U.S. health systems are making primary care a strategic priority, with most planning to expand their footprint and adopt AI tools to improve operations, according to new research from Bain & Company. The survey, conducted in June, includes responses from…
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CVS Health has resolved a system outage that temporarily disrupted prescription processing at some of its pharmacy locations, according to an Oct. 21 report from CNN. The disruption arose Oct. 21 and affected patients seeking prescription pickups, flu shots and…
A pharmacy has been fined $1 million by Pennsylvania’s Department of State and placed on probation for compounding and distributing tens of thousands of doses of injectable weight loss drugs in uninspected facilities. Kennett Square-based Boothwyn Pharmacy began producing GLP-1…
Hyro, a New York City-based AI agent platform for healthcare, said it has raised $45 million in strategic growth funding to accelerate adoption of its technology. The funding round was led by Healthier Capital and included participation from Norwest, Define…
The New England Journal of Medicine and the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota are developing a new publication to report on outbreaks and emerging diseases. Michael Osterholm, PhD, director of CIDRAP, announced the…
Healthcare thought leaders picked the emerging IT solutions that are most likely to disrupt the industry. In the Oct. 21 KLAS Research report, 41 leaders, many with C-level and executive experience, rated 20 solutions based on their potential to meet…
CMS has awarded four contracts for companies to help establish a national healthcare provider directory. The agency granted the $1 awards Sept. 30 to Availity, the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare, Palantir and Gainwell Technologies for “proof of concepts for…
Northwell Health has made several leadership changes within its eastern market, which includes eight hospitals and 300 physician practice sites. The New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based health system announced the changes in an Oct. 20 news release. Six changes to know:…
Charlotte-based Novant Health has shared plans to expand with a new $251.2 million hospital and freestanding emergency department in Leland, N.C., according to an Oct. 20 news release. Novant filed a certificate of need for the 20-bed hospital, Novant Health…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health offers free training to nonclinical employees, such as reception staff, to supplement shortages among medical assistants, according to an Oct. 22 report from The Baltimore Sun. Medical assistants are in high demand, and the Maryland Hospital…