Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 5/6/24 – HIStalk
I volunteer as an instructor at an outdoor school every few months, but I ended up missing a full year of sessions due to schedule conflicts. This weekend, I was back at it….
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It’s Time to Rethink Healthcare’s Reliance on Legacy Tech Amid Cyberattacks – HIStalk
It’s Time to Rethink Healthcare’s Reliance on Legacy Tech Amid CyberattacksBy Tom Furr
Tom Furr is founder and CEO of PatientPay of Durham, NC.
One of the biggest questions surrounding a large-scale cyberattack…
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Monday Morning Update 5/6/24 – HIStalk
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Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) asks the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division to investigate the pricing algorithms that are used by MultiPlan to reduce insurer payments to providers for out-of-network claims.
The senator questions…
News 5/3/24 – HIStalk
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UnitedHealth Group CEO Sir Andrew Witty tells the Senate Finance Committee – which was questioning him about the Change Healthcare cyberattack – that the half-trillion dollar market cap UHG isn’t all that big….
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 5/2/24 – HIStalk
The hot topic in the virtual physician lounge this week was that another company has decided that delivering healthcare is more difficult than it thought.
Across the board, members of a primary care discussion…
Healthcare AI News 5/1/24 – HIStalk
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Google highlights the medical capabilities of its unreleased Med-Gemini AI models. The four models can provide text, image, and video outputs and are integrated with web search.
CLEW announces GA of its FDA-cleared, AI-powered…
News 5/1/24 – HIStalk
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Walmart Health announces that it will close its clinics and virtual care service, noting that it can no longer sustain a business model that is beset by rising costs and declining reimbursements. The…
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 4/29/24 – HIStalk
Following my recent piece on bro culture, a number of people reached out to me to share their opinions about culture changes in healthcare and healthcare IT over the years. One of them, who…
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Make Data Valuable for Providers – HIStalk
Healthcare Technology To-Do List: Make Data Valuable for Providers By Kevin Coloton
Kevin Coloton, MPT, MBA is founder and CEO of Curation Health of Annapolis, MD.
Following my time at HIMSS ’24 and RISE National, I’ve…
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Sophisticated Markets Require Sophisticated Strategies – HIStalk
Healthcare IT Commercialization Success: Sophisticated Markets Require Sophisticated StrategiesBy Dean Kaufman
Dean Kaufman, MS is founder and CEO of Healthcare Service Consultants of Millburn, NJ.
About 75% of US-based healthcare IT start-up companies…
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