Patient Care

This page includes news coverage of various aspects of patient healthcare, including new technology innovations, what is working, what is not, personalized medicine and remote and telemedicine delivery. Find specific news in the areas of Care DeliveryDigital TransformationPrecision MedicineRemote Monitoring and Telehealth.

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Investor-owned health systems and those with fewer PCPs linked to more low-value care

The JAMA Network Open analysis included more than 3,700 hospitals associated with 676 individual health systems.

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Blockchain-based health data exchange firm Avaneer Health secures $50M in seed funding

Aetna, Anthem and the Cleveland Clinic are among those investing in the Chicago-based venture, the company announced.

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Healthcare giants invest $200M in digital health benefits startup Transcarent

The Palo Alto, California-based company has now raised nearly $300 million and is reportedly valued at close to $1.6 billion.

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Mayo Clinic, Kaiser among health giants investing $110M into home care company

Baxter International, Global Medical Response and Cardinal Health also contributed capital to Boston-based Medically Home.

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Large hospital system’s ‘uncommon’ acquisition moves bolster patient outcomes, experience

Hospital consolidations have more than doubled since 2009 and most evidence suggests patients suffer as a result, NYU experts explained in JAMA Network Open.

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Hackers break into Florida healthcare giant’s network, gaining access to data on 1.3 million people

Approximately 473 of the breach victims live in Maine, according to a document recently submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General.

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Centene clears regulatory requirements for $2.2B acquisition of Magellan Health

The deal is expected to be finalized in the coming days, the pair announced recently.

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Most healthcare executives have an AI strategy but only half have implemented it

Optum surveyed more than 500 senior health execs from top hospitals, health plans, employers and other organizations for its fourth annual survey.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses some of the biggest obstacles facing the specialty in the new year. 

Mark Isenberg, executive vice president of Zotec Partners, discusses key developments that will reshape the specialty this year. 

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.