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As Walmart shutters clinics, startup Fabric buys its MeMD telehealth business

Fierce Healthcare

As Walmart shutters its primary care clinics, the retail giant inked a deal to sell its MeMD telehealth business to healthcare technology startup Fabric. | The deal will significantly expand Fabric's reach in the employer market as MeMD provides virtual care services to 30,000 employers and 5 million employees.

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Why Patient Engagement Must Be at the Center of Value-Based Care

HIT Consultant

Dave Bennett, Executive Vice President – Healthcare, pCare by Uniguest In the dynamic and ever-changing landscape of the healthcare industry, patient engagement continues to emerge as a pivotal element of the value-based care (VBC) model. Value-based care seeks to improve health outcomes by leveraging the Quintuple Aim framework – focusing on the patient experience, population health success, cost reduction, team wellbeing, and health equity.

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Bonus Features – June 30, 2024 – 56% of organizations say shortage of IT talent is a key challenge, 87% of physicians say at-home testing improves access to diagnostic services, plus 22 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Is AI Transforming Healthcare Yet?

HealthIT Answers

NOW on demand, Health Unabashed episode with guest Dr. Ronald Ramzi, Managing Director of ZOI Capital. They discuss his journey from cariology to digital health innovation and challenges of uptake of digital health solutions in a fee-for-services centric sick care ecosystem. The post Is AI Transforming Healthcare Yet? appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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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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US Hospitals See Improved Margins, But Rising Costs Remain a Concern

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – A new report from Strata Decision Technology reveals mixed signals for the financial health of US hospitals. While operating margins have improved significantly year-over-year, rising drug and supply costs threaten to undermine this progress. – The US hospital sector shows signs of financial recovery, with improved margins and revenue growth.

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Turning Over Your Revenue Rocks

HealthIT Answers

By Javier Favela - Organizations that make moves to adopt a single, robust practice management system and clearinghouse, integrating all claims and financial rules into one cohesive system, can experience successful financial, operational, and clinical outcomes. The post Turning Over Your Revenue Rocks appeared first on Health IT Answers.

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Streamlining Medicare Advantage Organizations Member Communication: A Guide to CMS’s Model Materials for CY 2025

Innovaare Compliance

Every year, Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAO) 1 must update their member communication materials, such as the Annual Notice of Change (ANOC), Evidence of Coverage (EOC), Provider Directory, Excluded Provider Model, Formulary (Comprehensive and Abridged), Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) Rider, Notice of Formulary Changes, and Transition Letter, among others.

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UltraSight Joins Butterfly Garden to Expand AI Real-Time Guidance Across POC Ultrasound Devices

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – UltraSight , a leader in AI-powered cardiac imaging, announced it has joined Butterfly Garden , an artificial intelligence (AI) Marketplace launched by Butterfly Network , a pioneer in portable ultrasound technology to improve access to cardiac care. – The collaboration empowers medical professionals and paves the way for a future of faster and more efficient cardiac diagnostics.

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Limits to Health Data Access Body Discretion and a Need to Comply with the Gdpr – Enough to Protect Against Improper Sharing of Health Data Through the Ehds?

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Paul Quinn (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Erika Ellyne, Cong Yao (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Limits to Health Data Access Body Discretion and a Need to Comply with the Gdpr – Enough to Protect Against Improper Sharing of Health Data Through the Ehds?

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Assessing path dependency in Vietnam's healthcare legal framework: exploring public-private collaboration in Ho Chi Minh City during the COVID-19 crisis

HealthLaw Prof Blog

Tran Viet Dung (Ho Chi Minh City University of Law), Vy Ngo (Ho Chi Minh City University of Law), Assessing path dependency in Vietnam's healthcare legal framework: exploring public-private collaboration in Ho Chi Minh City during the COVID-19 crisis, Asian.

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HIPAA Compliance 2025: Navigating Regulatory Changes & Industry Trends

Based on comprehensive survey data from diverse healthcare providers, the 2025 HIPAA Benchmark Report delivers actionable intelligence for modern compliance programs. This report examines how organizations are restructuring HIPAA Privacy Programs to address emerging regulatory requirements. Through analysis of staffing models, program operations, and breach management protocols, it provides a clear picture of current best practices.