What You Should Know:
- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced last week it has awarded the third option period for its contract with Oracle Health to continue supporting its Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) modernization initiative, VA News first reports.
- The award supports VA Secretary Doug Collin’s ongoing efforts to steer the EHR modernization project back on track and accelerate deployments across the enterprise. This initiative is also in line with
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Reach7 CEO Talks Reimagining Diabetes Care with Membership-Based Studio Clinics
Today’s landscape of diabetes care is fraught with challenges: it's a condition that's often misunderstood by both patients and the healthcare system, highly prevalent, financially burdensome and frequently mismanaged. To explore a new paradigm in addressing these issues, we're speaking with Chun Yong, the founder and CEO of Reach7 Diabetes Studios. Chun, a biomedical engineer from Georgia Tech with experience as a UX strategist at Coca-Cola, is applying his unique expertise to "reimagine how
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AI Optimizing Payer-Provider Relations: From Adversarial to Collaborative
Payer-provider relations are undergoing a major shift. The classic adversarial battles in the fee-for-service world are gradually giving way to capitated plans with more win-win incentives. The reality is that providers and payers famously have to live in the “two canoes” world, with one foot in volume-based revenue and the other foot in value-based revenue.
As one can see, there is extraordinary information and calculation needed to optimize revenues on both sides. The good news
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Sequel Med Tech and Abbott to Integrate Future Glucose-Ketone Sensor with twiist™ AID System
What You Should Know:
- Sequel Med Tech, a company developing state-of-the-art insulin delivery technologies, announced a commercial development agreement with Abbott.
- The collaboration aims for the future integration of Sequel’s twiist™ Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) System, powered by Tidepool, with Abbott’s glucose-ketone sensor, which is currently under development.
- The planned integration is designed to significantly improve outcomes for people living with type 1
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Auxira Health Launches to Expand Cardiology Care Teams
What You Should Know:
- Auxira Health, a virtual cardiology model that helps practices thrive, today announced its official launch, bringing to market a new approach to clinical support purpose-built for cardiology.
- Given skyrocketing demand, Auxira’s hybrid care model deploys expert clinical teams that virtually embed directly in a practice's existing workflows, freeing cardiologists to deliver care at the top of their experience while expanding access for patients.
Auxira Health: A
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Innovaccer Launches “Gravity™” Healthcare Intelligence Platform to Accelerate AI-Driven Transformation
What You Should Know:
- Innovaccer Inc., an healthcare AI company launches Innovaccer Gravity™, its comprehensive Healthcare Intelligence Platform.
- The platform is engineered to help healthcare organizations unlock the full potential of their data, enabling them to accelerate AI-driven transformation, achieve faster return on investment (ROI), and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Innovaccer Gravity aims to unify disparate data from electronic health records (EHRs),
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Why Digital Asset Management Is Crucial for Healthcare
Digital asset management (DAM) is a significant part of the technology package in the healthcare industry. As the amount of data keeps increasing, the need for efficient organization and easy access also becomes paramount. Understanding the reasons why DAM is necessary in the healthcare field can help manage the workload, improve patient care, lower expenses, and ensure data security.
The implementation of healthcare asset management software enables organizations to streamline their
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Why More Clinics Are Switching to Physical Therapy EMR
Over the past several years, healthcare has changed. Numerous clinics are converting to physical therapy-dedicated Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems. This change is part of the wider digitalization of healthcare. As you decipher the why behind this movement, you will find that these systems provide several significant advantages for clinics and patients alike.
Automating the Back Office Process
The clear benefit of adopting physical therapy EMR systems is comprehensive
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Whistleblowers Accuse UnitedHealthcare/Optum of Medicare Fraud, Denying Critical Care to Nursing Home Patients
What You Should Know:
- Less than a week after the resignation of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) CEO Andrew Witty, two whistleblowers have come forward with significant evidence alleging that Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare (UHC), is engaged in dangerous and deceptive practices amounting to defrauding Medicare.
- The accusations detail a purported "playbook" employed by UHC that systematically delays or outright denies critical care to vulnerable nursing home patients to
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Medtronic to Separate Diabetes Business into New Standalone Company
What You Should Know:
- Medtronic today announced its strategic decision to separate its Diabetes business into a new, independent, publicly traded company ("New Diabetes Company").
- The move aims to create a more focused Medtronic, with a simplified portfolio concentrated on high-margin growth markets, while simultaneously establishing a scaled, independent leader in the diabetes sector.
- The separation is expected to be completed within 18 months through a series of
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