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Strategy
Podcast: RWJBarnabas Health CMO Shares Clinical Perspective on Cost Containment
Andy Anderson, MD, CMO and chief quality officer at RWJBarnabas Health, discusses cost containment issues such as pharmaceutical stewardship, lab...
Clinical Care
Overdosing on Chemo: A Common Gene Test Could Save Hundreds of Lives Each Year
For patients who are deficient in an enzyme that metabolizes flourouracil, the treatment can be torturous or deadly.
Clinical Care
3 Ways CMOs Can Improve Maternal Care
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among high-income countries.
Strategy
After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
Ballad Health, a 20-hospital system in the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia, benefits from the largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly...
Innovation
Contributed Content: How RPM Can Break the Chronic Disease Cycle in Underserved Communities
Two healthcare executives share their ideas on using remote patient monitoring to address critical gaps in care management and access
Technology
Healthcare Execs Lobby for Federal Patient Identification Standards
The Match IT Act of 2024, now before Congress, would create a federal definition for 'patient match rate' that providers...
Innovation
Intermountain Tests a Smartphone App to Identify Jaundice in Newborns
The health system is working with a Norwegian digital health company to develop an app that would allow parents to...
Technology
Will the Change Healthcare Outage Prod Execs to Make Technology Improvements?
As the industry assesses the financial damage of the cyberattack, healthcare execs will also be looking at how their technology...
Technology
AI Moves From the Drawing Board to the Doctor’s Toolkit
Three large health systems have announced plans to put AI to use to address clinical care gaps
Technology
ViVE Panel Offers a Progress Report on EHRs
Executives from three companies took to the stage this week in Los Angeles and said they're working hard to make...
Innovation
Views From ViVE: 5 Top Talking Points (So Far) in LA This Week
With ViVE 2024 picking up steam this week in Los Angeles, here's what attendees are talking about
Innovation
FDA Issues Alert on Smartwatches, Smart Rings for Diabetes Management
The agency is warning that no devices have been approved that can accurately measure a user?s blood glucose without piercing...