Staffing at health care providers, especially for IT, is being challenged on many fronts. Inflation is up while Medicaid has been significantly cut. New technologies such as AI call for new types of staffing…
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It started with a phony bill.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, much of University of Vermont Health Network’s nonclinical workforce shifted to remote work. An employee’s daughter received an email she believed was from her homeowners…
Opioids are frequently overprescribed after surgery. We applied a tabular foundation model to predict the risk of post-discharge opioid consumption. The model was trained and internally validated on an 80:20 training/test split of the…
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Carla Nelson, Sr. Director of Healthcare and Public Policy at Findhelp
The Senate Finance Committee released its version of President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” but social safety net providers and managed care organizations (MCOs) are…
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OpenEvidence says that its AI system is the first to score 100% on the US medical licensing exam. The tool explained its logic in a paper that also includes the references it consulted for…
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What You Should Know:
– HealthTap, a virtual healthcare provider, today announced the launch of its Direct Virtual Primary Care for Organizations program.
– The new program enables employers, cost-sharing entities, and other member-based organizations to…
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Innovating the Consumer Experience Beyond the EMR with Open StandardsBy Robin Monks
Robin Monks is EVP of technology at Praia Health
Patients – and potential patients — expect seamless digital experiences. They’re getting…
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The Senate Appropriations Committee approves a bill that allocates $3.5 billion to the VA to restart its Oracle Health implementation.
The committee also approved $5.9 billion for the VA’s ongoing IT costs.
Sponsored…
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Coalition Forms AI Tiger Team
The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has launched an unprecedented fast-tracked initiative to revolutionize how artificial intelligence supports Medicaid work requirements implementation. This priority “tiger team” represents a groundbreaking approach…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. healthcare landscape is facing a transformative moment with the signing of H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), into law on July 4. This…
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