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Quantum computing poised to transform healthcare
CHICAGO – Quantum computing reached a milestone in 2022 when a 400-plus qubit machine was demonstrated at a time when experts were questioning the feasibility of even a 100 qubit system. The question is no longer whether quantum computing will speed up…
HIMSS23: Cybersecurity now a strategic imperative, experts say
CHICAGO – Healthcare these days is being constantly flooded with new digital products and services, and while many are necessary and/or beneficial, they come with the addition of significant risk. Organizations are continuing to increase their cybersec…
HIMSS23: Stanford Health Care finding success with inpatient telehealth
CHICAGO – Telehealth adoption continues to increase, boosted in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, which put a spotlight on remote care technologies. But most of the focus this far has been on outpatient telehealth. As Stanford Health Care can attest, inpa…
HIMSS23: Health policy post-Dobbs a ‘confusing muddle,’ panel says
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization introduced a significant amount of confusion into the healthcare industry. The decision, which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade and left it up to states to determine their r…
HIMSS23: Health equity can get a boost from interoperability
CHICAGO – Interoperability is frequently touted as a means of ensuring the exchange of important health information between healthcare entities, but it turns out that achieving this long sought-after goal may also be a means of advancing health equity,…
CVS Health names Brian Kane president of Aetna
CVS Health has appointed Brian Kane to the post of executive vice president and president of Aetna, effective September 1. become a member of the company’s executive leadership team and report to CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch.
“Brian has …
HIMSS23: TEFCA positioned to advance interoperability
The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) is now live, and exchange partners are signing up. Hot on its heels come rules from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to prevent information blocking as required by the 21st…
HIMSS23: Interoperability requires modern, usable data
CHICAGO – Interoperability is about more than just having standards. Being able to exchange electronic health information between entities and individuals is all well and good, but the data needs to be modern and usable. Indeed, “data modernization” is…
HIMSS23: Health Data Utilities hold potential to advance interoperability
CHICAGO – Federal and state governments have made a number of investments in health information exchange (HIE) and interoperability infrastructure, exemplified by the ONC State HIE Cooperative Agreement and Medicaid HITECH 90/10 Federal Financial Parti…
Most payers used outcomes-based contracting in 2022
More than half of payers, 58%, had at least one outcomes-based contract (OBC) in place during the 2022 plan year, and respondents to a new Avalere survey who are utilizing at least one OBC indicated oncology, cardiology, and endocrinology as the top th…
