Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.
Shareholders of the retail pharmacy giant voted in favor of the terms of the sale to Sycamore Partners for $11.45 a share. The deal is expected to close later this year.
Xealth’s data sharing platform will be used to make use of health information gathered from everyday devices like the Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch, the companies said.
The pharmacy chain said it plans to appeal the ruling. The complaint was brought by a former employee turned whistleblower who alleged that Omnicare had billed the government for millions of unnecessary prescriptions.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the OIG and FBI are also involved in the DOJ's criminal probe into alleged incidents of upcoding by the Medicare Advantage insurer. UnitedHealth denied any wrongdoing.
With the buyout, global private equity investor Nordic Capital makes a big bet on healthcare AI. Arcadia said the influx of cash will be used to improve its technology and find new sources for data it can use for quality care initiatives.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has its hands full making sure medical AI products are safe, efficacious and trustworthy before they hit the market. The rise of ever-more-innovative iterations of the technology—not least generative AI—is only adding to the burden.
Among AI’s most watchful stakeholders are healthcare organizations in need of AI talent and AI talent in need of work in healthcare. Both groups need to keep up with the technology in its present as well as future iterations.
Dynocardia has now received nearly $5.1 million in funding from the NHLBI to help speed commercializing its wrist-worn monitor to avoid the need for invasive catheter BP monitoring.
Timothy Story, MD, said Ascension St. Vincent Medical Center damaged his career and reputation after they fired him without cause. After a three-and-a-half year legal trial, a jury in Indiana agreed.
The 18th annual rankings of the nation's best children's hospitals has been released by U.S. News & World Report, highlighting the top places for young patients to receive exceptional care in 2024-2025.