When I previously led AI at a health system, doctors and coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) teams frequently disagreed. Physicians felt the record didn’t capture how sick their patients were. CDI and coding teams pointed out that they could…
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Researchers at Yale University have outlined 10 new policy proposals they say could save billions in healthcare spending, targeting Medicare Advantage payments, site-neutral payments, drug costs, nursing home care and other areas. Nine of the proposals carry annual savings estimates…
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Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has named six new leaders across the health system. Amy Bush was appointed president of WVU Medicine Golisano Children’s in Morgantown. In her new role, she will provide strategic leadership for hospital operations, clinical care and…
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Prior authorizations, benefits checks and pharmacy coordination stand between a prescription and the moment a patient starts treatment. When those steps stall, care is delayed and clinical and pharmacy teams absorb the extra manual work. In this webinar, physician leaders…
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- Sherif ElMasry, Head of Growth, Forus
- Gary I. Kleiner, M.D., Ph.D., University of Miami Health System
- Angela J Lamb, M.D., Mount Sinai
For patients with complex chronic conditions, the handoffs — from primary care to a specialist, from hospital to home, from discharge to the pharmacy counter — are where care most often breaks down. The panel’s consensus was that the technology…
When OpenAI announced on Sept. 1 that ChatGPT could connect to Epic, reactions split between “this changes everything” and “this changes nothing.” For chief medical information officers and chief technology officers, the more consequential questions lie elsewhere: Will this integration…
Health systems rely heavily on medical equipment that moves throughout hospitals with patients and clinicians. These devices play a role at many stages of the patient care journey and represent a significant investment of capital and operating resources. Yet many…
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OpenEvidence has raised $250 million in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Byers Capital, valuing the AI clinical decision-support platform at $15 billion. Daniel Nadler, PhD, founder and CEO of OpenEvidence, confirmed the raise and its lead investors…