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Tenet to sell two California hospitals to Adventist for $550M

Healthcare Dive

The latest divestiture comes as the Dallas-based for-profit has sold other hospitals while it reduces its debt load.

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Virta Health champions its nutrition therapy as an effective GLP-1 off-ramp. Here's why

Fierce Healthcare

Telemedicine clinic Virta Health believes its members can achieve significant and sustained improvement in weight loss, even if a patient has stopped taking a GLP-1 drug, a newly released paper in | A new study in Diabetes Therapy from Virta Health says the company's carbohydrate restricted nutrition therapy allows patients who no longer want a GLP-1 prescription to still keep the weight off.

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Three-quarters of health professionals project widespread AI adoption: survey

Healthcare Dive

The survey from Berkeley Research Group comes as the federal government mulls how to best regulate artificial intelligence in healthcare.

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Hospital at Home: Prospects and Challenges, and Learnings from Best Buy Health

Health Populi

With the urgent need to identify more efficient and lower-cost health care delivery models, we look to growing evidence for digital health technologies that support the Hospital at Home (HaH) model, considered in a new review article published in late February in npj Digital Medicine, The hospital at home in the USA: current status and future prospects.

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3 Reasons to Retire Pagers from Healthcare Settings

Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Northwell Health, Nuvance Health to merge

Healthcare Dive

The proposed deal would create a 28-hospital system in New York and Connecticut.

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Mayo Clinic boosted operating income by 82% in 2023

Healthcare Dive

Investment returns and outpatient services revenue drove results.

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Three Key Takeaways From ViVE2024

Healthcare IT Today

Cybersecurity and the Change Healthcare outage dominated the hallway conversations at ViVE2024. AI was everywhere at ViVE2024, but companies were much more realistic with their productivity claims this year. In the exhibit hall, larger booths were more noticeable. The three key takeaways from the ViVE2024 event for me were: Cybersecurity risk and the Change Healthcare outage was top-of-mind for attendees Vendors are being more realistic in their deployment of AI Larger booths are starting to app

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Change Healthcare confirms ransomware attack, hackers claim massive data haul

Becker's Health IT

Optum's Change Healthcare confirmed Feb. 29 that it was hacked by a ransomware gang after the group claimed to have stolen massive amounts of data.

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Elsevier Health, partners unveil conversational AI decision support tool

Fierce Healthcare

Elsevier Health has launched an generative AI-driven version of its flagship clinical decision support tool, ClinicalKey, in partnership with AI company OpenEvidence. | The tool, developed with several key partners, offers an advanced conversational search interface to help doctors find important medical information at the point of care. More than 30,000 doctors across the U.S. have tested the underlying AI technology.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Unlearn Raises $50 Million Series C to Optimize Clinical Research With AI-Powered Digital Twin Technology

Healthcare IT Today

Using Novel Digital Twins of Clinical Trial Participants, Unlearn is Accelerating Clinical Research to Help Bring New Treatments to Patients Sooner Unlearn , an AI company creating digital twins of clinical trial participants that enable smaller, faster studies, today announced a $50M Series C round led by Altimeter Capital, joined by returning investors Radical Ventures, Wittington Ventures, Mubadala Capital, Epic Ventures, and Necessary Venture Capital.

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'Dozens and dozens' of data analytics projects drive $100M+ in savings, revenue gains for UnityPoint Health

Fierce Healthcare

Long-term commitment and a willingness to stomach both upfront and last-mile burdens are the price of admission for millions in analytics-based cost savings and revenue enhancements. | The nonprofit health system partnered with Health Catalyst on eight years of performance improvement initiatives targeting length of stay, care management, ED utilization and other costly focus areas.

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Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: How to Get There

Healthcare IT Today

Previous articles in this series have shown how generative AI can be used for administrative and back-office functions in health care. Now we’ll look at how models are trained for these specific purposes. Training Generative AI Models Every industry has to develop domain-specific models, and health care has the extra burden of protecting personally identifying data.

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Affordable Care Act preventive services under threat: Previewing Braidwood oral arguments

Fierce Healthcare

A core provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), responsible for ensuring hundreds of millions of Americans receive free access to preventive services, faces a serious legal challenge March 4.

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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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When ransomware strikes, who to call?

Becker's Health IT

Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations have cost the U.S. economy nearly $80 billion in downtime. There's another expense that doesn't come with a price tag: The sense of stress and helplessness outages cause.

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HL7 & The Sequoia Project Partner to Advance Healthcare Data Interoperability

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Health Level Seven International (HL7®) and The Sequoia Project, leaders in promoting healthcare information technology (health IT) interoperability , announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the adoption of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) standards in the US and globally. – The HL7 FHIR® Accelerator (FAST) program, initially spearheaded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), will

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Exclusive: ambitious shared EPR procurement for four NHS trusts ended

Digital Health News

One of the largest shared EPR procurements, covering four NHS trusts in Blackpool, Lancashire and South Cumbria, has been abandoned at the eleventh hour without selecting a supplier or awarding a contract.

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Data exchange company Moxe Health secures $25M

Mobi Health News

The company offers tools to payers and providers to share patient health information and will use the funds to scale its operations.

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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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Navigating digital transformation in healthcare

Digital Health News

Ahead of Rewired 2024, Beverley Bryant, CDIO at Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital Foundation Trusts, shares insights in Computer Weekly from their joint digital transformation journey: the Apollo project.

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Double your cybersecurity spending, CIO warns amid Change Healthcare attack

Becker's Health IT

What does the Change Healthcare ransomware incident mean for healthcare organizations? Doubling your cybersecurity spending, according to one health system CIO.

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Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ? 

Digital Health News

Today's briefing covers the launch of a new mental health research hub and Dutch researchers' use of new technology to find cures for rare diseases.

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The ransomware groups targeting healthcare

Becker's Health IT

Russia-based ransomware gang ALPHV/Blackcat, aka BlackCat, has made headlines due to its attack on Change Healthcare, but the group has been targeting healthcare for a while.

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Real-Life Examples of HIPAA Violations and How to Avoid Them

Speaker: Jack Clough, Chief Growth Officer

Download our 30-minute webinar where we delve into real-life examples of HIPAA violations and preventative measures every organization should know! You will learn: The critical factors that lead to HIPAA violations and how to identify them. Three compelling real-life cases of organizations that faced severe HIPAA penalties. Proven strategies to safeguard YOUR organization against HIPAA violations.

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Salvo Health secures $5M for digital gastrointestinal care

Mobi Health News

The company offers a virtual care clinic for people with chronic gut issues and will use the funds to expand its reach with providers.

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Not just hospitals, pharmacies: Change Healthcare hack hits physician practices hard

Becker's Health IT

It's not just hospitals and pharmacies that have been disrupted by the cyberattack on Optum's Change Healthcare — physician practices have been hit hard too.

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How to Improve 5 Common Hospital Communication System Problems | symplr

Symplr

If you’ve ever shown up for a meeting or event only to find out it was canceled, you probably felt frustrated that you weren’t notified in time. In our hectic daily lives, missed connections result in wasted time and opportunities. But missed messages in a hospital setting are more than just inconvenient. Communication failures in health systems negatively affect patient care quality and steal valuable time from busy healthcare workers.

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NHS Mental Health Trust looks to transform digital capabilities with Access Rio EPR

Digital Health News

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust have chosen Access Rio EPR to enhance and connect their systems.

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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.