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 We Need to Work Across Sectors to Advance Health Equity, Global Health Leaders Say
MedCity News - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Health disparities aren’t just a result of the inequities in the healthcare system, but also other socioeconomic areas including housing, nutrition and education. To tackle these challenges, the healthcare industry is going to need…  KLAS: Amwell, Teladoc Health, Caregility Most Chosen Vendors
mHealth Intelligence - (Thursday April 20, 2023) By Mark Melchionna April 20, 2023 – Published this month, a new KLAS report indicated that many virtual care vendors report success in terms of purchase decisions and replacements among customer organizations, with the highest… |
 HCA Healthcare Launches AI-Enabled Ambient Documentation Partnership
Health IT Analytics - (Thursday April 20, 2023) By Shania Kennedy April 20, 2023 – HCA Healthcare and Augmedix have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the development of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ambient documentation solutions for acute care providers.  Global leaders talk ways forward for digital transformation with ‘equity by design’
Healthcare IT news - (Thursday April 20, 2023) CHICAGO – “Without health there is nothing,” said Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization, during the morning keynote Thursday at HIMSS23.For that fundamental reason, for more than 7.8 billion… |
 VA Executives Call for Modifications to House EHR Reform Proposals
EHR Intelligence - (Thursday April 20, 2023) By Hannah Nelson April 20, 2023 – While Veterans Affairs (VA) executives support elements of reform bills that would hold its EHR modernization (EHRM) project to a higher standard, the agency is requesting modifications before…  Memora Health Snags $30M for Platform That Digitizes Complex Care
MedCity News - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Every patient has questions about their health or treatment, but care teams don’t have the capacity to be available around the clock — it’s a well-known fact that the healthcare workforce is stretched across… |
 Parent of 2 Major Massachusetts Health Insurers Suffers Ransomware Attack
Health IT Security - (Thursday April 20, 2023) By Jill McKeon April 20, 2023 – Massachusetts-based Point32Health, the parent of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, posted a notice on its website regarding a “cybersecurity ransomware incident” that it discovered on…  HIMSSCast: How Intermountain is using AI to scale its value-based care efforts
Healthcare IT news - (Thursday April 20, 2023) As hospitals and health systems work to improve quality and reduce cost, their analytics and business intelligence capabilities are getting more advanced as artificial intelligence helps turbocharge their population health and value-based care efforts.One… |
 Hal Wolf on HIMSS23: “It feels like we are all back”
Healthcare IT Today - (Thursday April 20, 2023) At the HIMSS23 media briefing held yesterday, the number of attendees was announced as 35,000 – a significant increase over 2021 and 2022’s attendance. This result led Harold (Hal) Wolf, President and CEO of…  Tech may not be an easy solution to health systems’ financial challenges
MobiHealthNews - (Thursday April 20, 2023) Health systems are facing a difficult financial future as labor costs soar and the population ages, increasing demand just as hospitals have less resources to serve them, said panelists at the 2023 HIMSS Global… |
