UNC Health first made investments on AI in 2016, with the early development work focused on care redesign, algorithms and sepsis, says University of North Carolina Health Chief Analytics Officer Rachini Moosavi.  

Marshfield Clinic Health System (MCHS) and Essentia Health have called off their merger talks and will not be moving forward with their proposed integration, the organizations said. The two entities have “engaged in meaningful discussion” over the last two years about how they could combine their strengths, they said, but have decided that a merger […]

Mask mandates have returned in at least four states as cases of COVID-19, flu, RSV and other respiratory infections rise. Healthcare facilities in New York, California, Illinois and Massachusetts have made masks mandatory among patients and providers, according to Reuters.

CVS Health Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance Tom Cowhey has been serving as the company’s interim chief financial officer since October, and has now been appointed as permanent CFO, CVS recently announced. CEO of Oak Street Health and interim lead of Health Care Delivery, Mike Pykosz, has been formally appointed President of Health Care […]

AI innovation at the Cleveland Clinic is in its early days, but there are a number of initiatives focused on the pathology and lab areas and supporting physicians to optimize their workflows, says Chief Analytics Officer Albert Marinez.  

Elevance Health is looking to expand, entering into an agreement late last week to acquire Paragon Healthcare, a company specializing in infusible and injectable therapies.

This past October, when some of the bigger Medicare Advantage plans failed to get the 5 stars they had previously earned, the Massachusetts-based Devoted Health had two plans that earned the top rating.

The American Hospital Association has joined voices urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator not to finalize a proposed rule on information blocking.

Texas Children’s Hospital, one the largest pediatric hospitals in the United States that also serves women, achieved HIMSS Stage 7 designation in the delivery of patient care and won a Davies Award for significantly improving clinical care outcomes.

Various agencies are regulating different aspects of AI, says Bryant Godfrey, partner at Foley Hoag.