Managed Care

I-PASS Appoints Healthcare Leader and Patient Safety Expert Patricia McGaffigan to Its Board of Directors

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Nursing, Health, Hospitals, Practice Management, Health Technology, Managed Care, General Health, CPPS, Communication, McGaffigan, University, Senior, Critical care, National Patient Safety Foundation, Workforce, Approximation error, IHI, Patient safety

With extensive experience spanning clinical practice, academia, medical technology innovation, and nonprofit leadership, McGaffigan brings an invaluable depth of healthcare leadership and patient safety expertise to the I-PASS board.

Key Points: 
  • With extensive experience spanning clinical practice, academia, medical technology innovation, and nonprofit leadership, McGaffigan brings an invaluable depth of healthcare leadership and patient safety expertise to the I-PASS board.
  • McGaffigan currently serves as the President of the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety and Vice President of Safety at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and serves as senior sponsor for the IHI’s Lucian Leape Institute and co-chair of the National Steering Committee for Patient Safety.
  • “Advancing the safety and quality of patient care has been the cornerstone of my career for the past four decades,” said McGaffigan.
  • “As a veteran of patient safety and a distinguished healthcare leader, Patricia brings an unparalleled passion for improving the safety and quality of patient care across the healthcare continuum,” said William Floyd, CEO of the I-PASS Patient Safety Institute.

Nurse.com’s 2024 Nurse Salary and Work-Life Report Reveals Workplace Violence and Mental Health Concerns

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Managed Care, General Health, Training, Technology, Other Education, Continuing, Hospitals, Education, Nursing, Practice Management, Other Technology, Health, Community, RN, Certification, Culture, Grief, Psychological trauma, Risk, Patient, Violence, Mental health, APRN, RNS, Female, Fear, Death, Male, BSN, Verbal abuse, Safety, Assault, Workplace violence

For the first time in this biennial survey, nurses were asked about their experiences with workplace violence and how their job affected their mental health and wellness.

Key Points: 
  • For the first time in this biennial survey, nurses were asked about their experiences with workplace violence and how their job affected their mental health and wellness.
  • Many nurses also expressed a need for greater emphasis on physical and mental health.
  • “Workplace violence in any healthcare setting impacts both staff well-being and patient care quality.
  • Participation in this study increased significantly from the 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report , with 3,662 nurses surveyed this year.

Bayer and Google Cloud to accelerate development of AI-powered healthcare applications for radiologists

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Technology, Biotechnology, Health, Other Health, Pharmaceutical, Artificial Intelligence, Oncology, Practice Management, Software, Managed Care, General Health, Health Technology, Data Management, Clinical Trials, Cloud, Diagnosis, Google Cloud, Organization, Face, Medicine, Radiology, Drug discovery, Partnership, Ideation, Bias, BigQuery, Patient, Chronicle, Health care, Artificial intelligence, AI, Workload, Medical device

Bayer and Google Cloud today announced a collaboration on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support radiologists and ultimately better serve patients.

Key Points: 
  • Bayer and Google Cloud today announced a collaboration on the development of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support radiologists and ultimately better serve patients.
  • As part of the collaboration, Bayer will further develop its innovation platform to accelerate the development and deployment of AI-powered healthcare applications with a clear focus on radiology, using Google Cloud’s technology, including its generative AI (gen AI) tools.
  • The platform is built on Google Cloud and uses tools like Vertex AI, BigQuery, Healthcare API and Chronicle.
  • Bayer and Google Cloud are also working together to transform patient care worldwide through responsible AI adoption.

