Optum Perks, a prescription discount provider, has launched a new telehealth service that provides affordable healthcare and prescription treatments for conditions such as acne, cough and high blood pressure.
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Mass General Brigham physician sues to save telehealth
A physician with Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is suing to allow clinicians to treat patients in other states remotely, according to a Wall Street Journal article.
What the Health Care Sector Was Selling at the J.P. Morgan Confab
When bankers and investors flocked to San Francisco for the largest gathering of health care industry investors, the buzz was all about artificial intelligence, the next hit weight-loss drug, and new opportunities to make money through nonprofit hospitals.
UVA Health bolsters global telehealth coverage
Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health is creating a telehealth clinic that will focus on medically underserved communities all over the world.
AI’s role in health care law enforcement [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! L. Joseph Parker, a research physician, sheds light on how AI has been employed to target physicians and reshape the landscape of health care, especially in the context of the opioid crisis…
Epic accused of patent infringement
EHR vendor Epic Systems is facing a patent infringement lawsuit over its patient portal software MyChart.
Epic makes AI-powered clinical documentation widely available
Epic has made an AI-powered system that automates clinical documentation during patient and physician encounters widely available.
University Hospitals projects $100M+ annual benefit from EHR install
Cleveland-based University Hospitals installed Epic EHR last year, a $400 million investment that consolidated 15 systems into a single integrated platform.
Data tokenization in health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Adam Mariano, a health care executive. We’ll delve into the world of Big Data and tokenization in health care, exploring how these technologies are revolutionizing patient insigh…
UCLA, UC Irvine team up for surgical data repository
UCLA and UC Irvine worked together to develop a repository of de-identified EHR data and high-fidelity physiological waveform data based on more than 83,000 surgeries with the goal of improving patient outcomes.
