Monday Morning Update 4/8/24 – HIStalk
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The board of Teladoc Health fires CEO Jason Gorevic after 15 years in that role. CFO Mala Murthy will take over as interim until a permanent successor is recruited.
TDOC shares rose slightly…
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News 4/5/24 – HIStalk
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is reviewing a class action lawsuit that claims that New England Baptist Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center violated the state’s Wiretap Act by using undisclosed web…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 4/4/24 – HIStalk
As usual, Epic put smiles on peoples’ faces with its annual April Fools’ Day webpage, stating that “the newest building on Epic’s campus will have the coolest theme, like, ever: Barbie Dream House.”…
Healthcare AI News 4/3/24 – HIStalk
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Plastic surgeon Robert Pearl, MD, who was executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group through 2017, predicts that ChatGPT’s eventual ability to remember and use information across multiple chat sessions — its…
News 4/3/24 – HIStalk
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Risant Health completes its acquisition of Geisinger, which will become its inaugural health system.
The non-profit Risant Health, which will focus on value-based care, expects to acquire up to five community health systems…
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 4/1/24 – HIStalk
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks catching up on some reading, after my library “hold” list went rogue. I typically keep several dozen books on hold but in a frozen status so…
Monday Morning Update 4/1/24 – HIStalk
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Atlanta-based teleradiology vendor The Radiology Group pays $3.1 million to settle False Claims Act charges that its US-based radiologists rubber stamped draft image interpretations that were performed by India-based contractors who are not…
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News 3/29/24 – HIStalk
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An Optum dashboard shows that 115 of the 137 Change Healthcare applications remain down 37 days after the company was hit by a cyberattack.
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From Former Epic: “Re: Epic. There has always been…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 3/28/24 – HIStalk
I attended a recent online forum focused on a telehealth topic. I was surprised to find that some of the participants really didn’t understand the idea of a virtual-first practice. The only way they…
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Healthcare AI News 3/27/24 – HIStalk
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OpenAI files a trademark application for a voice engine and digital voice assistants, possibly signaling that the ChatGPT developer plans to complete with Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa voice assistants.
An official with the Congressional…