Real Time Medical Systems Brings Post-acute Care Focus to NAACOS Spring 2024 Conference

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Software, Managed Care, General Health, Professional Services, Medical Devices, Technology, Infectious Diseases, Hospitals, Data Analytics, Clinical Trials, Nursing, Health, RN, ACO, Conference, Acos, KLAS, HITRUST, Real, Real-time, Patient, Policy, Senior, Circle, Length of stay, EHR, National Association, CMS

Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified post-acute analytics solution, announced today its presence at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) Spring 2024 Conference on April 10-12, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Real Time Medical Systems (Real Time), the industry leading, KLAS Rated, and HITRUST Certified post-acute analytics solution, announced today its presence at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) Spring 2024 Conference on April 10-12, 2024.
  • Real Time joins CMS officials, ACO leaders, and policy insiders in Baltimore, MD, to demonstrate how providers can reduce hospital admissions/readmissions, minimize length of stay, and improve care coordination in the post-acute setting through Real Time’s interventional analytics platform.
  • The session takes place on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 7:30am – 8:15am.
  • “I thoroughly enjoy speaking to the NAACOS audience,” states Phyllis Wojtusik, RN.

AscellaHealth Recognized by The Financial Times for Three Consecutive Years as One of “Americas' Fastest Growing Companies”

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Other Manufacturing, Research, Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Managed Care, Health, Pharmaceutical, Science, Oncology, Financial Times, Quality of life, Patient, Multimedia, Growth, Government, Pharmacy

The data was collected via desk research in official sources like publicly available earning presentations, investor relations, websites and annual reports.

Key Points: 
  • The data was collected via desk research in official sources like publicly available earning presentations, investor relations, websites and annual reports.
  • “Every day our team gets critical healthcare products from manufacturers to patients while ensuring an efficient flow of funds between payers and pharma,” says Belazi.
  • “We partner with life sciences manufacturers around the world, enabling them to successfully commercialize therapies for complex, chronic conditions.
  • Concurrently, we are raising the bar and resetting standards for managing pharmacy costs through our comprehensive suite of services for payers, including government and private insurers.”

Neuron Launches Network APIs to Enable Application-Driven QoE On Demand for the Maritime Industry

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Satellite, Other Health, Technology, Managed Care, Travel, Other Transport, Artificial Intelligence, Maritime, Transport, Telecommunications, Software, Cruise, Networks, Health, Mobile, Wireless, Communication, LTE, Wi-Fi, Sunday Night Football, Partnership, Stethoscope, AI, IPTV, Video on demand, Data-rate units, SRL Diagnostics, API, Safety, Machine learning, QOS, Mobile phone

Neuron , a QoE management platform for things that move, announced today that it’s making its network APIs available to maritime solution providers and app developers to enable application-driven quality of experience (QoE) on demand.

Key Points: 
  • Neuron , a QoE management platform for things that move, announced today that it’s making its network APIs available to maritime solution providers and app developers to enable application-driven quality of experience (QoE) on demand.
  • Neuron Network APIs Enable Multi-Provider, AI-Powered Connectivity Orchestration
    With Neuron’s network APIs, maritime solution providers and app developers can connect their apps directly to Neuron’s AI-powered network management solution, Neuron Grid, to programmatically request QoE on demand.
  • “Because Neuron enables multi-provider access with AI-powered network management, we are uniquely positioned to facilitate application-driven QoE on demand for the maritime industry.
  • Neuron is committed to working with additional partners to explore new ways to use its network APIs for a diverse range of use cases.

Cariloop Secures $20 Million in Series C Funding to Accelerate Growth and Expand Caregiver Support Solutions

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Software, Managed Care, General Health, Professional Services, Family, Data Management, Consumer, Technology, Health Technology, Human Resources, Consulting, Health, ASPCA, Organization, KPMG, Growth, Entrepreneurship, Caregiver, Procter & Gamble, American Cancer Society, NPS, ABS Capital Partners, CAE, Investment, ABS, Traction, Workforce, Series, Insperity

Cariloop, the leading comprehensive caregiver support platform, today announced the successful closure of its Series C funding round, raising $20 million.

Key Points: 
  • Cariloop, the leading comprehensive caregiver support platform, today announced the successful closure of its Series C funding round, raising $20 million.
  • “The service we provide gives companies a way to support their working caregivers and drive employee wellbeing, productivity and retention.
  • As part of the Series C financing, Krusius will join Cariloop’s Board of Directors and Cal Wheaton, Partner at ABS Capital, will join as a Board Observer.
  • Steven Theesfeld, Cariloop’s Co-Founder, and Colin Patrick, Patterson Thoma Family Office’s Chief Investment Officer, will step down from the Board.

