Pharmacy chains across the country are facing disruptions due to a cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a Nashville-based company that processes patient payments for healthcare organizations.
Change Healthcare is owned by Optum, a subsidiary of insurance…
The Sequoia Project, the recognized coordinating entity of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, is seeking feedback on new versions of the Common Agreement, Qualified Health Information Networks Technical Framework, Participant/Subparticipant Terms of…
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Last year ended with 65 M&A deals having been announced in the U.S. hospital sector, up from 2022’s total of 53. Financial distress was a key reason for this increase in hospital M&A activity,…
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What You Should Know:
Hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions activity in 2023 was driven by increased pressure on operations and finances, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest analysis of healthcare transactions. The report reveals momentum around mergers…
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NHS England have confirmed to Digital Health News that all physical data centres have now been decommissioned following the successful move of NHS Spine to the cloud earlier this year.NHSE confirmed to Digital Health…
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Sri Velamoor, EVP and Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at NextGen Healthcare, introduces their innovative "ambient assist" capability. This mobile-centric AI-driven clinical documentation tool promises to transform the way physicians work, significantly reducing documentation…
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Recently, I had the privilege of attending the KLAS Research Digital Health Investment Symposium (DHIS 2023), a gathering of healthcare providers, companies, and investors focused on what’s ahead in healthcare. Amid a myriad of…
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What You Should Know:
– More than one-third of hospital and health system transactions announced in Q3 2023 involved a party that cited financial distress as a transaction driver, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest mergers…
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On August 31, the Office of California Healthcare Affordability (OCHA) will close the public comment period regarding proposed regulations under a new law that is aimed at providing oversight of certain healthcare M&A deals…
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Tell Me Again Why Fax is Superior?By Dan Wilson
Dan Wilson is founder and CEO of Moxe Health of Madison, WI.
The “inherent security” provider argument in a recent KLAS report on digital…
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