How Ambient AI Is Transforming Procedural Performance
Ambient AI is moving beyond clinical documentation, giving health system leaders new ways to measure workflow, improve safety, reduce variation, and strengthen procedural performance.
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Three Ways Distressed Healthcare Must Evolve
What healthcare needs now is a connected, deeply integrated system of action that works with the system of record to complete work across the enterprise, supported by accountable partners willing to stand behind the outcomes they create. The post Three Ways Distressed Healthcare Must Evolve appeared first on MedCity News.
Humana Targets ’27 Plan Exits Affecting About 600,000 People
The moves will focus on lower-margin offerings and are part of a push to become more efficient. Said CEO Jim Rechtin: “There’s a clear road map over multiple years for us to continue to push on this.”
Why General Catalyst Is Betting $450M on Function Health’s Preventive Care Push
Function Health raised $450 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund, just eight months after its $298 million Series B. The lab-testing startup plans to use the capital to expand access to its testing and imaging services. The post Why General Catalyst Is Betting $450M on Function Health’s Preventive Care Push appeared…
They Worked To Protect Public Health. Now They Want the Public’s Votes.
A handful of former public health officials are campaigning for top statewide offices across the country, testing whether their experience with covid and other hot-button health issues will appeal to voters in November. The officials, all Democrats, are running at a time when the Trump administration is reducing government funding for scientific research, restricting access…
The Newest Federally Recognized Tribe Wants Better Healthcare. It May Be On Its Own.
LUMBERTON, N.C. — Soybean fields surround Angie Lowery’s home in Robeson County, on a plot of rural land in southeastern North Carolina. Dozens of antique gas station signs, 20 feet tall, dominate her front yard. A framed re-creation of The Last Supper, Lone Ranger posters, and a 3-foot-wide tobacco harvesting basket adorn the walls of…
We Are Rats; If Pharma Could Be Brave … And Other Bullseye POVs You Won’t Hear at Other Events
MedCity News’ new event for healthcare investors and corporate business development leads — Bullseye — hit the mark when it comes to provocative and thoughtful commentary. Here’s what was said in panels throughout the day. The post We Are Rats; If Pharma Could Be Brave … And Other Bullseye POVs You Won’t Hear at Other…
The same 10mg Zepbound costs $449 or $699
By JOHN SAMARAS Eli Lilly sells a month of 10mg Zepbound for $449 through LillyDirect, its own pharmacy. That price holds only if you refill within 45 days of your last fill. Refill on day 46 and the same box is $699. The $250 is a late fee. Here are the two ways to buy…
Why Hims & Hers Is Embroiled in Yet Another Controversy, This Time with the FTC
The FTC and the states of Utah and California sued Hims & Hers, alleging it improperly shared consumers’ health information and misled customers about billing, subscriptions and cancellations. The post Why Hims & Hers Is Embroiled in Yet Another Controversy, This Time with the FTC appeared first on MedCity News.
A Growing Akido Calls Itself ‘First AI-Native Health System’ in U.S.
Company is expanding its proprietary technology, ScopeAI, across its 100 clinics, virtual care, and field medicine services in California, New York City, and Rhode Island