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UHG reports losses after cyberattack, providers warm up to AI

April 24, 2024 - The major health insurer UnitedHealth Group has not yet issued a formal breach notification, prompting more scrutiny of its response to the Change Healthcare cyberattack. So far, UnitedHealth Group reported that the breach involved files containing personal health information, but there is no evidence of malicious actors accessing full medical...

What principles should guide artificial intelligence innovation in healthcare?

April 22, 2024 by Editorial Staff

Artificial intelligence tools (AI) are proliferating in healthcare at breakneck speed, amplifying calls from healthcare leaders and policymakers for greater alignment on the responsible use of these...

How the cloud can advance data democratization, AI development

April 10, 2024 by Kelsey Waddill

A new user experience for healthcare data management is on the way through cloud innovation. When properly employed to create a strong infrastructure, cloud has the potential to achieve data...

HIMSS 2024 Recap: Generative AI Uses, Workforce Management

April 05, 2024 by Editorial Staff

Generative AI use cases and workforce management--specifically in light of severe labor shortages--dominated the conversation at HIMSS 2024. Rich Birhanzel, senior managing director and global health...

Diabetes Tools Do Not Deliver, Epic Adds Ambient Listening

March 28, 2024 by Kelsey Waddill

The major EHR vendor Epic will introduce an ambient listening function into its EHR as the healthcare industry buzzes over the new technology. Ambient listening tools are artificial intelligence (AI)...

Providers Laud Prior Authorization Rule, EHRs Can Lower Provider Burnout

January 25, 2024 by Editorial Staff

Providers were encouraged by the new CMS rule on prior authorizations, which holds payers to a higher standard on prior authorization denials, transparency, and timing. The new rule, which CMS...

Top 2024 Predictions for the Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Industries

January 24, 2024 by Kelsey Waddill

At the start of a new year, the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries face a roiling political climate, mental health crisis, and other challenges, but these industries are also riding a wave of...

Top Healthcare Industry Predictions for 2024: Tech, Workforce, Costs

January 08, 2024 by Editorial Staff

The start of a new year brings a slew of healthcare industry predictions. What trends will take hold in 2024? What strategies will be widely adopted? What will remain the same and what will radically change? Our editorial senior...

CVS, Walgreens Employees Strike, Patients Support Sharing Wearable Data with Docs

November 01, 2023 by Editorial Staff

Employees at Walgreens and CVS Health are going on strike to end harsh working conditions. Without a strong union presence, coordination has been difficult and the companies say previous strikes have...

Key Strategies for Exploring Generative AI Use in Health Insurance

October 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff

Artificial intelligence has been in use in the health insurance industry for decades, but the emergence of generative AI has stirred up new questions around regulation and appropriate use of these technologies in the health insurance...

Kaiser Permanente Strike Ends, HC3 Warns of NoEscape Ransomware

October 18, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

Kaiser Permanente and a group of unions have reached a tentative deal to end the largest US healthcare labor dispute. The new contract addresses understaffing concerns by offering wage increases, establishing a minimum wage for healthcare...

75K Healthcare Workers May Strike, Hospital Operating Margins Grow

October 04, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

As exhausted healthcare leave their jobs or prepare to go on strike, clinician burnout and staffing shortages rises to the top healthcare leaders' concerns. One symplr survey revealed that 97 percent of respondents struggle with...

Oracle Announces Generative AI Tool, Dana-Farber To Launch New Hospital

September 20, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

In this inaugural episode of Healthcare Strategies | Headlines, we dive into new technologies, partnerships, and data. Oracle has announced a new generative AI model that integrates voice commands into EHRs. The tool will be available...

Healthcare Costs Hurting Individuals and the US Healthcare System

August 23, 2023 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Today’s roundup focuses on pricing disparities of drugs and hospital services, the burden of medical debt on middle-class Americans, and the financial implications of data breaches caused by...

Healthcare Firms Plan to Increase Information Technology Spending in 2023

July 05, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

Survey data from TechTarget’s 2023 IT Priorities Study revealed that 41% of healthcare organizations had increased their information technology budget in 2023 to support a more robust...

How Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Impact Care Coordination

March 20, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

When doctors have 2,000 to 3,000 patients on their patient panels, prioritization in care coordination efforts can be challenging. To Stephen Friedhoff, MD, senior vice president of health care...

White House Tackles Drug Reform, Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

October 11, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Last week, President Joe Biden announced that he was pardoning all people convicted of federal marijuana possession and seeking to reclassify marijuana with the Department of Health and Human Services...

Exploring the Intersection of AI, Bias, and Value-Based Care

September 19, 2022 by Shania Kennedy

Many healthcare experts consider value-based care as a key step toward improved health outcomes and lower costs, but adoption has been slow. Research from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media...

AI in Healthcare Poses Algorithmic Bias, Data Privacy, Security Risks

July 18, 2022 by Jill McKeon

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has shown the potential to revolutionize research and care delivery, but data privacy and security concerns, along with the potential for algorithmic bias,...

Early Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Test Gains Key FDA Approval

May 17, 2022 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

A new tool is coming to market to improve the early detection of Alzheimer's disease by testing cerebral spinal fluid. FDA Greenlights First In-Vitro Alzheimer’s Disease Test FDA...

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