Datavant launched a new provider exchange platform, which replaces fax-based record requests with a digital workflow. It aims to give care teams real-time visibility into request status while easing the administrative burden on clinical staff. The post Datavant’s New Platform Could Cut Record Retrieval Time from Days to Hours appeared first on MedCity News.
For many organizations, the workload has become too large for manual review alone. AI and automation are stepping in, not to replace the human element, but to restore focus to it. The post The Future of Pharmacovigilance Technology: How AI and Automation Are Redefining Drug Safety appeared first on MedCity News.
Most healthcare organizations are experimenting with AI. Few are preparing to manage AI agents as participants in everyday healthcare workflows. The post Healthcare Is Deploying AI Tools — It’s Not Ready for AI Colleagues appeared first on MedCity News.
Most voters (61%) now say that the outcome of this year’s presidential election will have a major impact on access to abortion in this country – up 10 percentage points from March, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. The shift has occurred mainly among Democratic and independent voters over a period of time that…More
With health officials reporting 800 measles cases in multiple states already this year, most of the public – and most parents – report hearing at least one false claim about measles or the vaccine for it, and many of them aren’t sure what to believe, the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust…More
New survey indicates physicians expressing both confidence and concern
This analysis looks at the share of family income people with employer-based coverage pay toward their premiums and out-of-pocket payments for medical care. The cost of employer sponsored health insurance—including premiums, deductibles, and other out-of-pocket costs—has risen steadily over time.
There’s a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains. Friends and neighbors in the oil- and gas-rich community “take their morning coffee and pull up” to watch workers building the county’s first hospital, said Kari DeWitt, the project’s public relations director. “I think it’s just…
Experts are split on whether H.R. 1 Medicaid changes in 2027 will roll out gradually or on schedule. The post Could There Be a ‘Soft Opening’ of H.R. 1 Medicaid Changes? appeared first on MedCity News.
By MATTHEW HOLT A long time ago in a different country, there was a landslide election from a population looking for change. And change they got. Americans had been campaigning for national health care since 1917. There had been failures in 1933 and 1946 and 1961. But in 1965 they got it. Sort of. But…