Dr. Patricia Hayes, Chief Medical Officer of Imagine Pediatrics
For children with special health care needs, the line between stability and crisis is razor-thin. A quiet day at home can quickly spiral into an unplanned…
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How Wi-Fi 7 Enhances Healthcare Operations and Patient CareLevin says that Wi-Fi 7 delivers greater performance and efficiency to decrease operational costs while supporting bandwidth-intensive healthcare applications such as telehealth, medical imaging and real-time…
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One of the biggest challenges that healthcare faces with heart failure patients is the high number of hospital readmissions that occur. These readmissions are expensive to healthcare organizations, a bad experience for patients, and…
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HHS plans to expand its use of AI, primarily to improve administrative efficiency, and also to deliver real-time patient guidance by analyzing medical records.
HIStalk Announcements and Requests
Three-fourths of poll…
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Integrate EMS data into hospital systems to enhance ED operations © 2025 HIMSS. All rights reserved. Hospital emergency departments (EDs) across the country are struggling with limited capacity and more complex cases, leading to longer…
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What You Should Know:
– The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and Onvida Health are partnering to launch Arizona’s first rural regional medical school branch…
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Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for mental health interactions, often mimicking therapeutic behaviour without regulatory oversight. Documented harms, including suicides, highlight the urgent need for stronger safeguards. This manuscript argues that LLMs…
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What You Should Know:
–VHC Health, a community-based health system providing medical services to the Washington, DC metropolitan area, is proud to expand telehealth services through a strategic partnership with HealthTap, a tech-enabled virtual physician…
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Rhonda Aubrey, MHI, Co-Founder and Vice President of Programs at Beheld
Connecting with Medicaid members has never been so challenging—or so crucial—as the system faces great uncertainty in light of the recently passed One Big…
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Mass Termination Announcement
The primary ambulance service provider to the Assam state government, GVK-EMRI Green Health Services, terminated 500 staff members of the 108 ambulance service on Thursday. This significant workforce reduction has created widespread…
