Healthcare faces significant challenges, including workforce shortages and increasing demands. Socially assistive robots (SARs) have emerged as potential solutions to augment care, but their implementation in hospital wards remains largely unexplored. We conducted a…
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For the 180th episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast, we are talking about the healthcare job market! We kick this episode off by discussing what is currently happening with the healthcare workforce. Then,…
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Rural communities face a complex web of barriers that hinder access to quality healthcare, including long travel distances, workforce shortages, limited broadband for telehealth, underinsurance, low health literacy, and social stigmas. These obstacles often…
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Introduction to the Epic EHR Implementation
Providence, Rhode Island-based Care New England Health System successfully launched its Epic electronic health record (EHR) system on October 4, marking a significant milestone in the organization’s digital transformation…
What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a $2M Caregiver Artificial Intelligence Prize Competition through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), aiming to mobilize AI innovation…
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A federal jury orders Apple to pay Masimo $634 million for violating the company’s blood oxygen reading patents in Apple Watch’s workout mode and heart rate notification feature.
The legal battle between the…
What You Should Know:
– Cigna Healthcare, the health benefits division of The Cigna Group, is significantly expanding its behavioral health offerings through an industry-first collaboration with Headspace. This partnership is designed to address the…
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The Equity Charter was set up to tackle discrimination in the digital health sector. As its first Community of Practice event launches, co-founder Hassan Chaudhury writes that we must grasp the opportunity to take…
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Financial Pressures Reshaping Healthcare
Healthcare executives across the United States are experiencing unprecedented anxiety as financial margins continue to compress. The industry faces a perfect storm of challenges: rising labor costs, escalating supply chain expenses,…
Bryan Hill, Life Sciences Digital Health & Innovation VP at Cognizant
As AI agents move from concept to colleague, the life sciences workforce is about to expand – no desks required.
While much of the activity…
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