University of St. Gallen professor Alexander Geissler says interoperability is a major barrier and that some hospitals don’t have the desire or the ability to share data.
A long-running $2.7 billion antitrust settlement against Blue Cross Blue Shield has been finalized in federal court. U.S. District Court Judge R. David Proctor in Alabama handed up the order on Tuesday, with the settlement to go into effect in 30 days.
UnitedHealth Group subsidiary UnitedHealthcare is donating $11 million in grants through its Empowering Health program across 11 states to expand access to care and address the social determinants of health, focusing on uninsured people in underserved communities.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the JYNNEOS vaccine, allowing healthcare providers to use the vaccine by intradermal injection for those 18 and older who are at high risk for monkeypox infection. This will increase the total number of doses available for use by up to five-fold, according […]
Sanofi SVP of key markets and general medicines Tarja Stenvall discusses why well-informed and engaged patients are essential and how less red tape can foster trust and turn into better patient engagement.
Cerner has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back pay and interest after the U.S. Department of Labor claimed the healthcare and information technology company discriminated against hiring Black and Asian applicants from 2015 to 2019.
A meager 3% of Americans obtained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act exchange within one year of leaving Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, according to new findings published by the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC).
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston has paired with Israeli startup FeelBetter on a retrospective study of patients at risk due to taking multiple medications. The simultaneous use of multiple medications to treat diseases and other health conditions, called polypharmacy, is common among older adults with chronic conditions.
Clover Health co-founder and President Andrew Toy will take the reins as CEO of the insurtech company when current CEO Vivek Garipalli transitions out of the role at the end of the year. Garipalli will stay on with the company as its executive chairperson, and will work closely with Toy on the transition.
Director of clinical education, practice and informatics at Kaiser Permanente Michelle Machon, discusses how KP leveraged legacy tech in unexpected ways during the pandemic to keep patients, providers and families connected.