Technology can enhance the patient experience, but it requires organizational buy-in and an infrastructure that scales.
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As patient experience becomes more important, technology can help healthcare focus on the consumer
Telehealth and other new technologies are putting the patient first, improving outcomes and lowering the cost of care.
MLB veteran Theo Epstein: There’s a parallel between baseball and analytics
There’s a parallel between analytics and baseball, said Major League Baseball veteran Theo Epstein, speaking during the HIMSS21 CIO Forum in Las Vegas.
Morgan Health invests $50 million in Vera Whole Health
Morgan Health, the new business launched by JPMorgan Chase in May, is investing $50 million in Vera Whole Health, a primary care company that focuses on employer-sponsored coordinated care.
This is Morgan Health’s first investment in a coordinated car…
Empathy paramount to the patient experience as healthcare looks beyond the pandemic
The need for empathy and compassion 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 is well and good in theory, but what does it look like in …
Blue Shield of California invests in Cricket Health expansion aimed at treating kidney disease
Today, Cricket Health closed an $83.5 million Series B funding round led by Valtruis, which will enable Cricket’s expansion to support demand for its care model for people with kidney disease.
Blue Shield of California made a strategic investment of an…
Public health leaders urge private sector to create #COVIDSafeZones
Public health experts, scientists and former elected officials have signed an open letter published in USA Today asking business leaders to create #COVIDSafeZones.
COVID-19 changing regulatory picture around medical devices and technology in healthcare
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the regulatory picture around medical devices and technology in healthcare, and the way in which those technologies are reimbursed; take telehealth for example, which has seen greater reimbursement flexibility from the…
CB Insights report: Global telehealth investment is still on the rise
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Hospitals no longer need to report their negotiated rates with Medicare Advantage payers
In a move praised by the American Hospital Association, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has repealed the mandate that hospitals report the median payer-specific negotiated charge they make with their Medicare Advantage payers on the Medi…
