By integrating GenAI, healthcare has the potential to extend human discovery, says Melek Somai, chief technology and product officer for Froedtert Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network.  

Fallout from Wednesday’s cybersecurity attack on Change Healthcare continued into the weekend, with no reported end to the disruption to its own and other healthcare systems. On Friday, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack called such cyberattacks, “threat-to-life crimes.”  Pollack held a call with hospital leaders on Friday, he said.

Kimberly Scaccia of Mercyhealth Systems, has focused on her staff since she took on the position as vice president for Revenue Cycle at the health system in March 2020, just as the pandemic was taking hold. COVID-19 meant sending staff home to work while still concentrating on revenue for the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois […]

Artificial intelligence in healthcare has the potential to improve patient outcomes, but with that comes an imperative to deliver AI-enabled products responsibly.  That means discussing the ethical and regulatory considerations about data privacy. Enter Jody Long, director of clinical solutions at PointClickCare, who will raise the topic at the HIMSS24 global conference in a discussion […]

The healthcare modeling creates coherence as it represents the holistic view of the person, rather than the partial view of the patient, says Interoperability Institute’s Jim St. Clair and the VA’s Thomas Osborne and Dr. Paul Tibbits, who will be speaking at HIMSS24.  

All healthcare organizations that were disrupted or potentially exposed to Change Healthcare’s cybersecurity incident have been advised to disconnect from Optum. The American Hospital Association sent out the cybersecurity advisory on Thursday.

In a bid to increase profitability, Walgreens is implementing a cost-saving strategy it hopes will save $1 billion, and one of the main components of that strategy is the closing of roughly 60 VillageMD clinics that the company has deemed underperforming. The drugstore chain will also be exiting five markets on the heels of weaker-than-anticipated […]

Mount Sinai Health System in New York City will pay a little more than $2 million in fines due to a ruling of understaffing of nurses at three of its hospitals, after the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) won arbitration awards.

Change Healthcare is experiencing a cyberattack from an outside threat and its experts are working to address the matter, according to a statement from the company. 

Brightside Health will be entering into new and expanded payer partnerships to support telemental healthcare access through Medicare and Medicaid, teaming with companies such as Blue Shield of California, CareOregon and Centene.