Q&A: Harbor Health’s Clay Johnston on Offering Employers Direct Primary Care
Austin, Texas-based Harbor Health, a new group of primary and specialty clinics, now offers Central Texas employers a direct primary care option, providing employees with a full spectrum of primary care services on a cost-effective basis. free. Harbor co-founder Clay Johnston, Ph.D., MD, MPH, who previously served as the inaugural
Eric Topol: AI Will Usher In a Whole New Era in Medicine
In a very stimulating conference, Eric Topol, MDBestselling author and practicing cardiologist at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego and editor-in-chief of medical landscape, told a standing-room-only audience at the Dec. 2 plenary session in RSNA24: this year’s conference of the Radiological Society of North America—That artificial intelligence will transform
Commonwealth Fund: Underinsurance Is Undermining Americans’ Health
On November 21, leaders of The Commonwealth FundThe New York City-based public interest foundation released its latest report on consumers’ health insurance coverage, a biennial report called “The State of U.S. Health Insurance in 2024: Results from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey.” The report reveals significant challenges around
Report: HHS Continues to Have Challenges with Cybersecurity in Healthcare
On November 13, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the cybersecurity challenges of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). GAO urged HHS to implement its previous recommendations to address the challenges. “As the lead federal agency for the healthcare and public health sector,
UC Healthcare Workers Go on Strike Across California
Yesterday, thousands of University of California (UC) healthcare workers began a two-day strike across California. KTLA Tony Kurzweil denounced on November 20 that, according to the union, UC representatives had negotiated illegally In a notice in your websiteunion AFSCME Local 3299 stated: “UC’s illegal conduct—from showing up to negotiations without
Need for Efficiency Drives Healthcare AI Market
Financial news media reported on November 20 that the healthcare AI market exhibits a high degree of innovation, characterized by continuous technological advances. “Rapid advances in machine learning (ML), deep learning, Natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision are driving the evolution of AI-powered healthcare solutions.“ TO report by Big
Broward Health, Nicklaus Children’s to Collaborate on Pediatrics
Broward Health, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Nicklaus Children’s Health System have approved an affiliation agreement to collaborate on the expansion and improvement of pediatric services throughout Broward County, with the goal of fully integrating and enriching the offerings of pediatric care for the latter part of 2025. .
CommonSpirit Forms Alliance With University of Utah Health
Catholic health system CommonSpirit Health and University of Utah Health have announced a “strategic clinical alliance” under which patients at the five CommonSpirit hospitals in Utah will have access to University of Utah Health physicians and providers. As a community partner, CommonSpirit said it would expand University of Utah Health’s
Flatiron Exec Describes Broadening Scope of Research Using Real-World Data
Flatiron Health, which has built an oncology-focused EHR network and de-identified database with more than 4 million patient records, recently announced a milestone of more than 1,000 research publications using its real-world data derived from EHR. Neal Meropol, MD, vice president of oncology research at the company, recently spoke with
Validic Integrates Glucose Monitoring Data Directly Into EHR Clinical Workflows
The digital health company says it can now integrate continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data directly into clinical EHR workflows. This multi-device solution supports Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre portfolio within Epic and Oracle Health EHR systems, marking a major advancement in how healthcare providers access and use personal health data. Historically, providers
AHA Urges Congress to Act on Key Priorities
The American Hospital Association (AHA) urged thHouse and Senate majority and minority leaders will act on key priorities before the end of the year in comments on November 12. The AHA asked Congress to continue providing relief from Medicaid disproportionate share hospital payment cuts and to continue Medicare-dependent hospitals and
BREAKING NEWS: Trump to Nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary
Late on November 14, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. He would succeed current HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra once President Joe Biden’s term ends in January. Washington Post declared that “President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday
