Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FACMI, FAMIA
- Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, Ph.D., FACP, FACMI, FAMIA is stepping down as President and CEO of The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA).
- Karen Greenwood, Executive Vice President, and Chief Operating Officer will serve as interim CEO while the Board of Directors begins the search for a replacement.
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has announced the departure of President and CEO Douglas B. Fridsma, MD,
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Augmedics Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Augmented Reality Guidance System for Surgery
- Augmedics announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and the U.S. launch of its groundbreaking xvision Spine system (XVS), the first AR guidance system to be used in surgery.
- xvision Spine allows surgeons to visualize the 3D spinal anatomy of a patient during surgery as if they had “x-ray vision,” and to accurately navigate instruments and implants while looking directly at the patient, rather than a remote screen.
Today, Augmedics announced U.S. Food and Drug
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Can Digital Health Bridge The Low-Income Gap?
Rey Villar, Founding Partner at HealthChampion
We’ve known for a few years that income correlates with health in a major way. From the length of life to stroke risk to self-reported health status, the more access, opportunity, and means of upward mobility a person has, the better their projected health outcomes.
Waves of organizations are stepping up to help put things on a better course. Accountable and managed care organizations like Upward Health are working with payers, providers, and
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The Evolution of EHR Workflows: From Counterintuitive to Intuitive Tools for Care
Dr. Betty Rabinowitz, Chief Medical Officer at NextGen Healthcare
I recall a patient who was drinking heavily, who I was unable to meaningfully convince to reduce his alcohol consumption. He felt that his drinking was no different than his work colleagues and that he did not need to make any changes. When his labs returned, not surprisingly, his GGT and AST were elevated. I turned the screen and showed him the results as well as the upward trending of the result’s graph. He didn’t
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RCM: Getting the Most from Your State’s All-Payer Claims Database
Samir Panchal, Consultant, Freed Associates
This past year, California became the latest (and largest) state to legislatively mandate an all-payer claims database (APCD). As the name implies, an APCD is a statewide repository of all claims information from a state’s health care payers, including both commercial and government.
The intent of an APCD is to help policymakers and others better understand the drivers of health care use and costs and spot usage trends across networks,
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Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO Bernard Tyson Dies at 60
Bernard J. Tyson, Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO
- Kaiser Permanente CEO & Chairman Bernard J. Tyson dies unexpectantly in his sleep today at the age of 60.
- Kaiser board of directors appoints Gregory A. Adams, Executive Vice President, and Group President, as interim Chairman and CEO.
- Bernard is survived by his wife, Denise Bradley-Tyson, and three sons; Bernard J. Tyson Jr., Alexander, and Charles.
Bernard J. Tyson, the Chairman, and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, died
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How Intelligent Automation Can Address 3 Revenue Cycle Challenges
Joe Polaris, Senior VP of Product and Technology at R1 RCM
Artificial intelligence (AI) has received a lot of buzz and been positioned as the central healthcare technology needed to solve many financial challenges and digitally transform internal operations. However, if you’re looking for practical solutions that can address variable activities and complete work with a high level of quality, today, healthcare organizations should look to intelligent automation.
Here’s why:
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5 Steps to Creating Robust M&A Transitional Service Agreements
Shelly Disser, VP of Client Advocacy at MediQuant
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations if you live near him.”
That sage advice from an unlikely business strategist—The Hobbit wizard, Gandalf—is germane to the need to address risks of serpent-like monsters. It also applies to the peril faced by hospitals when buyers and sellers neglect to calculate data management into the timeframe of M&A transitional service agreements (TSAs). The wrong TSA timeframe threatens
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Papa Raises $10M to Expand “Grandkids on Demand” Platform to Address Social Isolation in Seniors
- Papa raises $10M in Series A funding to expand “grandkids on-demand” platform to help reduce social isolation in seniors. - Adds partnerships with multiple large health insurance plans, including Humana, Aetna, Priority Health and Alignment Healthcare. - Papa will use the funding to expand its services to a broader population of older adults, via partnerships with additional insurance plans and employee benefits provider.Papa, a digital health company that provides “grandkids on demand” to
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Cerner Appoints Darrell Johnson as First Chief Marketing Officer
Darrell Johnson, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Cerner
- Former Medtronic executive Darrell Johnson joins Cerner as their first SVP and Chief Marketing Officer.
- Johnson will oversee marketing, corporate communications and market intelligence in its next wave of growth to introduce its new solutions to the market.
Cerner announced today it has appointed Darrell Johnson in the newly created role of Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer where he
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