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VA secretary nominee Doug Collins tells the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee that he will review the VA’s Oracle Health implementation with a fresh perspective and is optimistic about its completion.
Collins expressed confidence that…
I had a bittersweet moment today. I watched one of my favorite pieces of healthcare software fade into the sunset. The health system where I spent the majority of my career finally retired the…
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Shares of AI infrastructure companies rise sharply on the White House’s announcement of Stargate, a private sector project in which major technology companies — including OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle — will invest up to…
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Struggling consumer genetic testing company 23andMe considers selling its Lemonaid telehealth business.
23andMe acquired the business in 2021 for $400 million.
23andMe’s entire board resigned last September over differences in the company’s direction. It announced…
Several of my primary care friends got together tonight to drink margaritas. Partly because we’ve all got cabin fever from the weather, and partly to commiserate about our worries about what’s about to happen…
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ASTP / National Coordinator Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP says his goodbyes after four years.
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From Granular Argument: “Re: Children’s National. Has chosen Epic to replace Oracle Health, contracting underway.” Unverified. This reader…
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Canada’s Nova Scotia Health pauses its two-day-old rollout of medical appointment text reminders after the system sent incorrect information, failed to indicate whether the visit was in-person or virtual, and in some cases…
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For many readers, CES will always be the Consumer Electronics Show in our heads, no matter what kind of branding updates the conference receives. It’s been on my bucket list for years, although I’ve…
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OpenAI launches Tasks, a beta feature for ChatGPT that allows users to instruct the LLM to execute tasks or reminders at specified times in a Siri-like way. Example: “Every Friday, provide a list of…
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Several health systems launch the Truveta Genome Project, which will create a database of genotypic and phenotypic information. The data will be collected by using leftover biospecimens from the routine lab tests of…
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