The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and CVS Accountable Care, part of CVS Health, have announced the creation of an accountable care organization for a coordinated approach to delivering care.
Prescription provider Optum Perks is launching a new telehealth solution offering low-cost care and prescription treatments for hundreds of conditions ranging from acne to a cough to high blood pressure. The offering is meant to address the cost burden of prescription medications for consumers. It promises users affordable, on-demand care at any time and from […]
Hospitals within the HIMSS Southern California chapter want to know how to create and safely implement AI, with more education expected to follow from the HIMSS AI forum, says Carrie Murray, president of the HIMSS Southern California chapter.
AI and new technologies are among the top five management risks providers face in 2024, according to an annual report by Kodiak Solutions. The other risks are based around financial performance, competition, workforce and cybersecurity, with AI and new technologies affecting most of those categories, according to the report.
Hamilton Health Sciences is focused on clinical AI at the bedside as a powerful tool, as long as it’s in partnership with clinicians, says Jeremy Petch, director of digital health innovation.
Intermountain-owned Saltzer Health in Idaho will close on March 29 if no buyer is found. The difficult decision to sell or close the multispecialty physician group is due to the ongoing financial and economic challenges facing health institutions nationwide, Saltzer said in a statement.
Mergers and acquisitions are expected to rebound in 2024 after M&A activity fell to its lowest level in 10 years globally in 2023, according to Reuters. Dealmaking last year was weighed down by high interest rates, economic uncertainty and a regulatory scrutiny, with all but the last factor slowly abating for renewed confidence.
The transition over the last 10 years has moved from the development of AI and ML tools to a focus on how to get them used, says Dr. Sanjeev Bhavnani of Scripps Health.
A change in Medicare payments to long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) may result in such hospitals incurring ever-increasing losses while threatening beneficiaries’ future access to care, according to a new white paper published by the American Hospital Association.
The Informa partnership allows for efficiencies and for HIMSS to concentrate on content such as the executive program, says HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf.