News 12/1/23 – HIStalk
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Health insurers Cigna and Humana are negotiating a merger that they hope to finalize by in the next four weeks, according to insider reports.
The companies are sure to face anti-trust challenges as they…
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Cigna-Humana merger rumors swirl
U.S. health insurer Cigna is in talks to merge with Humana in a deal that could exceed $60 billion in value and rival UnitedHealth Group and CVS Health in size, according to a Reuters…
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Patient portal opens new entry points to care at Lurie Children’s Hospital
Prior to the growth, adoption and use of its patient portal, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago had only two entry points for patients looking to receive care – calling the…
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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust selects TPP SystmOne
Following a procurement period, Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust has announced it has selected TPP SystmOne as its sole electronic patient record (EPR) provider.The agreement will mean the trust can provide one single, optimised…
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Why Generative AI Threatens Hospital Cybersecurity — and How Digital Identity Can Be One of Its Greatest Defenses – MedCity News
Healthcare organizations are one of the biggest targets of cyber attacks. A survey we conducted found that more than half of healthcare IT leaders report that their organization has faced a cybersecurity incident in…
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Health Catalyst Acquires ERS, Bolsters Tech-Enabled Managed Services Offering with Data Abstraction and Oncology Registry Management Capabilities | Healthcare IT Today
Health Catalyst, Inc., a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, today announced that it has acquired Electronic Registry Systems, Inc. (ERS), a market leader in cancer registry software…
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Alpha Sophia Helps Medtech Businesses Avoid Overpaying for Healthcare Commercial Intelligence – MedCity News
Alpha Sophia Founder and CEO Paul-Lukas Hoffschmidt explains how the company’s software diverges from competitors in healthcare commercial intelligence, with a focus on smaller innovators.
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Induction Healthcare integrates with Patients Know Best
A new partnership between Induction Healthcare and Patients Know Best (PKB) has been announced, which integrates Induction’s patient engagement portal (PEP), Zesty, with PKB’s personal health record.The collaboration will help to enhance the PEP,…
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UK Biobank unveils new data, launching new era for treatments and cures
UK Biobank has today unveiled incredible new data from whole genome sequencing of its half a million participants, a step that is set to drive the discovery of new diagnostics, treatments and cures. The data, uniquely,…
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GE HealthCare Launches New AI Suite to Catch Breast Cancer Sooner – MedCity News
GE HealthCare launched a new AI suite this week at RSNA 2023, the annual radiology and medical imaging conference in Chicago. The new product, called the MyBreastAI suite, is designed to simplify radiologists’ workflows…
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