The impact of medical librarians is well-documented. In one experiment, a group of primary care providers had the opportunity to send clinical questions to a rapid-response medical librarian. They received their replies in an average of 14 minutes, and 86 percent were described as having a positive impact on care. Two studies indicated patient length of stay was reduced when clinicians requested medical library searches related to a patient's
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Better Life Partners Raises $26.5M to Expand Virtual SUD Platform
What You Should Know:
- Better Life Partners, a virtual and in-person, community-embedded, whole-health solution for individuals and populations with substance use disorders (SUD) raises $26.5M in Series B funding round.
- The round is co-led by aMoon and existing investor F-Prime Capital with participation from existing investor, .406 Ventures. Better Life Partners has raised $38M to date.
- Better Life Partners plans to use the new capital to further develop and scale its effective,
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Headspace & Intermountain’s Castell Form VBC Mental Healthcare Partnership
What You Should Know:
- Headspace, a comprehensive digital mental healthcare provider, and Castell, Intermountain’s value-based care subsidiary, have signed a value-based care (VBC) mental health partnership designed to improve health outcomes through a personalized care experience for members.
- The VBC mental health partnership will provide members with access to Headspace’s clinical offerings including their self-guided content, behavioral health coaching, and therapy in an
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Why Accurate Data is a Lifeline to Care in the Medicaid Redetermination Cycle
During the pandemic, Medicaid enrollment grew by nearly 30% to cover more than 93 million Americans, due in large part to COVID-19 provisions that included continuous Medicaid enrollment. With the unwinding of these pandemic emergency orders, annual cycles of Medicaid redetermination have returned. As a result, states have removed close to 4 million Americans from Medicaid to date. The ongoing redetermination process is likely to expand health inequities across the nation, including in
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GoodRx Launches Real-Time Benefit Check in Provider Mode
What You Should Know:
- GoodRx, a resource for healthcare savings and information launches its real-time benefit check (RTBC) in Provider Mode.
- Developed in collaboration with AssistRx, the advanced therapy initiation and patient solutions provider, real-time benefit check gives healthcare professionals (HCPs) immediate access to eligible patients’ insurance coverage and greater visibility into the cost of brand and specialty drug prescriptions at the point of
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Wellstar and Augusta University Launches Unified Health System
What You Should Know:
- Wellstar Health System and Augusta University Health System (AUHS) announced the launch of its unified health system.
- AUHS will now be known locally as Wellstar MCG Health with the vision of enhancing the well-being of communities across Georgia.
- This partnership represents a powerful alliance between Wellstar Health System, the University System of Georgia, Wellstar MCG Health and Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia (MCG), to propel medical
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KLAS: Epic EHR Initiatives for Improving EHR Efficiency and User Satisfaction
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With limited budgets and resources, Arch Collaborative members frequently ask KLAS which of their EHR vendor’s education initiatives and system features are most effective at improving EHR efficiency and satisfaction. Because Epic users make up over 60% of respondents in the Arch Collaborative’s data sample, a new KLAS report evaluates several Epic-specific initiatives and features to help Epic customers determine whether they are worth the investment.While not
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Nursa Partners with American Red Cross on Nurse Staffing for Disaster Relief Sites
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Nursa, a nationwide platform that exists to put a nurse at the bedside of every patient in need, today announced a partnership with the American Red Cross to help in staffing disaster relief sites with nurse volunteers, especially as the U.S. enters peak natural disaster season.The American Red Cross reports that in the first half of 2023 alone, the nation experienced a record 15 billion-dollar disasters. This partnership comes as a timely moment as
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From Reluctance to Resilience: Embracing Cloud Adoption in Healthcare
While digital transformation has been on the rise across industries, results can be difficult to see and adoption can take time. Adopting digital solutions is innately important but doing so successfully requires identifying needs and adopting the right approach. Through all the technology transformation that drives innovation in the healthcare industry, the one that underpins it all is cloud adoption. With 7 out of 10 healthcare IT professionals saying their organizations have moved to the
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Proscia, DoMore Diagnostics Partner on Personalized Treatment Decisions For Colorectal Cancer Patients
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DoMore Diagnostics, a leader in deep learning precision diagnostics for digital pathology, and Proscia®, a leading provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, have partnered to help pathologists predict outcomes for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients.The collaboration paves the way for integrating artificial intelligence AI-powered clinical decision support into routine pathology workflows, unlocking new insights that can guide increasingly precise
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