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Technology
Can Healthcare Leaders Learn From the VA’s Virtual Care Dilemma?
Virtual care programs for veterans are seeing mixed results. That could help healthcare organizations better understand what works and what...
Technology
Michigan HIE Targets Data Exchange Silos in Emergency Care
A pilot project coordinated by the Michigan Health Information Network aims to help hospitals share critical patient data with EMS...
Marketing
Urgent Care or ER? With 'One-Stop Shop,' Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof
Docs decide whether it's urgent or emergency care ?the health system bills accordingly.
Innovation
Can Digital Health Help People Prepare for Extreme Weather Events?
CVS Health is identifying at-risk members of Aetna health plans of upcoming heat waves and connecting them with resources for...
Innovation
New Technology Helps Intermountain Improve Liver Transplants
The OrganOx replicates conditions inside the human body to keep livers viable during the journey from the donor to the...
Technology
The Nation's 911 System Is on the Brink of Its Own Emergency
The outages illustrate the problems plaguing emergency communications due in part to wide disparities in the systems' age and capabilities.
Innovation
Rural RPM Program Is a Lifeline for Pregnant Women
Sanford Health?s remote patient monitoring program in northern Minnesota is giving pregnant women access to critical care services and resources
Innovation
Amazon Consolidates Telehealth, Primary Care Services on One Platform
The retail giant is folding its nearly two-year-old Amazon Clinic business into Amazon One Medical, saying the move makes things...
Technology
Can ECMO Help Rural Hospitals Save More Lives?
Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat...
Technology
Can AI Be Used to Triage ED Patients?
A UCSF study has found that a ChatGPT-4 LLM can prioritize Emergency Department patients for treatment with 89% accuracy
CMO
Lawmakers to CMS: Promote Urgent Care Centers to Address ER Crowding
Urgent care centers can treat many conditions commonly treated in emergency rooms, including sprains, fractures, lacerations, and urinary infections.
Innovation
A New Option to the Crowded ED: Concierge Care
Health systems and hospitals are facing competition from disruptors offering personalized urgent and emergency care. But is that a bad...