In next three to five years 30-40% of patients will move from hospital to home, says Biofouormis CEO and founder Kuldeep Singh Rajput.
The Mayo Clinic has announced plans to renovate and expand its downtown Rochester, Minnesota campus. The multi-year plan includes reimagining the former Lourdes High School site that Mayo Clinic purchased in 2013 with the intention of redeveloping the two-block area to accommodate future growth.
Digital interaction tools and patient-facing components built in to EHRs are key to address patient engagement challenges, says Will Cantrell, director of product solutions at InteliChart.
A new survey from Premier has found that 40% of healthcare workers have experienced at least one incident of workplace violence within the past two years, with the violence occuring most frequently among nursing staff at the hands of men between 35-65. More than half of all reported incidents were at the hands of combative […]
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the mental and behavioral health needs of many Americans, and with social isolation rampant during that time, particular focus was trained on the health effects that can result from prolonged bouts of loneliness. Yet even with this new knowledge, loneliness doesn’t have its own ICD code, so being reimbursed for treating […]
Evernorth Health Services, a subsidiary of Cigna, has announced a new strategic partnership with CarepathRx Health System Solutions (CHSS) with the goal of combining Evernorth’s specialty and care expertise with CHSS’ pharmacy and infusion management capabilities and tech solutions. The move is an effort to expand and accelerate pharmacy care delivery for patients with chronic […]
Excitement around artificial intelligence has grown in the last five months, but there’s a big evidence gap between what AI is hyped to do and what it is actually doing to make a difference in impacting positive patient outcomes, according to Dr. Vincent Liu, principal investigator for the Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI) […]
Better underwriting and pricing will make the market more consistent and insurable, says John Menefee of Travelers Bond and Specialty Insurance.
The challenge is the administrative burden on providers because there are no agreed-upon standards and measures, say Inovalon SVPs Kristopher Volrath and Karly Rowe.
Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, has submitted an all-cash proposal to the Board of Directors of Amedisys in a bid to combine with the home health, hospice and high-acuity care provider in a transaction estimated at $3.26 billion. The $100 per share all-cash transaction represents a 26% premium over Amedisys’ most recent closing share […]