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Top 10 telehealth platforms
Patients continue to use telehealth because of the convenience and speed of care but its biggest barriers include connectivity issues and lack of services, according to J.D. Power.
Yale New Haven Health System, Abridge to lead AI research collaborative
Health system leaders and Epic are joining Abridge’s clinical research collaborative aimed at exploring the effects of ambient AI in five areas: clinician experience, patient experience, healthcare costs, health outcomes and health equity.
McLaren closes Walgreens convenient care clinics
In September, Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care shuttered its convenient care clinics located inside Walgreens stores, the Detroit Free Press reported Oct. 1.
Hospitals push flu shots ahead of virus season
Hospitals and health systems are working diligently to vaccinate community members and staff against influenza before virus season ramps up.
How Epic allows health systems to view the enterprise
Epic’s EHR contains an enterprise view where health system executives can check out performance indicators and spot trends across their organizations.
Texas hospital continues diverting patients after IT outage: 5 updates
A Texas health system continues to contend with a ransomware attack that has disrupted its operations. Here are five updates.
Florida hospital, ER closed due to Hurricane Helene + 6 updates
Severe flooding, storm damage and power outages in the wake of Hurricane Helene continue to disrupt hospitals and their communities across the Southeast. The Category 4 storm made landfall Sept. 26 in Florida’s Big Bend region.
EHR systems still a major factor in clinician burnout
The biggest contributor to clinician burnout is “present-day EHRs,” a Oct. 1 report from Health Note found.
Leading causes of death by age group
Motor vehicle accidents were the leading cause of death for children, while accidental poisoning, cancer and heart attack were the leading causes of death for adults, according to a report from USAFacts, a nonprofit organization that conducts data anal…
CHS sells 2 North Carolina hospitals
Iredell Health System acquired Davis Regional Psychiatric Hospital and Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, N.C., from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, effective Oct. 1.
