Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System has rolled out a hospital-at-home program it says will continue even if Medicare reimbursement stops. The health system launched acute hospital care at home in collaboration with local payer CommunityCare, which is jointly owned…
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Health systems continue to look to Big Tech to increase access to primary and virtual care as healthcare leaders recognize it’s “not a traditional brick-and-mortar industry anymore,” as one executive told Becker’s. In the past month, two health systems expanded…
Researchers at Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University have developed a soft, flexible probe that can continuously monitor fetal vital signs in real time during surgery. The device — described by the school as the first of its kind — fits through…
Four months into the job, Joel Klein, MD, executive vice president and chief digital and information officer of Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health, already has a packed calendar. On the technology front, the 18-hospital network is implementing a new enterprise…
Bainbridge, Ga.-based Memorial Hospital and Manor intends to leverage the $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program to make technology improvements, the Post-Searchlight reported. The organization, which includes an 80-bed hospital and long-term and personal care facilities, is eyeing the…
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Mayo Clinic has joined a $13 million funding round for BrightInsight, a digital health startup focused on medical adherence. The Rochester, Minn.-based health system is among the new investors in the company, along with such venture capital firms as General…
Amazon’s One Medical and Cleveland Clinic have opened their second collaborative primary care office. The new office, located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, offers preventive care, chronic disease management and treatment for common illnesses such as colds and flu. Patients also…
Tommy Ibrahim, MD, the new executive vice president and chief transformation officer of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, told Becker’s he plans to leverage AI and other emerging technologies to boost value-based care in a challenging environment for rural healthcare.…
OpenAI is continuing its push into healthcare by investing in Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup co-founded by its CEO, Sam Altman. Merge Labs is a new competitor to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which has an implant in clinical trials to…
Meijer has partnered with WellSync to launch a virtual care service aimed at providing customers affordable access to treatment for common health concerns. The service, available through the Meijer website and pharmacy app, offers $29.99 visits with board-certified clinicians, according…