Behavioral science-based EHR nudges did not significantly reduce low-value preoperative testing before cataract surgery at Los Angeles-based UCLA Health, according to a randomized clinical trial published Nov. 5 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Randomized trials have shown that routine testing before cataract…
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Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health launched Novant Health Virtual Headache Care, a virtual specialty clinic that connects adults across North Carolina with headache and migraine specialists, the system said Nov. 5. The clinic evaluates and treats chronic migraines, cluster headaches, tension-type…
CMS has delayed by two years its plan to stop paying for remote patient monitoring services delivered by third-party vendor staff. The start date moves from Jan. 1, 2027, to Jan. 1, 2029, under the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician…
Three CIOs told Becker’s that some of their organizations’ most overlooked health IT investments are less about adopting new technology than about getting more out of the systems they already have. At Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a…
The Epic bill most health systems plan for arrives with go-live. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health’s May 30 launch came with $24.5 million in one-time operating expenses through June, tied to equipment, staff and provider training, and a temporary reduction in…
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When Kern Medical put its EHR out to bid, the Bakersfield, Calif.-based safety-net health system was weighing the same move many Oracle Health customers have made in recent years: a switch to Epic. Instead, Kern signed on with Oracle Health…
As hospitals and health systems expand AI, technology leaders are encountering costs that extend beyond purchasing and implementing the tools, from unpredictable usage fees to the infrastructure and workforce needed to keep them running. Healthcare executives have told Becker’s that…
When UCI Health in Orange, Calif., bought four Southern California hospitals from Tenet Healthcare in 2024, it already knew what would happen to their EHR. President and CEO Chad Lefteris told Becker’s the hospitals would move off Cerner. “[The hospitals]…
When Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Thrive Global, the behavior change technology company founded and led by Arianna Huffington, announced their collaboration in October, they set out to help people make healthier decisions about sleep, food, movement, stress…
Health systems are adding chief AI officers, AI governance committees and machine learning teams. At the same time, a set of older IT jobs is winding down, as cloud and enterprise platforms take hold alongside AI. Those fading roles tend…