Last week was a busy one. My already packed schedule was hit with meeting requests related to the US government shutdown.
There were discussions whether our organization should continue delivering telehealth services to Medicare…
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The Cancer AI Alliance, a research collaboration of four major cancer centers, launches a platform that securely centralizes anonymized data from its members to train AI models.
HIStalk Announcements and Requests…
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Medicare’s telehealth flexibilities lapse due to the federal government’s shutdown, with these changes:
Geographic restrictions are restored.
Medicare patients won’t be able to receive services in their homes.
An initial In-person visit will…
Family members who I talk to about AI are usually surprised to learn that it’s being used in healthcare. They assume that regulations for its use must be in place. I explain the threshold…
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The White House issues an executive order, “Unlocking Cures for Pediatric Cancer with Artificial Intelligence,” that doubles HHS funding for the National Cancer Institute’s AI-driven childhood cancer data initiative.
The FDA issues a Request for…
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Specialty care coordination company Switchboard Health acquires Conduce Health, which offers AI-powered referral management and analytics software for specialty care.
I interviewed Conduce Health CEO Najib Jai, MD, MBA earlier this year.
Sponsored Events…
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Steve Cagle, MBA was CEO of Clearwater at the time of this interview. He transitioned to board advisor on September 30.
Tell me about yourself and the company.
Clearwater is a healthcare-focused solutions firm…
We are approaching yet another threatened US government shutdown. In the virtual physician lounge this weekend, the hot topic was the telehealth mess that a shutdown would create.
Congress has not agreed on temporary…
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KLAS interviews 35 Epic customers at UGM following the company’s AI announcements. Most said that Epic’s move into ambient speech was expected.
Customers generally expect Epic’s product to be cheaper and better integrated…
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Epic announces these items at Thursday’s Open@Epic:
MyChart Central, which adds biometric login using Epic ID and allows retrieval of a patient’s records from any participating organization.
Connection of home medical devices without…
