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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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…
Continue ReadingFollowing 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…
Continue ReadingHealthcare 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…
Continue ReadingHealthcare 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…
Continue ReadingMaking the Right Choices for Hospital Virtual Care TechnologyBy Brad Storm
Brad Storm, MS is VP of technology and integrations at Sonifi Health of Sioux Falls, SD.
No healthcare strategy includes adopting a…
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Teladoc Health reports Q1 results: revenue up 3%, EPS –$0.49 versus –$0.42, beating revenue expectations but falling short on earnings.
Shares dropped slightly on the news. They are down 53% in the past…
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Optum shuts down its virtual-first urgent and primary care service, three years after it formed Optum Virtual Care during the pandemic’s peak days.
The company had added a discounted prescription-writing and refill service…
The CMS Innovation Center has announced its proposed Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), which will incentivize coordination during surgical procedures and for the 30 days following the procedure. The model is expected to improve…
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In-home health screening startup Reperio Health raises $14 million in its latest funding round. The company plans to expand its offerings beyond digital health screening kits and apps to include virtual consults with nurses…
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Sources say that members of the BlackCat ransomware group broke into Change Healthcare’s systems nine days before initiating the February 21 ransomware attack, using stolen employee credentials to log in to a remote…
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