The American Hospital Association (AHA) has opposed legislation that could lead to site-neutral payment cuts and threaten access to patient care. The AHA senior vice president stated that hospitals have more comprehensive requirements, and…
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Virginia-based healthcare provider, CVFP Medical Group, has expanded its partnership with Navina, a medical AI company. The partnership will use Navina’s AI to extract and integrate patient data from multiple sources to provide clinicians…
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The Royal Adelaide Hospital has reduced its hidden waitlist through the implementation of digital patient pathways in collaboration with Personify Care and Healthcare Logic. The automatic system notifies personnel of any cancellations or rescheduling…
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Royal Philips and Teladoc have partnered to launch a new virtual care program, Neonatal Virtual Care, providing round-the-clock access to neonatal care in rural Queensland. The program, co-designed by the Mayo Clinic, aims to…
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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) presented an overview of the proposed Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1) rule at HIMSS23….
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Surgical collaboration app Chiefy has raised $4.2m in a seed funding round to improve surgical quality by enabling virtual huddles among surgical teams. The chat and communication platform integrates with hospitals’ EHRs and allows…
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El Camino Health’s IT director, Bradley Miller, used the HIMSS INFRAM assessment to determine if the health system had a proper foundation to support new digital health solutions. HIMSS INFRAM helps healthcare organizations assess…
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Mark Howell and Bharath Krishnamurthy of the AHA have criticized a recent report by America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) that claims that hospitals drive increasing specialty medicine pricing. They argue that the claims are…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have proposed a rule that would extend Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and allow them to…
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Health tech firms PicnicHealth and Roche are expanding their global partnership to speed up neurological disease research. PicnicHealth allows patients to see their health history and contribute their de-identified medical data to clinical research….
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