On Thursday, St Vincent’s Health Australia disclosed findings from a forensic investigation following a breach in its IT system on 19 December. The not-for-profit health and aged care provider said, citing a report from CyberCX,…
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Humana shares dropped 16% on Thursday as the health insurer issued full-year earnings guidance that was half of Wall Street’s expectations.
The company, which primarily sells Medicare Advantage insurance, said that its medical expenses…
Amazon Web Services said it hopes to further address health equity and improve healthcare access with $20 million in additional funding for its ongoing global health equity program focused on underserved communities. AWS said it has…
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On Thursday, AWS announced plans to funnel an additional $20 million into its health equity initiative, bringing the company’s total investment in the program to $60 million.
AWS launched the program in 2021, originally committing…
Beneath the Californian sunshine (and a few showers) at JP Morgan, a revolution simmers. Not a political one, but a healthcare revolution propelled by necessity and fueled by innovation. Imagine a future where groundbreaking…
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American healthcare is highly inefficient. Across a variety of long-term health and treatment outcomes and patient safety metrics, the U.S. has lower performance compared with countries of similar economic status, despite spending more money…
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Hospitals and health systems need to understand how to balance the many new opportunities artificial intelligence brings for improving patient outcomes with the imperative to deliver AI-enabled products responsibly.There are ethical and regulatory considerations…
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One in six American youth experience a mental health disorder each year. In California, about a third of adolescents experienced serious psychological distress between 2019 and 2021. In that same time frame, there was…
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The whole healthcare industry is abuzz about the buzzy buzzword that is generative AI. But how big an impact can genAI really have in boosting care quality and enabling cost efficiencies? That’s the big…
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Investment trends panel discussion, INVEST 2022. From L-R: Christina Jenkins, venture partner, Phoenix Venture Partners; Michael Yang, managing partner, Omers Ventures; Alyssa Jaffee, partner, 7wireVentures; Daniel Lubienietzky, manager of life sciences, TMX Group.
The MedCity…
