What You Should Know:
- Velatura, a health information exchange (HIE), and DocuSign, the e-signature giant, have joined forces to launch a pilot project aimed at simplifying the way patients consent to share their medical information.
The pilot project will begin rolling out to select Velatura network providers this spring, focusing initially on specific Michigan State behavioral health consent forms and general patient consent forms.
Streamlined Patient Consent Forms
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Bot Docs? 69% of Patients Uncomfortable with AI Diagnosing Them
What You Should Know:
- While healthcare has embraced wearables and virtual visits, a new survey reveals that 69% of U.S. adults are uncomfortable with healthcare companies using AI to diagnose them.
- Salesforce's Pulse of the Patient Snapshot surveyed over 1,400 U.S. adults revealed patients do not want to see doctors replaced with AI.
Why Doctors Need AI, Not Vice Versa
Imagine a doctor bogged down by paperwork. A 2023 Athenahealth survey found over 90% of U.S. physicians
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Wheel Strengthens Virtual Care Ecosystem with Talkspace, Cost Plus Drugs & Health Gorilla
What You Should Know:
- Wheel, a virtual care platform provider, has announced the expansion of its Integrated Virtual Care Ecosystem with the addition of three key players: Talkspace, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (Cost Plus Drugs), and Health Gorilla.
- The strategic move aims to simplify access to comprehensive virtual care for patients and empower healthcare providers to meet evolving consumer demands.
Enhanced Patient Experience with Diverse Services
Wheel's ecosystem now
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MultiPlan Appoints Jerry Hogge as Chief Operating Officer
What You Should Know:
- MultiPlan Corporation (NYSE: MPLN), a leading provider of data-driven cost management solutions for the US healthcare industry, has announced the appointment of Jerry Hogge as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).
- As COO, Hogge will lead MultiPlan's day-to-day operations, fostering clarity, alignment, and accountability. His focus will be on optimizing operational efficiency and effectiveness to position the organization for future
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Teladoc Health Expands Obesity & Weight Management Capabilities with GLP-1 Support
What You Should Know:
Teladoc Health, Inc. (NYSE: TDOC), the global leader in whole-person virtual care, today announced expanded capabilities designed to help employers and health plans manage rising demand for anti-obesity medication such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists and support safe, sustainable weight loss and cardiometabolic health improvement for members.New features include helping plan sponsors and pharmacy benefit managers manage and optimize the growing complexity and
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Salesforce Launches Einstein Copilot: Health Actions
What You Should Know:
Today, Salesforce announced AI and data innovations for CRM to help make healthcare operations more efficient and personalized.First is Einstein Copilot: Health Actions, a conversational AI assistant that will deliver trusted AI responses grounded with your healthcare organization’s own trusted and private data, as well as Assessment Generation and Data Cloud for Health, which allow care teams to help automate and streamline clinical summaries, deliver more
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WellSpan Health Leverages Nuance DAX Copilot to Enhance Patient and Provider Experiences
What You Should Know:
Nuance Communications, Inc., a Microsoft Company, today announced that WellSpan Health is advancing its leadership in providing high-quality provider and patient experiences by adding the Nuance Dragon® Ambient eXperience™ (DAX™) Copilot solution to its existing deployment of innovative solutions to automate and accelerate the creation of clinical documentation during exam room and telehealth visits.DAX Copilot uses proven conversational, ambient, and
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Johns Hopkins Hospital Launches Smartphone-Based Wound Care Pilot Program
What You Should Know:
Healthy.io, the global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a medical device, is launching a groundbreaking program utilizing smartphone-based technology to improve wound care management for patients suffering from chronic diabetic wounds.This pilot program expands access to Healthy.io's Minuteful for Wound solution to patients in the division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy department at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Utilizing New
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Wellstar MCG Health Achieves Rapid ROI with Exo Works™ for Streamlined Point-of-Care Ultrasound
What You Should Know:
- Wellstar MCG Health, formerly known as Augusta University Health, has achieved significant improvements in its point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program using Exo Works™, a software solution from Exo.
- Exo Works simplifies and streamlines POCUS exam documentation, billing, quality assurance (QA), and education for healthcare staff.
Transforming Workflow and Efficiency:
Since implementing Exo Works, Wellstar MCG Health has seen:
Streamlined
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BrainCheck Secures $15M to Transform Digital Cognitive Care
What You Should Know:
- BrainCheck, Inc., an innovator in digital cognitive assessment raises $15M in Series A funding led by Next Coast Ventures, S3 Ventures, and UPMC Enterprises, the innovation arm of UPMC.
- Alongside the funding, BrainCheck welcomes Nicholas Shapiro, Vice President of UPMC Enterprises, to their Board of Directors. This strategic partnership strengthens BrainCheck's leadership and facilitates integration opportunities within the healthcare landscape.
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