What You Should Know:
- WeightWatchers, today announced a significant financial reorganization transaction designed to strengthen its balance sheet, enhance investment in strategic growth areas, and continue serving its global member base.
- The move will see the Company eliminate $1.15B in debt, positioning WeightWatchers for sustained long-term growth and success.
- WeightWatchers aims to accelerate its ongoing transformation plan. Key focus areas include innovating its
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Q/A: Kinetik CEO Sufian Chowdhury on Fighting NEMT Fraud & Waste
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) provides a critical lifeline for millions of Medicaid recipients across the United States, ensuring access to vital medical care. However, this essential service operates within a highly fragmented landscape, often relying on antiquated technology or manual processes, making it susceptible to significant fraud, waste, and abuse – a long-standing challenge nationwide. Addressing these inefficiencies and enhancing system integrity is crucial for both
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AI Meets Value-Based Care: Cleerly and Cardiac Care Alliance Join Forces
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- Cleerly, a leader in cardiovascular imaging, and Cardiac Care Alliance, a prominent figure in value-based cardiovascular care solutions, today announced a strategic partnership aimed at significantly enhancing cardiovascular care delivery.
- The collaboration will see the integration of Cleerly's advanced AI-powered coronary artery assessment technology into Cardiac Care Alliance's extensive cardiovascular care network. The initiative is set to launch
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Mira and Soccer Star Ali Riley Team Up: Empowering Women Through Hormonal Health
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- Mira, a hormonal health company, announced a significant partnership with global soccer star Ali Riley, who plays for Angel City FC and the New Zealand Women's National Team.
- The collaboration is dedicated to supporting women as they navigate major life transitions—such as family planning, motherhood, perimenopause, menopause, and fertility treatments—by fostering open conversations around hormone health and expanding access to personalized, at-home care
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‘Cranky Index’ Reveals EHR Alert Frustration Peaks Midweek, Highest Among Admin Staff
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- Amidst what it calls an "interruption crisis" in healthcare, Phrase Health released its first Cranky Index Report, analyzing millions of clinician comments on Electronic Health Record (EHR) alerts to pinpoint patterns of frustration and identify opportunities to improve clinician well-being and patient safety.
- The report, based on data from over 65 hospitals throughout 2024, suggests that poorly designed or implemented EHR alerts contribute
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KLAS: Epic Dominates 2024 EHR Market Share Amid Focus on Vendor Partnership; Oracle Health Sees Losses Despite Tech Advances
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- The strength of the vendor-customer partnership emerged as a critical factor influencing Electronic Health Record (EHR) purchasing decisions in the US acute care market during 2024, according to the latest report from KLAS Research.
- While overall purchasing energy cooled slightly compared to the previous year, large health systems continued to drive the majority of decisions, often favoring vendors perceived as strong partners who listen to feedback
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Transforming Care Delivery: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Virtual Care
As healthcare organizations increasingly adopt virtual care technologies, many focus primarily on virtual nursing or physician specialty consultations. However, this narrow view overlooks a crucial opportunity: leveraging virtual platforms across all clinical disciplines to enhance care coordination, improve efficiency, and better serve patients.
Rethinking the Scope of Virtual Care
While virtual specialty consultations have become common practice (such as allowing neurologists to assess
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AKASA Launches GenAI-Powered CDI Optimizer to Enhance Clinical Documentation Integrity
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- AKASA, the preeminent provider of generative AI (GenAI) solutions for the healthcare revenue cycle, today announced the launch of AKASA CDI Optimizer™.
- The new GenAI assistant is designed to help healthcare organizations significantly enhance clinical documentation integrity (CDI), improve compliance, and ensure the full clinical picture is captured for every patient encounter.
Addressing Mid-Cycle Revenue Cycle Challenges
The launch of CDI
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TeleMed2U Acquires SIGMA Tactical Wellness to Integrate Cardiac Screening with Virtual Specialty Care
What You Should Know:
- TeleMed2U, a tele-specialty care company announced the acquisition of SIGMA Tactical Wellness, a company nationally recognized for its dedication to reducing cardiovascular risk among public safety personnel.
- The acquisition marks a first-of-its-kind integration, combining advanced cardiac risk detection with comprehensive virtual specialty treatment capabilities on a single platform. Financial details of the transaction were not
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Harrison.ai Appoints Josh Duncan as Chief Growth Officer
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- Harrison.ai, a global healthtech company developing AI-powered diagnostic support and workflow solutions, today announced the appointment of Josh Duncan as its first Chief Growth Officer for the Americas.
- In this newly created role, Duncan will spearhead operations across the United States and the wider Americas region, tasked with accelerating market adoption and strengthening Harrison.ai’s leadership in AI-driven healthcare.
Josh Duncan
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