Category: Healthcare Finance News

Real-time visualizations improved care delivery at UVA Health

CHICAGO – Patient care in the intensive care unit generates huge volumes of complex data. This influx of data can be a lot to handle, overwhelming staff who are trying to aggregate and summarize pertinent information. University of Virginia Health Medi…

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…

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…

The impact of the economy on healthcare

CHICAGO – Hospitals have taken a financial hit from continued COVID-19 headwinds, especially due to labor shortages.

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…

Behavioral health access needs remote care and AI

CHICAGO – About half of the population in the country live in areas that have a lack of access to behavioral healthcare, said Taft Parsons III, vice president and chief psychiatric officer, CVS Health.
Dr. Zenobia Brown agreed that access for behavior …

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 …