Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Scale AI to develop and deploy clinical AI applications aimed at reducing administrative burden and improving patient safety. The partnership focuses on three areas: streamlining clinical documentation review before patient visits, automating detection…
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Connecticut has paused plans to seek federal approval to partner with a generic drug manufacturer to lower the cost of GLP-1 medications, despite a state law requiring the effort, according to a July 16 report from the CT Mirror. Gov.…
Madison, Wis.-based UW Health Kids has opened a dedicated pediatric interventional radiology suite at American Family Children’s Hospital. The suite is the first implementation in the world of GE HealthCare’s Allia Moveo image-guiding system for pediatric interventional radiology and the…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have named Maureen Kohi, MD, chair of the Department of Radiology, effective Oct. 12. Dr. Kohi joins Pitt and UPMC from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where…
Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health is expanding access to care across Southwest Michigan with new care centers, clinic expansions and workforce investments aimed at bringing services closer to where patients live. The initiative includes new urgent care locations, expanded primary and…
CMS is identifying and streamlining the review process for higher-performing nursing homes. The changes come after a successful pilot program was completed across 22 states, according to a July 16 agency news release. “At CMS, we are continually looking for…
Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health has received a $25 million commitment from John and Ann Tickle, the largest philanthropic gift in the system’s history. The donation was made through the Ballad Health Foundation, Ballad Health’s fundraising arm. It will support…
Seven American aid workers are quarantined in the new U.S. isolation facility in Kenya, the first known people to use the facility, Reuters reported. The U.S. government is building the 50-bed bio-isolation unit designed for asymptomatic Americans exposed to the…
John DiLeo has been named vice president of finance and site financial officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., according to a July 16 LinkedIn post. The hospital is part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.…
The physician shortage is a systemic challenge with far-reaching implications for both patients and health system performance. Organizations that still manage physician capacity reactively absorb compounding costs: coverage scrambles, credentialing delays, lost procedural revenue and the slow erosion of physician…
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