What You Should Know:
- New research from NTT DATA, a global leader in business and technology services, reveals a significant challenge for healthcare organizations: a struggle to align their Generative AI (GenAI) ambitions with practical implementation strategies. While over 80% of healthcare leaders surveyed state they have a well-defined GenAI strategy, only 40% agree that this strategy strongly aligns with their overall business strategy. Furthermore, just 54% classify their GenAI
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KLAS Report: Healthcare Accelerates Cloud Adoption Amidst Infrastructure and Talent Challenges
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- Healthcare organizations are making significant investments in their IT infrastructure, with widespread adoption of public cloud solutions, according to a new KLAS report.
- These investments are crucial for maintaining operational efficiency and enabling cutting-edge innovations such as AI, genomics computing, and digital pathology. However, the report also highlights persistent challenges related to talent shortfalls, data security, and integration as
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Building a Better Future Through Collaboration: How Payer-Provider Partnerships Are Transforming Healthcare
The success stories emerging from payer-provider collaborations offer a hopeful counterpoint to the fragmentation and frustration so often heard about in healthcare. These strategic alignments between payers, providers, and health IT vendors prove that streamlined operations, better care delivery, and stronger financial outcomes are not just possible but repeatable.
Each year, the KLAS K2 Collaborative Points of Light report highlights real-world partnerships that have delivered measurable
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Healthcare’s Capacity Crisis: How AI Agents Enhance Clinician Productivity
America's healthcare system is fighting battles on several fronts: surging patient needs across specialties, an aging clinical workforce, and escalating provider burnout. Projections indicate a shortfall exceeding three million healthcare workers by 2026. This is supported by a 2023 McKinsey study, which found that 40% of inpatient registered nurses were planning to leave their positions. At the same time, nearly 60% of oncologists cite burnout as one of the primary reasons they may seek earlier
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TechMatter Acquires DoctorPapers to Expand Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management Services
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- TechMatter, a leading provider of enterprise healthcare and automation solutions, acquires DoctorPapers, a California-based medical billing and revenue cycle management (RCM) company. This strategic move reinforces TechMatter’s mission to deliver scalable, tech-driven healthcare operations to providers across the United States. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- Founded in 2020, DoctorPapers has built a strong reputation for delivering
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Vivalink and CHCC Create National Hospital-at-Home Blueprint
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- Vivalink, a provider of digital healthcare solutions announced its collaboration with the Connected Health Collaborative Community (CHCC) program to create a national framework for hospitals and health systems to develop, implement, and scale Hospital-at-Home (HaH) programs.
- The comprehensive blueprint, titled “Advancing a Sustainable Hospital-at-Home Ecosystem at Scale,” was developed alongside leading health systems, payors, and technology partners.
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Sutter Health Deploy Wearable Ultrasound Tech to Personalize Fluid Management for Sepsis
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- Sutter Health, an integrated not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern California, and Flosonics Medical today announced an expansion of the deployment of FloPatch, the first wireless wearable Doppler ultrasound device, across multiple hospital sites to support more precise and timely intravenous (IV) fluid management.
- This multisite deployment includes Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Summit Campus in Oakland and Sutter Santa Rosa Regional
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MacroHealth Acquires ClearCost Health, Establishes Intelligent Marketplace for Healthcare Price Transparency
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- MacroHealth, a healthcare technology company offering an intelligent healthcare marketplace for payers and their vendor partners acquires ClearCost Health, a leader in provider search and price transparency solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition aims to empower health plans, third-party administrators (TPAs), employers, and their partners with enhanced tools for transparency in healthcare pricing and network
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DrFirst Appoints Laizer Kornwasser as CEO
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- DrFirst announced the appointment of Laizer Kornwasser as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 21, 2025. Kornwasser, a transformative healthcare executive with a proven track record of driving rapid growth, will lead DrFirst as it continues to build on 25 years of leadership in medication management solutions.
- G. Cameron Deemer, who has served as CEO since 2023 and president for 15 years, will transition to supporting the company’s strategic
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HarmonyCares Deploys athenaOne® to Enhance In-Home Primary Care
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- athenahealth, Inc., a provider of network-enabled software and services for healthcare practices nationwide announced that HarmonyCares, a national value-based provider of in-home primary care services for individuals with complex healthcare needs, has implemented athenaOne®.
- The implementation aims to enhance provider and patient experiences and improve HarmonyCares' operations.
Streamlining Workflows and Enhancing Collaboration
By adopting
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