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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...

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What principles should guide artificial intelligence innovation in healthcare?

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

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

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

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)...

How Healthcare Technology Can Improve, Worsen Provider Burnout

by Editorial Staff

Provider burnout is not new, but it has been an increasingly pressing topic as the pool of healthcare professionals shrinks. Healthcare strikes point to underlying issues related to workforce strain....

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

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...

CMS Starts Maternal Health Program, 2022 National Spending Normalizes

by Editorial Staff

CMS announced an initiative to improve maternal health outcomes for Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries. The new initiative, called the Transforming Maternal Health model, will last ten...

How Can Health Informatics Help Overcome the Impact of Climate Change?

by Editorial Staff

In this episode of Healthcare Strategies, Assistant Editor Hannah Nelson chats with Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, Regenstrief Institute research scientist, about how health informatics can help address the impacts of climate change...

The Importance of Having a Licensed Nurse at the Other End of the Line

by Editorial Staff

Amid the workforce shortage in healthcare, nurses are in high demand. Technology has helped bridge the gap, allowing nurses to serve patients remotely using virtual care nursing or sitting...

Cigna-Humana Merger Called Off, Providers See Surge in Audits

by Editorial Staff

Major payers Cigna and Humana have dissolved their merger plans, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rumors emerged that the two payers were in talks about a merger in late November 2023, but...

How to Coordinate Mental Healthcare, Physical Care Amid High Demand

by Editorial Staff

The demand for mental health has increased significantly in the 2020s. Mental healthcare utilization grew 38.8 percent between 2019 and 2022 and spending on mental health jumped 53.7 percent in the...

How to Give Consumers Control of Their Health through Digital Health

by Editorial Staff

While innovation resulted in life-saving digital health tools, it has also resulted in waste and complications in the healthcare system. Unlike in the banking, car ride, or travel industries in which...

Future of Telehealth, Hybrid Care After the Public Health Emergency

by Kelsey Waddill

Now that the coronavirus pandemic has become more manageable, how has the evolution of telehealth taken shape and how can the industry improve hybrid care? When the coronavirus pandemic gripped the...

Best Legal Practices Before, During, After A Cybersecurity Incident

by Editorial Staff

The healthcare sector is up against sophisticated cyber threats, from phishing to ransomware. From 2018 to 2022, there was a 239 percent increase in large breaches involving hacking reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR),...

How Virtual Reality Altered the Landscape of Pain Management Therapies

by Editorial Staff

Virtual reality (VR) adoption in healthcare is growing quickly. Together with augmented reality tools, the market is expected to be worth nearly $10 million by 2027, around 3.5 times its value in 2022. But the ideal use cases for VR in...

CMS Cuts Medicare Pay, AHA Sues HHS on Tracking Technology Policy

by Editorial Staff

In its calendar year (CY) 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), CMS announced it will slash Medicare payments by 1.25 percent. Primary care and direct patient care providers received an...

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

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

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...

How Advocate Health Keeps the Value-Based Care Momentum Going

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Value-based care adoption has hit a tipping point. More than half of all healthcare payments are tied to some level of quality or value measurement as of 2021, according to the latest data from the Health Care Payment Learning & Action...

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