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    The enterprise AI crossroads: Why your next move matters

    Research shows leading healthcare providers combine multiple types of AI to transform patient care. Is this best? See the research results.

    By Bill Marshall • Jan. 27, 2025
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    Trump pick for VA secretary promises to prioritize Oracle EHR deployment

    Doug Collins, a former Republican congressman from Georgia, told lawmakers he would look at the embattled rollout with fresh eyes and could restart deployments sooner than planned.

    By • Jan. 24, 2025
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    Interoperability

    Interoperability is a long term-challenge for the healthcare industry, but the Trump administration has big ambitions to improve data sharing and patient access — even though its plans so far have few details.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    More than 20% of healthcare organizations changed senior leadership after cyberattack: survey

    Cyberattacks in healthcare more frequently result in financial damage and lawsuits compared with other industries, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Netwrix.

    By • Jan. 23, 2025
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    Tarver warns that US device supply chain vulnerabilities could harm patients

    The new director of the FDA’s device center contrasted a European rule with the lack of mandatory reporting requirements for potential device shortages in the U.S.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • Jan. 17, 2025
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    Digital health funding falls again in 2024: Rock Health

    Investors focused their dollars on younger startups, while deal sizes for more established companies declined last year.

    By • Jan. 16, 2025
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    DEA proposes long-awaited rule for telehealth controlled substance prescriptions

    However, telehealth advocates raised concerns about restrictions included in the rule, with one group asking President-elect Donald Trump to withdraw the proposal.

    By • Jan. 16, 2025
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    Teladoc joins Amazon’s digital health benefits program

    Entering the marketplace could help drive enrollment in Teladoc’s chronic care management programs, executives with the virtual care company said at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this week.

    By • Jan. 15, 2025
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    Mayo Clinic expands AI documentation partnership with Abridge

    The notetaking assistant will first be available to about 2,000 clinicians serving one million patients.

    By • Jan. 15, 2025
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    Top healthcare technology trends in 2025

    The shape of AI regulation will be uncertain under the Trump administration this year, while healthcare companies will continue bolstering cyber defenses to withstand increasing attacks, experts say.

    By • Jan. 15, 2025
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    Hospital evaluation of AI predictive tools for bias is inconsistent, study finds

    Hospitals with more financial resources and technical expertise were more likely to locally test their models, suggesting a potential digital divide that could impact patient care.

    By • Jan. 14, 2025
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    HHS lays out strategic plan for healthcare AI

    The agency’s road map, which outlines goals for promoting safe and equitable adoption, comes as the future of AI policy is uncertain under the incoming Trump administration.

    By • Jan. 14, 2025
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    Amwell sells virtual psychiatric care business to Avel eCare for $21M

    The divestiture “fortifies our confidence” to reach positive cash flow in 2026, said Amwell CEO Ido Schoenberg.

    By • Jan. 9, 2025
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    Healthcare venture capital investment amplified by AI in 2024: report

    Nearly 30% of the funding poured into healthcare startups last year went to companies leveraging artificial intelligence, according to Silicon Valley Bank.

    By • Jan. 9, 2025
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    Transcarent to acquire fellow health benefits navigator Accolade for $621M

    If closed, the deal will take Accolade private and create a single firm with more than 1,400 employer and payer clients.

    By • Jan. 8, 2025
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    FDA aims to stem AI device bias, boost transparency in draft guidance

    The document follows the agency’s first digital health advisory meeting and a final guidance on postmarket updates to AI devices.

    By Elise Reuter • Jan. 7, 2025
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    HHS proposes HIPAA update to boost healthcare cybersecurity

    The security rule update, which would be the first since 2013, aims to clarify and provide more instruction on securing health data as cyberattacks and breaches in the sector skyrocket.

    By • Jan. 3, 2025
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    VA to resume Oracle EHR deployments in mid-2026

    More than a year after the agency largely put new deployments on hold, the Department of Veterans Affairs will soon begin work to roll out the medical record to four facilities in Michigan.

    By • Jan. 2, 2025
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    Ascension cyberattack exposes data from 5.6 million people

    The breach was the third largest reported to a portal managed by federal regulators last year.

    By • Dec. 20, 2024
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    Telehealth groups call for urgent action as Medicare flexibility deadline looms

    A sweeping funding bill that would have preserved the pandemic-era policies for two years was derailed by President-elect Donald Trump, less than two weeks before the flexibilities are set to expire.

    By • Dec. 19, 2024
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    7 of the biggest healthcare cyberattack and breach stories of 2024

    Cyberattacks targeting the healthcare industry continued to rise last year. Here are some of the largest incidents, from Change Healthcare to Ascension.

    By • Dec. 19, 2024
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    ASTP finalizes information blocking exception for reproductive health

    The policy allows providers, health IT developers or data exchanges to restrict information sharing when there’s risk it could expose patients or clinicians to legal fallout.

    By • Dec. 19, 2024
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    Stopgap funding bill includes sweeping PBM reform, preserves telehealth flexibilities

    The bipartisan agreement will fund the government through March. It could also reshape the pharmacy supply chain by reforming how controversial drug middlemen do business.

    By • Dec. 18, 2024
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    GoodRx appoints former PBM exec as permanent CEO

    Wendy Barnes will take up the role more than a year after the drug discount and digital health company’s founders stepped down as co-chief executives.

    By • Updated Dec. 19, 2024
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    Environments that support sensory preferences can boost mental health

    Enhancing mental health starts with environments that support individual sensory needs—boosting comfort, therapy engagement and recovery.

    Dec. 16, 2024
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    What’s in store for the health and life sciences industries in 2025

    Advances in cloud, AI, and autonomous systems are driving breakthrough innovation in healthcare. Here’s what’s in store for 2025.

    By Seema Verma, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences • Dec. 16, 2024