Few industries rely more heavily on sensitive personal information than the healthcare sector, and therefore few collect, store and share as much data. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a notice of proposed HIPAA revisions – “HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information” – which would bolster the current guidelines for policy updates. This is a necessary and critical step for the healthcare industry to mitigate
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CHG Healthcare Acquires CareerMD to Expand Physician Recruitment and Career Support Services
What You Should Know:
- CHG Healthcare, a provider of healthcare staffing solutions announced the acquisition of CareerMD, a prominent career management platform for physicians and allied health professionals. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The strategic acquisition strengthens CHG's commitment to connecting healthcare professionals with rewarding career opportunities and supporting their professional development.
Acquisition Enhances CHG's Ability to
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Emory Healthcare Taps Atropos Health as Real-World-Evidence Partner
What You Should Know:
- Atropos Health, a pioneer in in translating clinical data into personalized real-world evidence (RWE) and insights, announced its selection by Emory Healthcare, an academic health system in Georgia, to generate evidence from real-world data (RWD) through a new decision-making tool for clinicians.
- The tool aims to improve patient outcomes and lower costs through medication solutions.
Transforming Healthcare with Real-World Evidence: Atropos Health and Emory
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Streamlining Clinical Trial Search for UK Patients: myTomorrows and PKB Partnership
What You Should Know:
- myTomorrows, a global health technology company connecting patients with all possible pre-approval treatment options, today announced a new partnership with Patients Know Best (PKB), a social enterprise and the leading personal health record platform in the UK.
- The collaboration will enable UK patients with unmet medical needs to access their health records and conduct more efficient searches for further treatment options.
Revolutionizing Patient Access to
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athenahealth Partners with Abridge to Bring Ambient AI to Ambulatory Care
What You Should Know:
- athenahealth, a provider of network-enabled healthcare software and services, today announced a partnership with Abridge, a pioneer in generative AI for healthcare.
- The collaboration will integrate Abridge's ambient AI technology into athenaOne, athenahealth's cloud-based EHR platform, providing ambulatory care practices with seamless access to real-time clinical documentation and enhanced efficiency.
Expanding Access to AI-Powered Solutions
The
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5 Signs Your Healthcare Practice Needs a Tech Upgrade
Missed patient calls, lost medical records, slow computers, and faulty pulse oximeters—what do they have in common? These issues all relate to a lack of adaptability in a medical practice. If these concerns sound too familiar to your healthcare practice, it’s vital to identify the underlying cause before it shuts your business down. Many healthcare practices fall behind when it comes to adapting to medical technology. When your computer or scheduling systems remain in the past, you won’t be able
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25 Key Trends Expected to Dominate HIMSS25 from Executives
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference is upon us, and this year, the spotlight is firmly on AI. From automating administrative tasks to revolutionizing diagnostics and treatment, AI is poised to reshape the healthcare landscape in 2025. We've gathered insights from leading healthcare executives and innovators to provide a glimpse into the key trends and discussions expected to dominate HIMSS25.
Michael Poku, MD, chief clinical officer at
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Proximity Launches with $3M to Optimize 340B Drug Discount Revenue for Hospitals and Health Centers
What You Should Know:
- Proximity, the intelligent automation platform maximizing 340B drug discount revenue for qualified healthcare providers, launched today with $3 million in funding to help uncover and secure revenue critical to operating budgets.
- Proximity’s Seed round was led by LRVHealth with participation from Commonweal Ventures and will accelerate development of its technology that has already been proven with pilot customers to improve 340B program values by an average of
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The Future of Mental Health Depends on Provider Education
Mental health care is experiencing a historic transformation. The FDA’s recent expansion of Spravato (esketamine) for standalone use signals a new era in treatment, and breakthrough therapies like Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT) are offering new hope for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), PTSD, and severe anxiety.
But innovation is only as effective as its implementation and there’s a critical problem standing in the way of progress: providers are not being trained adequately
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AI-Driven Prior Authorization Denials Raise Concerns Among Physicians, AMA Survey Reveals
What You Should Know:
- A new survey from the American Medical Association (AMA) reveals growing concern among physicians about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in prior authorization decisions by health insurers.
- The survey found that 61% of physicians are worried that AI-powered tools are leading to an increase in prior authorization denials, potentially harming patients and contributing to unnecessary healthcare costs.
Prior Authorization Concerns
Prior
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