The National Institutes of Health, Belgium-based viral vector manufacturer Exothera and researchers at Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine are working to develop and bring to market the first nasal COVID-19 vaccine.
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association has asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to consider timelines for IT development in its release of new payment models.
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) intends to offer Medicare plans in 99 additional counties across Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas next year, and is continuing to expand its presence in the Medicare Advantage arena.
Blue Shield of California will be rolling out a new pharmacy care model, teaming with a number of organizations on an initiative designed to lower prescription medication costs to the tune of about $500 million annually once the multi-year strategy is fully implemented. Blue Shield intends to make this happen via partnerships with companies “that […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and providers are speaking out against the Fifth Circuit’s ruling restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The case is reportedly heading to the Supreme Court.
Hippocratic AI cofounder and CEO Munjal Shah says if you build a healthcare LLM from the ground up it understands the vocabulary of healthcare better.
Definitive Healthcare, a healthcare commercial intelligence company, has purchased data analytics startup Populi for $52 million in an all-cash transaction. Populi works with healthcare organizations to optimize physician relationships, reduce network leakage and expand market share.
Approximately 43,000 former patients of Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, serving Santa Clara County in California, will soon receive notice of possible billing corrections and refunds.
Epic is collaborating with Abridge for generative AI for clinical documentation in the EHR. Abridge, a generative AI company for healthcare, summarizes medical conversations and structures them in real-time for providers, payers and patients inside the medical record. The core technology produces note drafts that accelerate clinical documentation and is integrated into the EHR to […]
The challenge of cybersecurity at The Admiral at the Lake is protecting senior residents living independently, says IT director Zina Kind.