In February 2024, the Change Healthcare ransomware attack shut down healthcare billing and authorization systems for providers across the nation, substantially impacting business systems, finances and patient care. United HealthGroup, the parent company of Change Healthcare, estimates that losses so far have topped $872 million, including a $22 million ransom payment and other direct and indirect costs related to the event. The attack also exposed some 124 million patient records, spurring a
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RCM M&A: Arsenal Capital Partners Acquires Knowtion Health
What You Should Know:
- Arsenal Capital Partners, a prominent private equity firm specializing in healthcare and industrial growth companies announced the acquisition of Knowtion Health. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Knowtion is a provider of AI-powered revenue cycle insurance claim resolution services that help hospitals and health systems optimize their operations and increase revenue.
A Strategic Investment
Arsenal's investment in Knowtion
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Atlantic Health Leverages WellSky to Enhance Post-Acute Care
What You Should Know:
- WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Atlantic Health System (Atlantic Health), a premier provider of healthcare in New Jersey.
- Building on the successful implementation of real-time post-acute performance analytics solution, CarePort Insight, in 2021, Atlantic Health is further strengthening care coordination and patient management across the health
Enhancing Care
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CCM-KLAS: Artificial Intelligence Remains Top of Mind for Healthcare Executives
What You Should Know:
- A new survey by the Center for Connected Medicine (CCM) at UPMC reveals that artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be a top priority for senior leaders in the healthcare industry.
- For the second year in a row, executives cited AI as both the most exciting technology and the most improved, highlighting its potential to transform healthcare.
Generative AI Takes Center Stage
The Top of Mind for Top Health Systems survey, conducted in
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OneStep Integrates Gait and Motion Analysis with Epic EHR
What You Should Know:
- OneStep, an innovator in digital healthcare, today announced its official integration with Epic's Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
- Now available on Epic's App Marketplace, this integration is compatible with Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources 1 (FHIR®) and streamlines how healthcare providers leverage OneStep’s advanced gait and motion analysis data and remote therapeutic monitoring services within the Epic ecosystem.
OneStep: Revolutionizing
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Amp Health: A New Name for AI-Powered Workplace Injury Prevention
What You Should Know:
- Amp, the leading provider of AI-powered workplace injury prevention solutions, today unveiled a comprehensive brand refresh.
- The company is now known as Amp Health, reflecting its commitment to enhancing the health and well-being of industrial laborers.
A Unified Platform for Workplace Health
Amp Health offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to address critical aspects of occupational health, including ergonomics, functional movement
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Navenio’s AI Smart Tasking Improves Hospital Workflow
What You Should Know:
- Navenio, a global leader in Real-Time Location Services (RTLS) for healthcare, today announced the launch of its new AI Smart Tasking capability.
- AI Smart Tasking capability aims to optimize hospital workflow and enhance patient care by intelligently allocating tasks to the most suitable staff members and seamlessly chaining tasks for continuous activity.
Key Benefits of AI Smart Tasking:
Improved Efficiency: By automating task allocation and
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Critical Challenges and Solutions for Inpatient Capacity Management, Report Reveals
What You Should Know:
- LeanTaaS, a provider of AI-powered capacity management solutions for healthcare, today released its comprehensive report, The State of Inpatient Capacity Optimization.
- The report delves into the pressing challenges faced by health systems nationwide and offers insights into effective strategies for addressing these issues.
Key Findings from the Report:
Staffing Shortages: Over 90% of respondents identified staffing as a major pain point,
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Intermountain Expands Virtual Cardiology Care Program with Story Health
What You Should Know:
- Story Health, a digital health company transforming specialty care delivery, and Intermountain Health, one of the nation’s premier nonprofit health systems, today announced an expanded relationship that will increase patient access to Intermountain’s nationally-recognized cardiology care across the health system.
- The expansion follows a highly successful pilot program launched by Intermountain and Story Health in January 2023 for patients with a new heart
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GrayMatters Expands Footprint for Non-Invasive PTSD Treatment
What You Should Know:
- GrayMatters Health (GMH), developer of non-invasive treatments based on proprietary brain biomarkers associated with mental health disorders, today announced it is expanding its U.S. footprint with additional clinics now offering Prism for PTSD™ to patients.
- Prism for PTSD is the first prescribed self-neuromodulation device, cleared by the FDA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an adjunct to standard-of-care therapies.
Expansion of Prism
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