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…

Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner’s succession plan includes three health system chief executives who will ensure the company stays privately held and does not get acquired after she’s gone, she said Dec. 4 at a Forbes conference. “We have…

Nurses at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health used to document every time a patient was watching TV or on their phones. No longer. In fact, the 27-hospital system has saved nurses 400,000 EHR clicks a day, the equivalent of 110 hours,…

Noblesville, Ind.-based Riverview Health’s plan to upgrade its EHR system led to a broader management agreement with Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health, leaders from both organizations told The Hamilton County Reporter in a Dec. 4 story. Riverview is set to…

Mercy, based in Chesterfield, Mo., has entered a 20-year affiliation with Wellvana to broaden access to value-based care programs for independent primary care physicians and advanced practice providers across its service areas. Here are four things to know about the…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is using wearable and implantable devices to help forecast seizures in patients with epilepsy. In one study, published in July in Epilepsia, researchers tested a small implant placed behind the ear that records brain activity throughout…

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health has begun installing Artisight’s smart hospital technology at five of its hospitals. The telehealth platform will launch at ECU Health Bertie, Chowan, Roanoke-Chowan, Duplin and North hospitals, with plans to expand systemwide over the next year,…

The Department of Health and Human Services has released an artificial intelligence strategy aimed at expanding AI use across its workforce and modernizing internal operations, research and public health activities. Here are five things to know about the strategy:

CMS relief funding for healthcare providers affected by the Change Healthcare ransomware attack was inconsistently distributed, a new study found. Here are five things to know from the December Health Affairs paper analyzing 8,538 organizations that received advanced and accelerated…

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…