The nursing profession is facing an unprecedented crisis, with burnout reaching critical levels due to a severe shortage of nurses. In 2023, the United States saw a shortfall of about 1.1 million nurses. This dire situation has created a twofold challenge: the pressing need to recruit new nurses while simultaneously ensuring the intake of top talent to bridge workforce gaps and uphold high standards of patient care and safety.
Nurses are increasingly advocating for more manageable
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Promise of Value-Based Care Through Engagement and Outreach
The transformation of the healthcare landscape is undeniable. With the industry moving toward value-based care, the emphasis has shifted from volume of services to the actual value or outcome of care delivered. And while value-based care holds providers more accountable for results, it also grants resources and time to provide better, more patient-centric care.
But even years into the shift, no comprehensive guidebook for success remains. While providers are rewarded for higher-quality
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Zocdoc Report Reveals 2024 Insights into Patient Preferences and Behaviors
What You Should Know:
- Zocdoc, a healthcare marketplace connecting patients with providers, has released its second annual "What Patients Want: 2024 Insights into Patient Preferences and Behaviors" report, providing valuable insights into patient preferences and behaviors in 2024.
- The report analyzes millions of interactions on the Zocdoc platform to identify key trends shaping the healthcare landscape.
Social Media's Influence on Healthcare
The report highlights
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Hawaii Partners With Bamboo Health to Improve Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
What You Should Know:
- The State of Hawaii has partnered with Bamboo Health, a provider of real-time care intelligence solutions, to enhance the state's efforts in combating opioid overdoses.
- The integration will provide healthcare providers and pharmacists across Hawaii with seamless access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data, enabling more informed prescribing decisions and reducing the risk of opioid misuse.
Integrating PDMP Data into Clinical
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The Role of DLT in Cross-Border Healthcare Data Sharing
The inability to access appropriate care close to home has been a long-standing cause of health inequity in the United States and around the world, and the COVID-19 pandemic made the detrimental effects of this more apparent. A silver lining of the pandemic was the accelerated development and deployment of health technologies that enabled remote care delivery, allowing patients and providers to connect via a variety of telemedicine platforms and data tracking of vaccination status
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SpinSci Secures $53M for AI-Enhanced Patient Engagement
What You Should Know:
- SpinSci, a healthcare technology company specializing in AI-powered patient engagement solutions secures $53M majority investment from Aldrich Capital Partners.
- The company plans to use the funding to accelerate SpinSci's growth and innovation in delivering seamless digital experiences for healthcare providers and patients.
Comprehensive Patient Journey Support
SpinSci has disrupted the healthcare industry by delivering AI-driven solutions that
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From Hospital Care to Rehabilitation: Why the Secure Transfer of Data is Critical to a Successful Patient Journey
Throughout an individual’s healthcare journey, they may circulate through various facilities. For example, what might begin at a primary care provider’s (PCP) office may escalate to a hospital stay, followed by a rehabilitation center. At each step of this journey, a patient’s information must be documented and transferred to the respective providers and, even more importantly, remain secure in the process. This can be accomplished by ensuring the devices - transferring
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1m Secures $10M to Transform Risk Management in Healthcare
What You Should Know:
- 1m, a data and analytics technology company focused on healthcare risk management, has announced a $10 million Series A financing round led by Banner Health, with participation from prominent healthcare organizations like Cleveland Clinic and Stanford Health Care.
- This investment will accelerate 1m's mission to empower healthcare systems with advanced risk management solutions.
Addressing the Complexities of Healthcare Risk
Healthcare providers
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The High Cost of Healthcare Dysfunction: Misaligned Incentives and Data Chaos
Healthcare has historically been slow to adopt new or innovative technology, even as its inherent complexity frustrates providers and patients and its inefficiencies fuel public distrust. Health systems, plans, and providers are notoriously risk-averse—and understandably so, as a technology malfunction in this sector can have life-threatening consequences.
Yet, there are strong reasons to embrace innovation, not least due to financial imperatives. Recent analysis from PwC suggests that by
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Neuro-Symbolic AI in Healthcare: Unlocking Precision Medicine
Until recently, the term “symbolic” bore negative connotations in AI because it harkened back to the failures to achieve symbolic thinking during the so-called “AI winter” of the 1980s. Since then, generative AI has demonstrated the masterly capacities of neural networks at scale.
Generative AI has relieved doctors of their administrative and cognitive burdens, for example, by handling administration and paperwork, including clinical summaries. More than 70 percent of healthcare organizations
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