Verato Revolutionizes Data Stewardship with Smart Steward

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Managed Care, Other Health, Professional Services, Data Management, Technology, Hospitals, Artificial Intelligence, Health Technology, Health Insurance, Data Analytics, Insurance, Practice Management, Health, Cloud, Patient, Smart, Language, Data management, EMPI, Management

Verato, the identity experts for healthcare, announced today the launch of Smart Steward™, a first-of-its-kind generative AI-based assistant for healthcare data stewardship teams.

Key Points: 
  • Verato, the identity experts for healthcare, announced today the launch of Smart Steward™, a first-of-its-kind generative AI-based assistant for healthcare data stewardship teams.
  • Now with Smart Steward, the Verato hMDM platform provides everything healthcare organizations need for end-to-end identity data management in one frictionless solution.
  • Key capabilities of the Verato Smart Steward application include:
    AI-Powered Recommendations: Verato Smart Steward provides recommendations on how tasks should be resolved.
  • Match Transparency: Verato Smart Steward clarifies match decisions and recommendations in easy-to-understand language--allowing data governance teams to make informed decisions on match results.

Collette Health Debuts Three Major Platform Enhancements at AONL 2024 Conference to Increase Patient Safety

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Technology, Medical Supplies, Health Technology, Telemedicine, Virtual Medicine, Software, Other Health, Hardware, Managed Care, General Health, Health, Hospital, Thoroughfare, Conference, Documentation, Risk, EMR, Patient, Observation, AI, System, Safety, Patient safety, Machine learning, Multimedia, ICU, Nursing

Collette Health , a leading provider of continuous virtual patient observation solutions, announced today at the 2024 American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Conference three new major platform enhancements to increase patient safety and allow care from anywhere.

Key Points: 
  • Collette Health , a leading provider of continuous virtual patient observation solutions, announced today at the 2024 American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Conference three new major platform enhancements to increase patient safety and allow care from anywhere.
  • “This is a major milestone for Collette Health, and we’re proud to unveil and introduce these new features at AONL in front of thousands of nursing leaders,” said Christine Gall, Chief Nursing Officer at Collette Health.
  • Collette Health uses a strategic and human-enabled application of AI and machine learning (ML) with its new “follow patient” feature.
  • Collette Health will be exhibiting and demonstrating its platform at the AONL Conference in New Orleans, April 9-10.

Kohl's Donates $5 Million to Alliance for a Healthier Generation to Improve Family Health & Wellness Nationwide

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Other Consumer, Fashion, Other Health, Retail, Other Philanthropy, Footwear, Parenting, Men, Family, Consumer, Fund Raising, Hospitals, Foundation, Department Stores, Philanthropy, Nursing, Managed Care, Health, Other Retail, School, Home, Health equity, Caregiver, Partnership, National Alliance, Knowledge, Mental health, Kohl's, Sale, Student, KSS, Good, Mental disorder, Multimedia, Collection, Emotion, Parent

Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) announced today a $5 million commitment over three years to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation), renewing the company’s support of its national nonprofit partner and further funding the Kohl’s Healthy at Home initiative.

Key Points: 
  • Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) announced today a $5 million commitment over three years to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Healthier Generation), renewing the company’s support of its national nonprofit partner and further funding the Kohl’s Healthy at Home initiative.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240409086547/en/
    “Creating healthier communities and supporting family wellness are cornerstones of Kohl’s philanthropic work, and we are proud to continue our work alongside Alliance for a Healthier Generation to make this a reality,” said Christie Raymond, Kohl’s chief marketing officer.
  • New this year, Healthier Generation will launch the Healthy at Home Playbook for Schools, which provides schools with the necessary resources to be named one of America’s Healthiest Schools.
  • The designation is awarded to schools that prioritize improving the well-being of students and their communities across a variety of categories.