After appointments, physicians typically spend additional hours finalizing clinical documentation and administrative tasks. AI medical scribes are changing the paradigm for patient visits by listening to appointments and handling notetaking in real time, allowing physicians to concentrate on high-quality, in-the-moment care while reducing the burden of administrative tasks during and after visits.
The personal information of about 38,000 patients of a UChicago Medicine medical group may have been exposed in a cybersecurity incident involving one of the group's vendors. UCM Medical Group said in a news release that one of its vendors — debt collection agency Nationwide Recovery Service — notified the group that in July an unauthorized person accessed the company's systems. The person obtained information from certain files and folders.
The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an 'alternative international health system' separate from the World Health Organization. In a joint statement Tuesday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Argentine Minister of Health Mario Lugones remarked on the decision to withdraw from the global health authority.
Hudson Regional Health system has launched. Leaders announced the creation of the four-hospital health system headquartered in Secaucus May 27. The network incorporates Hudson Regional Hospital, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Hoboken University Medical Center, Bayonne Medical Center and more than 70 affiliated practice locations. The announcement follows the wrapping up of legal hurdles pertaining to the bankruptcy of CarePoint Health System, on which NJBIZ has extensively reported. In April, a federal bankruptcy court cleared the way for the creation of the new health system. On May 22, the plan went into effect.
More than a decade after its Google Glass flopped, Google is developing a new generation of augmented reality glasses designed to merge the physical and digital worlds.
For newly initiated audits of MA plans, CMS will audit all eligible MA contracts for each payment year. Additionally, for audits already initiated, CMS will expedite the completion of audits for payment years 2018 through 2024.