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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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By Nina Kohn and Irina D. Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. In response, at least one of the state’s largest hospital systems is throwing off the mask despite the continued high level of virus transmission in New York City and most of the rest of the state.
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By Nina Kohn and Irina D. Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. In response, at least one of the state’s largest hospital systems is throwing off the mask despite the continued high level of virus transmission in New York City and most of the rest of the state.
Streamlining and improving revenue is hyper-important for healthcare organizations right now. One challenge is finding the right patient payer information. Technology can help organizations identify more billable insurance coverage for self-pay patients, maximizing revenue, increasing efficiency and improving patient experience. The following is a guest post from Inovalon.
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In May 2022, Healthcare IT News published a story looking at how Northwell Health's pandemic experience made the case for robust occupational health IT. Northwell Health, New York's largest health system, had achieved great success with this form of IT in addressing pandemic-era needs. In this interview with Dana Flitsch, director, product services and management, human resources technology, at Northwell Health, we revisit the massive health system's occupational health IT efforts ni
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Veterans Affairs has announced the winners of the Mission Daybreak Grand Challenge, part of a 10-year strategy to end veteran suicide through a comprehensive, public health approach. WHY IT MATTERS Preventing Veteran suicide is the VA’s top clinical priority, according to an announcement about the Mission Daybreak winners. The challenge was launched last year and of more than 1,300 concepts submitted, 30 were selected to compete for $20 million in funding to develop their innovations.
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