID-19 public health emergency. | UnitedHealth gave an overview of areas in which the insurer can improve upon, how Medicaid redeterminations will affect the company and thoughts on OptumRx.
Healthcare It News
MAY 30, 2024
Desert Oasis Healthcare provides medical care and wellness services to communities in California's Coachella Valley, as well as in Riverside and San Bernardino. The group serves more than 60,000 patients. THE PROBLEM Desert Oasis was facing a challenge many healthcare organizations must contend with: getting patients to follow their care plans. For clinicians, just telling their patients what they need them to do and how to behave is not enough.
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Fierce Healthcare
MAY 30, 2024
The feds have raised an objection about Steward Health Care's planned bankruptcy proceedings, seeking additional time to investigate the health system's planned sale of its assets. | The feds have raised an objection about Steward Health Care's planned bankruptcy proceedings, seeking additional time to investigate the health system's planned sale of its assets.
Healthcare It News
MAY 30, 2024
Rumah Sakit Universitas Indonesia to test South Korean AI-powered diabetes management app Kakao Healthcare has signed a memorandum of agreement with state university hospital Rumah Sakit Universitas Indonesia (RSUI) to pilot its latest AI-based diabetes management application. Launched in February, Pasta is a mobile app -based service that leverages AI for blood sugar management.
Health Care Quality Digest brings together the best content for healthcare quality professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Health Care Dive
MAY 30, 2024
Worries about higher-than-expected medical spending have reached Medicaid, as redeterminations spark turbulence in the program.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 30, 2024
The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) announced the launch of its Artificial Intelligence Institute for Gastroenterology last week at a Digestive Diseases Week event. | The American Society of Gastroenterology announced the launch of an artificial intelligence institute to educate providers, set standards and move policy forward on AI.
Health Care Dive
MAY 30, 2024
Nearby unattacked hospitals were affected too, suggesting the consequences from a ransomware attack reach beyond targeted facilities, according to a JAMA study.
Fierce Healthcare
MAY 30, 2024
Oregon Sen. | Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is calling on the FTC and the SEC to hold UnitedHealth Group accountable for "negligent cybersecurity practices" that allowed hackers to breach its Change Healthcare subsidiary.
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Health Care Dive
MAY 30, 2024
The digital health IPO market has stagnated in recent years, but a successful exit by Waystar could help break the ice, one expert said.
HIT Consultant
MAY 30, 2024
What You Should Know: – Plenful , an AI workflow automation platform streamlining pharmacy and healthcare operations, today announced a $17M Series A round, increasing its total raised capital to more than $25 million. – This milestone signifies a meaningful step forward in Plenful’s mission to modernize pharmacy operations through advanced automation and artificial intelligence.
Health Care Dive
MAY 30, 2024
Doug Watson was officially named CFO on Wednesday after taking the position in an interim capacity in January.
HIT Consultant
MAY 30, 2024
What You Should Know: – The Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation (OHHF) , a leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting individuals with childhood-onset heart conditions and their families, today announced a national partnership with LunaJoy Health, a women’s mental health company supporting clinical operations and patient risk identification. – This collaboration aims to address the growing need for specialized trauma-informed mental health support for families across the natio
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Health Populi
MAY 30, 2024
The vast majority of older people (95%) want to “age in place” — that is, stay put in their homes and avoid moving into long-term care residences or elsewhere. One approach for enabling aging-in-place is peoples’ adoption of various technologies, a topic surveyed by U.S. News & World Report. In April 2024, U.S. News interviewed 1,500 U.S. adults ages 55 and over on their views toward technology and everyday life at home.
Home Health Care
MAY 30, 2024
Value-based care has long been a core focus for UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and its Optum arm. Recently, however, the health care giant has started to view value-based care as a sustainable business model that it can lean into to drive growth across its operations. And it’s home-based care that has helped UnitedHealth Group take its value-based care strategy to the next level.
PDC Healthcare
MAY 30, 2024
Efficient autoclave processes are essential for maintaining sterile environments in healthcare settings. Unfortunately, the autoclave process can often be time-consuming and resource-intensive if not managed properly. That’s why finding simple yet effective ways to streamline and enhance this process can make a significant difference in both operational efficiency and patient care quality.
Home Health Care
MAY 30, 2024
This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Home health providers want better rates and arrangements from Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. The plans, on the other hand, sometimes still can’t figure out what they want from providers. Some of the largest home health companies have begun to make headway with MA plans. “I think the payers are recognizing that this is not a commodity business; there is a real need to partner with high-quality providers in the communities,” Pennant Group Inc.
