2023 has been another watershed year for healthcare innovation, largely reinforcing past challenges faced in creating systemic and broad changes in healthcare delivery. Innovations found greater success when they were targeted at specific areas…
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The application, known as iStar, was created by Perelman School of Medicine researchers to give clinicians more insights into gene activities in medical images and, potentially, help them diagnose cancers that might have otherwise…
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Before the implementation of Epic’s MyChart patient portal, Parkview Health System faced several challenges in patient engagement and communication.Patients often found it difficult to access their health records, leading to a lack of transparency…
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Concerns about private equity-owned hospitals are intensifying — from leaders both within and outside of the healthcare industry. With the infamously secretive world of PE gaining such a strong presence in healthcare, people are…
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Here is where we will explore the top EHR vendors, focusing on those who specialize in either enterprise wide systems, or electronic health records for physician practice offices. Since one of the goals of…
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Gary Hamilton, CEO, InteliChart
Seldom do people receive as much important information as quickly as they do during doctor’s visits and hospital stays. Stressful settings, unfamiliar terms, too-brief conversations, and the heightened emotions surrounding health…
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Hospitals and health systems have experienced extreme financial pressure in the past couple years — and the issue is being reflected in the sector’s M&A activity.
There have been dozens of M&A deals in the…
The New York State Attorney General on Wednesday announced a major new settlement around one health system’s use of privacy-violating online pixel technology.WHY IT MATTERSNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will pay $300,000 for its use of third-party…
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Issues in provider communication methods may be leading to patients missing medical bills, a new survey showed.
About 45% of patients have missed or forgotten to pay medical bills because of challenges they experienced in…
In a research study published this month in JAMA, computer scientists and clinicians from University of Michigan examined the use of artificial intelligence to help diagnose hospitalized patients.Specifically, they were curious about how diagnostic…
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