I’ve spent a lot of my career working on the “softer” side of clinical informatics, such as change management, governance, adoption, and optimization. Although I’ve implemented a couple of technologies in my career…
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Symplr acquires the Smart Square staff scheduling system from AMN Healthcare for $75 million.
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A majority of poll respondents attribute Best Buy’s exit from its Current Health business as being…
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I’m not a superfan of The Joint Commission, but I was interested to see their press release about partnering with the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) to create AI best practices for the…
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England’s NHS will enhance its patient app with an AI-powered assistant called My Companion, which it describes as a “ChatGPT for the NHS,” that helps users review their health information and explore care options….
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RCM technology vendor VisiQuate acquires Etyon, whose technology optimizes revenue cycle workflows.
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From Dark Daze: “Re: Sharp HealthCare. Cut 315 FTEs yesterday, 150 of them from IT, which is a 25% haircut.”…
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The Journal of Graduate Medical Education published a thought-provoking article this week titled “A Eulogy for the Primary Care Physician.” It reflects on the original purpose of a primary care physician as the trusted…
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CMS announces a six-year pilot in six states to test tech-enabled prior authorization for traditional Medicare, which has traditionally avoided prior authorizations.
Participating organizations will be paid based on reducing inappropriate utilization. CMS…
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Best Buy sells remote patient monitoring technology company Current Health back to its co-founder and CEO Christopher McGhee (formerly known as Christopher McCann).
Best Buy acquired the company in October 2021 for $400…
The two hot topics around the virtual physician lounge this week, not surprisingly, involved comments or policies from the new Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Physicians are dreading upcoming changes in vaccine reimbursement,…
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Commure launches EHR-integrated voice and text assistants that use agentic AI to answer calls, schedule appointments, and handle referrals and prior authorizations.
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Ambient documentation vendor Nabla raises $70 million in a new Series C…
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