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Doctor on a telehealth visit
By Andrea Fox 02:55 pm March 19, 2025
While healthcare organizations applaud lawmakers' support for extending flexibilities in FY25 stopgap legislation, they still have concerns about long-term certainty for virtual care.
By Bill Siwicki 11:59 am March 19, 2025
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center needed to help patients feel more ready for surgery. With new automated workflows, it was able to achieve 100% positive patient satisfaction scores.
Google Cloud booth at HIMSS
By Andrea Fox 10:46 am March 19, 2025
Also, DrFirst earns HITRUST for electronic prior authorization, e-prescribing, patient engagement and other healthcare tools.
Hand on backlit keyboard
By Jeff Lagasse 05:03 pm March 18, 2025
Court documents say Panev acted as a developer of the LockBit ransomware group, attacking healthcare and other industries.
Judge holding gavel
By Jeff Lagasse 01:20 pm March 18, 2025
The judge took issue with the way the mass terminations were executed, saying employees should be brought back onto the job.
By Bill Siwicki 10:47 am March 18, 2025
The connected care leader at Philips explains how remote patient monitoring tech can combat hospitals' and health systems' problems with patient retention and overall capacity.
By Andrea Fox 10:32 am March 18, 2025
Artificial intelligence agents coordinating tasks across healthcare workflows were the talk of HIMSS25. In the year ahead, AI is expected to progress cautiously beyond ambient listening to effect new automation in electronic health records.
By Bill Siwicki 12:46 pm March 17, 2025
REM sleep behavior disorder almost always is an early sign of Parkinson's or dementia, often preceding other symptoms by 10-15 years. Researchers think the tool can enable development of new therapies for those diseases.
NHS logo
By Andrea Fox 10:56 am March 17, 2025
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the organization will be reintegrated into the UK Department of Health and Social Care within two years. The agency pledges to reinvest cost savings into frontline services.
Patient gets assistance in nursing home
By Nathan Eddy 10:40 am March 17, 2025
A new tool researched at Regenstrief Institute aims to help get symptom assessment data integrated into EHRs and incorporated into clinical workflows.