VHC Health, based in Arlington, Va., has transferred its virtual urgent care operations to Sunnyvale, Calif.-based HealthTap, a physician platform. The health system said in a Dec. 4 news release shared with Becker’s that the collaboration will allow its patients…
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CMS will reimburse healthcare organizations for patients’ wearable and app use if it improves their health conditions, Politico reported Dec. 4. The agency revealed its ACCESS program Dec. 1 to encourage technology-supported care to better manage chronic illness among Medicare…
A patient gets admitted for evaluation. The attending orders a consult. That specialist recommends a test and the test identifies an incidental finding that needs further workup. As a clinician myself, I appreciate that each step feels justified at the…
The University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, N.Y., has entered a seven-year Care Alliance with GE HealthCare to upgrade imaging technology, expand precision medicine capabilities and standardize patient monitoring across the UR Medicine system. Here are five things to…
Health systems are under growing pressure to increase operational efficiency, improve patient outcomes and adapt quickly to shifting care demands. At Becker’s 13th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, in a session sponsored by GE HealthCare, leaders from Duke University Health…
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Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare plans to roll out digital health kiosks to boost rural healthcare access. The 17-hospital system is partnering with Champaign, Ill.-based University of Illinois Gies College of Business and IT company Tata Elxsi on the kiosks, which…
CIOs, chief medical information officers, and IT leaders ensure that technology supports clinical workflows effectively and is implemented responsibly. Below is a list of hospitals and health systems searching for IT executive talent: Note: This is not an exhaustive list.…
Hospital-at-home treatment could be one way to “solve the rural healthcare crisis,” researchers from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham say. Here are six findings from their Dec. 1 JAMA Network Open study, which randomly assigned 161 adult patients from Quincy,…
Often, the conversation around innovation in healthcare focuses on technology: new tools, new systems, new efficiencies. But at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, the conversation begins with the people who will use those tools every day. That philosophy underpins two Mayo-led…
Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health resumed its Hospital From Home program on Nov. 17, following a nearly two-month pause triggered by the Oct. 1 government shutdown, which caused the CMS waiver authorizing acute hospital-level care at home to lapse. The…