If ambient AI evolves the way the EHR did, but without repeating its mistakes, the next 5 to 10 years could transform healthcare. Documentation will become background noise instead of the center of gravity in patient care.

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Today’s challenges — such as rapid technological innovations, shifting patient demographics, and mounting financial pressures — call not for just any leader but for a particular type of leader. They must be able to assess like clinicians and lead like CEOs.

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When paired with the expertise of health care providers, who serve as guides, partners in care, and healers, we have the critical elements in the formula for providing the patient with quality, personalized care, not merely on an episodic basis, but as the foundation of improved whole person care to take them through their life’s journeys.

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Americans suffer when hospitals close, nursing homes fall below care standards and mental health services become inaccessible. Immigration should be part of the solution.

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All of us can see glaring issues with the healthcare system that need to be addressed — but system-level change is hard. The leap to VBC isn’t easy, but the results are undeniable.

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[Sponsored] AI-native tax firm Gelt combines top human tax experts with AI to help physicians and healthcare practices use data-driven tax strategies to lower liabilities, improve profitability, and future-proof their finances.

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Authority built on information control cannot survive in the age of AI and instant access. But authority built on wisdom, judgment, empathy, and genuine partnership? That’s eternal. And it’s exactly what patients have been asking for all along.

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Many of today’s systems weren’t built for speed, supervision, or scale, and they can’t support the level of intelligence or flexibility that modern care delivery demands. The solution isn’t to retreat from APPs. It’s to invest in models that make their work safe, effective, and scalable.

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With AI automating routine workflows behind the scenes, intelligent systems let healthcare professionals devote themselves fully to face-to-face care, while listening closely and applying their expertise.

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The tools exist today to significantly reduce PA’s burden on our healthcare system, we just need to mobilize and implement them. 

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[Sponsored] A new report from Relatient highlights ways hospitals and physician practices can improve workflows and how to create frictionless patient interactions.

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Besides the impact to physician satisfaction, the cost of this administrative burden is staggering: Organizations spend $82.7 billion annually on documentation, coding, and other administrative tasks, straining both budgets and staff.

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To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.

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[Sponsored] In a webinar last week, BuildMyHealth CEO and Co-founder Dr. Jonathan Kaplan shared how physician practices not only can access the weight loss drug by working with compounding pharmacies, but also use BuildMyHealth to provide this drug to their own patients who are suitable candidates for the drug.

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[Sponsored] The webinar, scheduled for March 6 at 2pm ET and sponsored by Build My Health, will discuss several topics related to weight management including: an overview of GLP-1 weight loss medication, automation in a subscription-based weight management program, and the rise of provider-to-consumer (PTC) models.

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To address the growing physician shortage, some people argue that the scope of practice should be expanded for skilled healthcare professionals like nurse practitioners and pharmacists. American Medical Association President Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld said this is a “terrible idea.” He argued that throwing other professionals into physicians’ roles will have poor ramifications of patient safety. In his view, the industry should focus on uplifting strong interprofessional care teams.

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[Sponsored] In a series of interviews, two Teladoc Health physicians and a therapist offered a window into a day in the life of delivering virtual care.

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Hospitals are places of healing, but they have also become sites of gun violence. A panel at the MedCity News INVEST conference discussed the ways hospitals can reduce threats and de-escalate situations before they become violent.

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[Sponsored] In an interview, Rob Bressler, general manager for Teladoc Health’s virtual primary care solution Primary360, talked about the company’s shift from telehealth for urgent care to whole person care.

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[Sponsored] The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the way we think of diagnostics in our daily lives. In a recent webinar, BD Vice President for Diagnostics Nikos Pavlidis spoke with a clinician and an epidemiologist where they shared their perspectives on how testing developments have changed the way we track respiratory illnesses.

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[Sponsored] Among the takeaways from HLTH 2022 were the impact of consolidation on clinicians, behavioral health tools to help consumers manage stress and anxiety more productively, and how health tech and medtech companies are supporting remote patient monitoring and testing.

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Doximity, the “LinkedIn for physicians,” is preparing for an IPO. In an unusual move, it’s setting aside a portion of its shares for some of its users.

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The physician practice management company launched its IPO through which it plans to sell 19.5 million shares of common stock, priced between $17 and $19 per share. It will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, like research and development, and to acquire complementary businesses or technologies.

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Historically, providers had to meet certain criteria and address three key areas in the patient’s progress notes: patient history, physical exam and medical decision making. CMS has eliminated the history and exam components as required elements for billing purposes, so medical decision making is now the sole driver of the level-of-service.

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The Denver-based company provides a platform through which patients can text, send images to and have video calls with physicians. The new funds will be used to scale its operations, grow its clinical network and improve user experience.

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The family of Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency physician working on the front lines of the pandemic who died of suicide, is working with Congress to introduce legislation that would make it easier for phyiscians to seek out mental healthcare. At the state level, licensing boards are also reevaluating application questions to not discourage physicians from seeking help. 

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The lack of access to personal protective equipment is an ongoing issue in the U.S., particularly among smaller, non-hospital facilities. But doctor-led PPE collection and distribution groups are tackling the problem head on.

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AR tools will see a massive boost in 2021 after a year in which its star grew. Here are some more trends that are poised to make 2021 a meaningful year for healthcare.

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In addition to human empathy, we are also seeing a new “digital compassion” emerging as healthcare providers work to support patients in need during this uncertain time. Showing this kind of compassion has become easier as technology becomes more advanced and patient-centric in response to the pandemic.

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CMS has finalized changes to the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as Stark Law. Healthcare law experts say that these changes will generally make it easier for hospitals and physicians to remain in compliance with the statute.

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