What You Should Know:
- Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced a national partnership in the USA with Optum Healthcare.
- The strategic collaboration integrates Philips' advanced cardiac ambulatory monitoring solutions, including Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCOT) and Philips Extended Holter (ePatch), into the Optum network. The goal of the partnership is to enable earlier detection of cardiac conditions and support timely clinical intervention for Optum's
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UnitedHealthcare Launches UHC Store for a Personalized Health Shopping Experience
What You Should Know:
- UnitedHealthcare has announced the launch of UHC Store, a new online shopping experience available within the UnitedHealthcare app and on myuhc.com®.
- The store is initially available to more than 6 million eligible members, with plans to expand to 18 million members this year. The UHC Store allows members to choose from a range of discounted health and wellness offerings to help meet their individual needs and complement their health benefits.
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The New Digital Frontier: How QHIN-Connected EHRs Level the Playing Field for Community Hospitals
In the past, technology was often used as a wedge against local hospital independence. Big systems would offer subsidized EHRs, and in exchange, small hospitals would give up control—over workflows, over data, over their futures. “Community Connect” models promised integration but too often delivered dependency.
That doesn’t have to be the future.
Thanks to the emergence of Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs) under TEFCA, the national interoperability infrastructure is finally
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The High Cost of Non-Adherence: AI-Powered Interventions Save Medicare $10M in Diabetes Care
The U.S. healthcare system is at a critical inflection point, especially when it comes to managing chronic disease, which is why the new administration in the U.S. is beginning deep-dive discussions on how best to tackle the growing issues — both human and cost related — tied to chronic diseases, like diabetes.
With over half of adults living with at least one chronic condition — and more than 38 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes — the economic and human cost is
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WellSky Launches AI-Powered Referral Intake Solution to Streamline Post-Acute Care
What You Should Know:
- WellSky, a global health and community care technology company, has launched the next-generation WellSky CarePort Referral Intake solution.
- The new platform combines features from its previous CarePort and Curaspan solutions with modern, AI-powered capabilities to streamline intake workflows and generate document summaries, enabling faster referral response times. Quick responses to patient referrals are crucial for post-acute providers to secure business,
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Allina Health Deploys AI Supply Capture to Boost Revenue and Ease Clinician Burden
What You Should Know:
- Allina Health has introduced AssistIQ’s real-time AI supply capture and insights platform across its hospitals and procedural areas.
- By ensuring every supply and implant is accurately documented at the point of use, AssistIQ provides trusted data to capture every charge – correctly – and guide smarter operational decisions.
Improving Financial Performance, Patient Care, and Staff Experience
The healthcare industry is heavily investing in
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Wolters Kluwer Health Launches UpToDate® Expert AI to Accelerate Clinical Decisions
What You Should Know:
- Wolters Kluwer Health today announced UpToDate® Expert AI, a new generative AI-powered clinical decision support (CDS) solution designed to support the needs of both doctors and healthcare systems.
- UpToDate Expert AI sets a new standard in how healthcare professionals can easily access evidence-based answers to medical questions at the point of care, while supporting healthcare organizations’ efforts to responsibly integrate AI into their infrastructure and
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RevSpring to Acquire Kyruus Health, Creating a Unified Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
- RevSpring, a Frazier Healthcare portfolio company, has announced an agreement to acquire Kyruus Health, a pioneer in provider data, search, and scheduling.
- The acquisition aims to integrate Kyruus Health's provider data, search, scheduling, cost, and price transparency solutions with RevSpring's patient engagement and payments platform.
Strategic Benefits and Timeline
The acquisition is expected to deliver several key strategic
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The AI Paradox in Healthcare: Notable CEO Shares Why Moving Too Slowly is a Greater Risk
The healthcare industry stands at a critical juncture, facing mounting pressures from staffing shortages, financial constraints, and rising patient expectations. While the promise of AI to alleviate these burdens is widely acknowledged, many health systems are grappling with a paradox: a deep-seated enthusiasm for new technologies, yet a reluctance to move from governance to full-scale deployment.
In a recent interview, Pranay Kapadia, CEO and Co-Founder of Notable, shared his insights on
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Beyond Governance: A Practical Guide for Health Systems to Deploy AI Effectively
At the recent HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, an interesting paradox emerged. Despite excitement about ambient scribing and AI agents, health systems are still spending more time governing AI than actually deploying it.When a new clinical AI scribe agent made its debut, the room buzzed with excitement. But the very next session focused on oversight, governance, and policies; the same bureaucratic theater that seems to unduly slow healthcare innovation and transformation.
Implementation of
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