What You Should Know:
- FDB (First Databank), a leading provider of drug knowledge solutions for healthcare professionals, announced today that its FDB Targeted Medication Warnings™ has received the new Toolbox designation from Epic Systems Corporation.
- The recognition places FDB's solution within the Medication Dosing Decision Support Toolbox category of Epic's new Showroom, a platform allowing healthcare providers to access applications from third-party
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Intermountain Health Receives $1.9M Colorado Grant to Hire Frontline Healthcare Job Seekers
What You Should Know:
- Intermountain Health, a healthcare provider, has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from Colorado's Opportunity Now program.
- The grant will be used to launch Pathfinders, an innovative initiative designed to address workforce shortages in the healthcare sector.
Opportunity Now Colorado Grant Fuels Innovation
The Opportunity Now Colorado grant program is a Colorado government initiative designed to foster job creation and empower the state's
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Reduce Medical Costs by 5.3%: Active Member Engagement for Employers
Employers incur approximately $575 billion each year due to their employees’ poor health, and the number of employees who spend at least $100,000 a year on medical care rose by 50% between 2013 and 2021., Much of these costs are driven by fragmented care, improper benefits utilization, and poor health literacy.
Today, members have greater choices regarding where they receive their care. In a single year, they may use an urgent care center, a pharmacy clinic, a retail clinic, a specialist, and
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WebMD Ignite Unveils HealthHub Interactive to Support Health Plans’ Clinical Programs
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- WebMD Ignite, a full-service growth partner for organizations across the healthcare industry, today announced HealthHub Interactive for health plans, a suite of new technology-driven solutions specifically designed to power health plan clinical programs.
- HealthHub Interactive bundles three proven WebMD Ignite
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ScreenPoint Medical CEO Steps Down, Appoints Pieter Kroese as CEO
What You Should Know:
- ScreenPoint Medical, a leading developer of AI-powered breast cancer detection solutions, today announced a key leadership change. Mark Koeniguer, who has served as CEO since 2022, is stepping down from his position.
- The company's Board of Directors has appointed Pieter Kroese as the new Chief Executive Officer effective April 25, 2024.
- Mr. Kroese brings extensive experience to the role, having served as ScreenPoint's COO for over five
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Generative AI in Healthcare Survey Reveals Rising Adoption Amidst Challenges
What You Should Know:
- John Snow Labs, the AI for healthcare company announced the findings of the inaugural Generative AI in Healthcare Survey. Conducted by Gradient Flow, the research explores the trends, tools, and behaviors around generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) use among healthcare and life sciences practitioners.
- Findings reveal a significant increase in GenAI budgets across the board, with one-fifth of all technical leaders witnessing a more than 300%
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Vytalize Health Appoints CIO, CFO & SVP of Clinical Performance
What You Should Know
- Vytalize Health, a risk-bearing provider enablement platform, welcomes three new executives as the organization continues to pioneer the future of value-based care delivery.
- The leadership additions reinforce Vytalize Health’s commitment to providing innovative tools and support that enable physician partners nationwide to work more efficiently while continuing to deliver high-quality, personalized care to patients.
Key Leadership Additions to Support
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Ensemble Health Partners, Microsoft Strengthens AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Management with Expanded Partnership
What You Should Know:
- Ensemble Health Partners, a provider of end-to-end revenue cycle outsourcing (RCM) for healthcare organizations, has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with Microsoft.
- The strategic collaboration aims to accelerate the development and adoption of Ensemble's industry-leading revenue cycle intelligence platform, EIQ®.
EIQ®: Powering AI-Driven Revenue Cycle Management
EIQ® is a powerful platform that leverages Microsoft Azure's
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Humana Expands Use of Cohere Health’s Prior Authorization Platform
What You Should Know:
- Cohere Health, a recognized leader in clinical intelligence and prior authorization automation, announced that Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) will expand its use of Cohere's prior authorization platform for diagnostic imaging and sleep services.
- In January 2021, Cohere and Humana began a pilot
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The Future of Human Health May Require Unlocking Access to Our Health Data
The synergy of artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging has opened new horizons for healthcare. AI-mediated computer vision has been in use in oncology for more than 20 years; however, its arrival in other medical fields, notably dentistry, is more recent. Dentistry is particularly notable here, because while relatively few people have seen an oncologist, almost everyone sees a dentist at least every few years. The application of AI in dentistry, thus, extends to a much broader
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