A national theatre scheduling tool aimed to reduce hospital waiting times and enhance operating theatre efficiency will be rolled out to NHS boards over the next year, the Scottish government has announced. Scotland’s ‘Care in…
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– Generation Lab, a pioneer in the field of longevity, has announced the general availability of its revolutionary platform designed to measurably extend the human lifespan.
– The first-of-its-kind offering provides a…
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Bevey Miner EVP, Healthcare Strategy & Policy for Consensus Cloud Solutions There’s been a strong push for a FHIR standard for information sharing in healthcare. Although a standard built on application programming interfaces (APIs)…
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What You Should Know: – U.S. hospitals and health systems continued to experience positive financial performance in April, with patient demand and revenues rising for the 12th consecutive month, according to new data from…
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– The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Commercial Member Health Plan Study, released, highlights a significant gap in customer satisfaction between different health insurance providers. While overall satisfaction has increased slightly, the…
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Electronic prescriptions are a safe and convenient digital version of a paper prescription. You can choose to receive an electronic prescription from your healthcare provider when you next need a prescription, or you can…
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Due to the precautions that need to be taken to protect patient health and reduce potential risks, the healthcare sector has been typically slow to adopt new technologies and solutions, particularly compared to other…
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Between the massive cyberattack on Optum’s Change Healthcare unit and the recent attack on St. Louis-based health system Ascension, it seems like there is a new healthcare cybersecurity incident each month creating serious headaches…
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HHS OCR updates its cybersecurity FAQ to include the Change Healthcare cyberattack:
Nobody has issued the breach notification that was due April 21, 60 days from when the incident occurred.
Covered entities should contact…
Gameto, a biotechnology company, has raised $33 million in Series B funding, which it will use to support the clinical development of its in vitro maturation (IVM) product called Fertilo.
New York City-based Gameto develops…
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