Rapid mergers and acquisitions in healthcare redefine its landscape. December saw a flurry of deals among providers, payers, and tech firms. Jefferson Health and LVHN’s $14 billion merger, Cigna’s failed $140 billion deal with…
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BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke’s Health System have merged, forming a $10 billion integrated health system. This collaboration joins 24 hospitals and 44,000 employees under the BJC Health System umbrella. The merger aims to…
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Through the holidays, KLAS has not slowed down on publishing valuable insights for the healthcare IT industry. In December, many published reports were the first of their kind, including reports on data and analytics…
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NHS England have confirmed to Digital Health News that all physical data centres have now been decommissioned following the successful move of NHS Spine to the cloud earlier this year.NHSE confirmed to Digital Health…
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Hospital M&A activity is expected to increase this year — and the sector has already begun 2024 with a bang.
On New Year’s Day, two Missouri health systems — St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas…
Aetna Better Health of Kentucky, Avēsis and MapHabit are joining forces for a new pilot program that supports patients with disabilities, the companies announced Tuesday.
Aetna Better Health of Kentucky provides Medicaid coverage in Kentucky,…
Here are four ways the healthcare industry and regulators can support growing interest in AI solutions:1. Government Needs an Innovation-First, Risk-Based Approach
Venture capital funding for the top 50 firms in healthcare-related AI reached $8.5…
Veradigm, a data-driven healthcare technology company, announced it acquired revenue cycle optimization platform Koha Health the same day law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announced it filed a class action lawsuit against…
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Before the implementation of Epic’s MyChart patient portal, Parkview Health System faced several challenges in patient engagement and communication.Patients often found it difficult to access their health records, leading to a lack of transparency…
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By Anuja Vaidya
January 03, 2024 – Advance ordering of abortion medications via telehealth peaked after the leak of the Supreme Court ruling against the constitutional right to abortion, new research shows.
Published in JAMA Internal Medicine,…
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