Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Meditech, Nuance to provide AI-powered virtual assistants

Nuance Communications and Meditech have announced a partnership to provide AI-powered virtual assistants to ease clinician workflows.

eMDs Acquires Aprima, Further Strengthening Position as a Leading Healthcare Ambulatory Solutions Organization

Acquisition creates comprehensive solution serving 63,000 providers worldwide

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3 ways to solve the bias problem in AI

As AI systems leave laboratories and are implemented in real world settings, bias will continue to be “an increasingly widespread problem.” So how can it be solved? 

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Apple, Aetna launch new app that notifies users of cheaper imaging exams

“We believe that people should be able to play a more active role in managing their well-being,” Apple COO, Jeff Williams, said in a prepared statement. “As we learn over time, the goal is to make more customized recommendations that will help members accomplish their goals and live healthier lives.”

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Nearly half of 3M, M*Modal customers feel positive toward $1B acquisition

More than 40 percent of hospitals and other healthcare providers believe 3M’s $1 billion acquisition of M*Modal will have an overall positive impact in the market, according to a survey by Reaction Data.

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Study: Without new therapies, CVD mortality in US could rise 62% by 2040

It isn’t too late to sustain a 50-year-long reduction in cardiovascular disease-related deaths, according to research published in Clinical Cardiology—but with rising rates of obesity and diabetes, we’re closer than ever to reversing that progress.

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Clearwater, Digital Reasoning ink 3-year cyber risk partnership for AI-powered solutions

Clearwater Compliance and Digital Reasoning have announced a three-year “Cyber Risk Services” partnership enabling providers to understand the results of AI-powered solutions, using a cybersecurity and HIPAA compliance program.

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UCSF unveils renovated imaging facility

The department of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced this week that the large expansion of one of its imaging facilities is now complete.