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The private equity owner of healthcare consulting firm Chartis sells a majority stake to private equity firm Blackstone.
Insiders say that the deal values Chartis at about $1.4 billion.
The 23-year-old Chartis has…
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Strategies for Defense as Cyberattacks Target Healthcare Applications
Healthcare organizations find themselves increasingly vulnerable to sophisticated and diverse cyberattacks ranging from ransomware to social engineering.The threats targeting healthcare applications have the potential to disrupt critical operations and compromise patient care.While 86% of…
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Healthcare’s Need for High Performance Computing
Most health care sites are using healthcare systems that are several years old. In a recent Healthcare IT Today interview with Dell Technologies and AMD, Harini Malik, Global Strategic Biz Dev Head for Healthcare…
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EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 8/15/24 – HIStalk
Bain & Company recently released study findings looking at how patients perceive generative AI in healthcare. Long story short is that patients are more comfortable with AI tools taking notes during office visits or…
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Korea to link health records of 8 million patients to MyHealthway
The South Korean government seeks to streamline access to the personal health records of over eight million patients held in tertiary general hospitals in a single platform by next year. WHAT IT’S ABOUT
My Healthway allows Koreans…
AI in RCM: Healthcare execs optimistic but skeptical
Applications for artificial intelligence to improve revenue cycle management in healthcare show promise, but executives are concerned about accuracy and reliability of the technology.These were among the results of an Inovalon survey of more…
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Caregility Launches AI-Powered Fall Risk Detection
What You Should Know:
– Caregility Corporation, a leader in enterprise telehealth solutions, announced the release of a new fall risk detection capability within its iObserver solution. This innovative feature leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to…
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What’s it Going to Take to Fix Healthcare’s Chronic Prior Authorization Pain?
In this far-ranging video, two experts in health care explore current and potential solutions to the much-hated process of prior authorization in medical care.Shereese Maynard, MS, MBA, Co-Owner at Nostradata Medical, calls prior authorization…
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Streamlining Patient Transitions for Better Outcomes
Lane Wise, Director of Customer Success at ABOUT Healthcare
For patients, every transition of care to a different facility brings the risk of complications.
When a patient is transitioning from a hospital to a post-acute care facility, for…
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What Australian GPs should consider before adopting AI scribes
The Royal Australian College of GPs, the peak body for general practices in Australia, has released guidance for practitioners looking to adopt AI scribes to support clinical documentation.An AI scribe captures audio speech from…
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