The healthcare industry is spending more than ever on AI — but according to executives from Oracle Health, HCA Healthcare and BJC Health, much of that investment could be wasted. During a panel this week at HFMA’s annual conference, they argued that no amount of sophisticated tech can overcome a broken, antiquated data foundation. The…
Federal health officials do not inform consumers about severe safety violations in hospitals that specialize in physical rehabilitation. Nor does Medicare impose fines as it does for nursing homes, or provide easy-to-understand five-star ratings as it does for general hospitals, according to an investigation by KFF Health News and The New York Times. Medical rehab…
Visana Health’s Series A round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners and included participation from The Cigna Group Ventures, Intermountain Ventures, Flare Capital Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures. The post Visana Health Secures $24M for Women’s Health Clinic appeared first on MedCity News.
The key to realizing the full potential of legacy systems in modern healthcare lies in overcoming interoperability challenges — ensuring seamless data exchange between various systems while preserving the trusted reliability and security healthcare providers depend on. The post Modernizing Fax Systems in Healthcare: A Reliable Foundation for Interoperability appeared first on MedCity News.
The conversation wasn’t sounding good for Kensington residents on June 20. The Philadelphia neighborhood is a critical center of the nation’s opioid crisis, and the city had decided to spend $7.5 million in opioid settlement money to improve the quality of life there. But on that day, a Pennsylvania oversight board was about to vote…
Instead of an engineered peptide to activate gut receptors to trigger metabolic effects, Syntis’s technology forms a coating in intestines that has the effect of redirecting nutrients, mimicking an effect of gastric bypass surgery. In other obesity medicine news, Protagonist Therapeutics revealed a drug candidate that puts it in competition with Novo Nordisk and Eli…
The first Phase 3 results for Eli Lilly’s daily pill orforglipron show statistically significant reductions in blood sugar and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes. The pharmaceutical giant plans global regulatory submissions starting at the end of this year. The post Eli Lilly’s Metabolic Medicine Takes the Lead in the Race to Develop…
A federal judge has allowed key claims in Particle Health’s antitrust lawsuit against Epic to move forward, marking the first time such allegations against the EHR giant have gotten this far. The case centers on Epic’s alleged use of its influence over the Carequality data exchange to block Particle’s access to patient records and stifle…
We cannot wait for CMS to hand us perfect blueprints for rehab. The time is now for rehab leaders to define what optimized care looks like, build these pathways using evidence and outcomes data, and then aggressively demonstrate that our services are the most effective way to align with the new strategic direction of healthcare….
Las agresivas tácticas de deportación han aterrorizado a los trabajadores agrícolas, que son el centro de la estrategia nacional contra la gripe aviar, según afirman trabajadores de salud pública. Los trabajadores de las industrias láctea y avícola han representado la mayoría de los casos de gripe aviar en el país, y prevenir y detectar los…