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Telehealth
Ochsner Health Taps AI for Patient Messaging Pilot
Physicians will review every response before they're sent to patients to ensure the 'human touch.'
Pharma
Save Billions or Stick with Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice
The biggest hitch seems to be the PBMs.
Telehealth
As More Patients Email Doctors, Health Systems Start Charging Fees
Billing for e-visits raises knotty questions about fairly compensating providers and enhancing patients' access to care.
Telehealth
Pearl Health Partnership Accelerates Walgreens' Value-Based Care Push
The announcement comes just one week Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer's sudden departure.
Technology
'Dr. Google' Meets Its Match: Dr. ChatGPT
The relative proficiency of ChatGPT, which debuted in November 2022, has been a surprise to clinicians.
Innovation
Geisinger, Best Buy Expand RPM Partnership
The health system is reporting positive results from a chronic care management program launched in 2021, and now wants the...
Strategy
Most States Have Yet to Permanently Fund 988. Call Centers Want Certainty.
The federal government has provided about $1 billion to launch the number, designed as an alternative to 911.
Payer
Doctors and Patients Try to Shame Insurers Online to Reverse Prior Authorization Denials
Insurers say the prior authorization helps them control costs.
Innovation
Lake Nona's WHIT House Brings Healthcare Innovation Into the Home of the Future
As healthcare organizations move more services into the home, a 'living lab' smart home in Orlando's innovation community offers ideas...
Marketing
Funyuns and Flu Shots? Gas Station Company Ventures Into Urgent Care
MedWise has opened 12 clinics so far, all in the Tulsa area.
Strategy
NC Hospitals Have Sued Thousands of Their Patients, a New Report Finds
The report offers harrowing accounts of people pursued for tens of thousands of dollars and often surprised by liens that...
Finance
The Hidden Fee Costing Doctors Millions Every Year
A powerful lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that health insurers...