LAS VEGAS – Optum is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to create infectious disease forecasting that is as accurate as weather forecasting.
Optum researchers first began studying the COVID-19 pandemic while tracking an early flu outbre…
The ailments, approaches and technology are different, but telehealth is alive and well aboard the International Space Station.
HIMSS Trust results show a willingness to invest in the future of healthcare.
Empathy and compassion have always been important elements in providing quality care, and this has been highlighted during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many patients have been treated in isolation, cut off from family and loved ones.
Empathy…
Total hip and knee replacement bundles from CMS spurred the risk-bearing system to seek a new way to maximize savings.
LAS VEGAS – After more than 20 years of working toward the creation of a national patient identifier, Tom Leary, senior vice president of Government Relations for HIMSS, is very optimistic about the chances for success this year, he told those attendin…
LAS VEGAS – Rural communities across the country have struggled to maintain access to quality healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. One overlooked demographic is children, with those living in remote areas more likely to rely on CHIP and Medicaid pr…
The U.S. Senate passed a $550 billion bipartisan infrastructure bill aimed at shoring up the nation’s roads and bridges, as well as protecting vulnerable communities from wildfires and expanding broadband internet access.
The bill will now move to the …
Diversity in clinical trials is lacking, according to Chris Boone, vice president, Global Head of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Abbvie, a pharmaceutical and research development company.
Less than 16% people of color are in clinical trials,…
Tenet Healthcare has announced that CEO Ron Rittenmeyer is stepping down in September.
Dr. Saum Sutaria, president and chief operating officer of Tenet, will become CEO, effective September 1. He will continue to report to Rittenmeyer.
