As health system “megamergers” become more prominent, some state officials are calling for closer scrutiny of deals that would create larger regional and cross-market organizations. Two major proposed combinations — HealthPartners and Essentia Health in Minnesota, and Atrium Health and…
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This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 11th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Conference features Katherine Adams, MS, Director, Clinical Operations, Primary Care, CommonSpirit, who discusses using ambient listening, unified health records and remote patient monitoring to…