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The Rand Blog
MAY 30, 2024
Considering the transformative potential and immense commercial value of artificial intelligence systems, it's becoming more and more important to safeguard AI from bad actors. But what does that look like in practice? And where should you even begin?
Home Health Care
MAY 30, 2024
BrightSpring Health Services (Nasdaq: BTSG) views at-home care as the area that could drive margins back up. In the first quarter, BrightSpring saw some mixed impact on EBITDA margin as a result of the company’s growing specialty oncology business. However, Jon Rousseau, president and CEO of BrightSpring, believes that the company is now in a stable position.
The Rand Blog
MAY 30, 2024
The women of Sudan are ready to help design a peace movement that protects themselves and their children. Support from international actors and the African diaspora could go a long way in creating space for Sudanese women to play a central role in Sudan's future.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MAY 30, 2024
That is the title of my article with Jaehong Kim, Shanshan Wang and Slaven Sikirica in the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. The abstract is below. Aim: To assesses the cost–effectiveness of sotagliflozin for the treatment of patients hospitalized with heart failure and comorbid diabetes. Materials & methods: A de novo cost–effectiveness model with a Markov structure was created for patients hospitalized for heart failure with comorbid diabetes.
Speaker: Paul Weald, Contact Center Innovator
Learn how to streamline productivity and efficiency across your organization with machine learning and artificial intelligence! No matter what industry you're in - healthcare, customer service, sales, and more - it’s easier than you think to reduce wait times, monitor sentiment, and provide enhanced self-service options for all of your users. This means that you can achieve a more consistent and engaging customer experience while reducing sources of friction.
NASHP
MAY 30, 2024
Twenty-four states have a palliative care advisory council, coalition, or task force created through state legislation or regulation to guide work to support and expand care for those with serious illness. We talked to leaders of active and longstanding councils in Maine, Maryland, and Texas to learn about their creation, impact, and lessons learned for states looking to do the same.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
MAY 30, 2024
South Park on the American health care system Social science genomics. Blood donation or high interest loan? Cost doesn’t equal quality ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) Will the market accept cell therapies ?
HIT Consultant
MAY 30, 2024
Bob Celeste, founder of the Center for Supply Chain Studies in collaboration with Simul8 The United States drug supply chain is a complex and decentralized system that involves multiple entities. This includes suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, repackagers, wholesale distributors, third-party logistics providers (3PLs), dispensers, and medical facilities such as hospitals and retail stores.
Spok Inc
MAY 30, 2024
Addressing the clinician experience challenges of the Quadruple Aim takes a thoughtful, broad set of improvements to make a meaningful difference, including communication workflow and technology improvements. The post Achieving the quadruple aim: Enhancing healthcare communication to combat clinician burnout appeared first on Spok Inc.
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
MAY 30, 2024
What You Should Know: – Color Health , a leader in comprehensive cancer care, announced today that it is partnering with SkinIO and Bexa to integrate their innovative solutions for skin and breast cancer screening into its Virtual Cancer Clinic. – The collaboration aims to significantly increase cancer screening and detection rates, making early diagnosis more accessible for employers and individuals.
Health Business Group
MAY 30, 2024
Curious about the forces driving healthcare pricing and access? Join for an enlightening conversation with Sarah Emond , President and CEO of the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review ( ICER ). Sarah's upbringing in a family passionate about policy and social justice laid the foundation for her impactful career in health policy. We explore her educational journey from Smith College to Brandeis University’s Heller School, and how her professional experiences in clinical research and biopharm
Life Qi
MAY 30, 2024
Life QI has provided the foundation for many improvement initiatives and NHS group models are one of those that we continue to be very proud to support.
The Rand Blog
MAY 30, 2024
As India's national elections enter their 7th and final phase of voting on June 1, a new influential phenomenon has emerged: the proliferation of what may be called “micro-news providers” almost entirely broadcasting through the medium of YouTube.
Speaker: Matt McBride, CEO and Co-Founder of Mend
Patient engagement happens before, during, and after interactions. Consumer research has found that in 2021, 64% of US households reported using Telehealth services. In addition 34% of patients would prefer Telehealth visits to in-office visits. Accessible patient engagement technology can help you improve your relationships with your patients while also improving your KPIs.
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