What You Should Know:
- Visory Health, a women-led, patient-first health tech platform, and Kroger, a leading grocery store chain, have joined forces to offer increased access to affordable healthcare for women, families, and underserved communities across the U.S.
- The strategic partnership combines Kroger's extensive reach with Visory Health's mission-driven prescription savings solutions, creating a powerful alliance for positive change.
Visory Health: Championing Affordability for
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Innovaccer and Wolters Kluwer Join Forces to Tame Unstructured Data
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare industry sits on a goldmine of data, yet 97% of it remains unused, according to the World Economic Forum. To unlock the immense potential of this information, digital healthcare leader Innovaccer has joined forces with Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of professional information and software solutions.
- The strategic partnership aims to transform raw data into actionable insights, ultimately improving patient care and driving healthcare
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Kyruus Health Appoints Harshit Shah as Chief Technology Officer
What You Should Know:
- Kyruus Health, a care access platform, announced the appointment of Harshit Shah as Chief Technology Officer.
- In his role as CTO, Shah will oversee the engineering teams, spanning software development, infrastructure, security, and data management — while also helping to define the company’s future technology strategy.
Shah Bio/Background
Harshit Shah, with over 24 years of experience at technology giants like Amazon and Microsoft, as well as healthcare
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1upHealth Appoints Andrea Kowalski as Chief Product Officer
What You Should Know:
- Andrea Kowalski has been appointed as the Chief Product Officer at 1upHealth, the leading FHIR® platform provider for claims and clinical data.
- In her role, Kowalski will lead the company's product strategy, focusing on enhancing 1upHealth's offerings and strengthening its position as a leader in interoperability.
Kowalski Bio/Background
With over 15 years of experience in healthcare technology, Kowalski's background includes serving as SVP of Products for
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Elation Health & Surescripts Team Up to Boost Medication Affordability and Patient Care in Primary Care
What You Should Know:
- Elation Health, a provider of clinical-first technology for primary care, has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Surescripts, the nation's leading health information network.
- This collaboration brings Surescripts Real-Time Prescription Benefit directly into Elation's EHR, empowering clinicians with real-time medication cost and coverage information for their patients.
Medication Affordability at the Point-of-Care
Medication affordability is
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How Artificial Intelligence is Combatting Physician Burnout, Keeping Communities Healthy
Doctors do so much to keep our communities thriving. Unfortunately, according to the American Medical Association, about 63 percent of physicians report experiencing emotional exhaustion at least once weekly. Exacerbated by the volume of clinical notes required at the end of the day, physician burnout can adversely affect patient care, leading to errors and reduced care quality. This is especially alarming in the context of the physician shortage because it heightens the strain on an
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CDC Awards Truveta Real-World Data Contract to Study COVID, Maternal Health, Pediatric Care
What You Should Know:
- Truveta, a consortium of 30 health systems united in "Saving Lives with Data," has secured a significant partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- This collaboration will leverage Truveta's vast repository of real-world healthcare data to empower CDC researchers in tackling pressing public health challenges, including COVID-19, maternal health, and pediatric care.
Unprecedented Data Access for COVID-19 Insights
Truveta will
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CMS Unveils “Innovation in Behavioral Health” Model to Tackle Dual Mental and Physical Health Challenges
What You Should Know:
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has taken a bold step towards improving care for individuals with both mental health conditions and substance use disorders (SUD), announcing the "Innovation in Behavioral Health (IBH)" Model.
- This IBH model holds immense promise for transforming how we address the complex healthcare needs of individuals struggling with both mental and physical health challenges. By focusing on integrated care, addressing
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LifeStance Health Appoints Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar as Chief Medical Officer
What You Should Know:
- LifeStance Health, a provider of virtual and in-person outpatient mental healthcare, announced today the appointment of Dr. Ujjwal Ramtekkar as its new Chief Medical Officer, effective January 22, 2024.
- Dr. Ramtekkar succeeds Dr. Anisha Patel-Dunn, who is stepping down from the role to spend more time with her family. Dr. Patel-Dunn's contributions to LifeStance have been invaluable since joining in 2019, playing a crucial role in establishing the company's
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Defending Healthcare Data in 2024: 6 Basic Security Principles to Follow
Research reveals that the total number of data breaches in healthcare has doubled over the last three years. If that doesn’t prompt you to reexamine your organization’s security posture, the financial toll of these incidents might be: The average cost of a healthcare data breach is now $11M.
Despite these alarming trends, most data breaches can still be prevented by implementing the foundational principles of strong cybersecurity. Here are six measures healthcare organizations can take to
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