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The US Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced Tuesday it would help doctors and hospitals find alternate claims processing platforms in order to help reboot the flow of business after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group (UNH) subsidiary crippled operations of a large swath of America’s health systems for the past two weeks. The cyberattack on Feb. 21 paralyzed Change Healthcare, which is used by hospitals, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies to process payments and prior… Source link

The role of retail players in healthcare, like CVS (CVS), Walmart (WMT) and now Amazon (AMZN), is being closely watched by investors and clinicians alike. In its latest earnings, CVS emphasized a continued strategy in health services, even as competitor Walgreens (WBA) has signaled a pullback. Through its recent acquisitions of home health provider Signify, and primary care provider for seniors Oak Street, CVS is continuing to look for ways to create a closed loop for patients within its own… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Search: A Game-Changer for Healthcare & Life Sciences  Forbes Source link

A longstanding medical tech maker is now set to make its own moves. GE HealthCare made its market debut on Wednesday under the ticker symbol GEHC, finalizing a spin-off from General Electric (GE), which is shifting its focus exclusively to aviation. “It’s enabled us to kind of simplify how we run the company,” Peter Arduini, CEO and president of GE HealthCare, said in an interview with Yahoo Finance (video above). “And ultimately, it’s about capital allocation over the long run.” GE… Source link

Earlier this month, Google Cloud announced its latest venture within the realm of healthcare: a new Medical Imaging Suite. This initiative builds on years of hard work by the Google Cloud team, aimed at creating a universally friendly, efficient, and value-providing platform, with an ode to interoperability and accessibility. The applications behind the platform are multi-fold: Imaging Storage: the Suite will enable a more comprehensive way to store and access advanced medical imaging … Source link

Many health-care companies talk about addressing high costs and health equity, but too many fall flat in reaping impact, says one health-care CEO. “We have to clean up our act. None of us is blame-free in this environment of ever-increasing health care costs,” SCAN Group & Health Plan CEO Dr. Sachin Jain told Yahoo Finance at the 2022 All Markets Summit. As an example of increasing costs, Jain pointed to Pfizer (PFE) CEO Albert Bourla’s comments to Yahoo Finance about raising prices for… Source link

New tools from Google’s cloud unit will help healthcare organizations analyze and store medical images. AFP via Getty Images Google on Tuesday announced a new set of artificial intelligence tools aimed at letting healthcare organizations use the search giant’s software and servers to read, store and label X-rays, MRIs and other medical imaging. The tools, from Google’s cloud unit, allow hospitals and medical companies to search through imaging metadata or develop software to quickly… Source link

The news: Google announced several projects aimed at addressing health equity at its Health Equity Summit. We detail 3 key announcements below: 1. YouTube-powered health education YouTube Health is developing a video series called THE-IQ with the Kaiser Family Foundation to address health equity in mental health, maternal health, and healthcare access. It will launch in November. The Loveland Foundation will create a video on mental health access for Black women and girls. Meanwhile,… Source link

The American healthcare system is complex, and it can be challenging to navigate, especially when you’re looking for a new provider. To make the process easier, Google has added filters to its search function to help smartphone users find providers that accept Medicare or particular private insurance plans, or speak different languages. Key Takeaways Google has enhanced its search function to help Americans better navigate the U.S. healthcare system. When searching for healthcare… Source link

By Lewis Krauskopf and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) – Positive clinical trial results for Merck & Co’s experimental antiviral COVID-19 pill reverberated through the healthcare sector on Friday, sending the drugmaker’s stock price soaring while denting high-flying shares of vaccine companies and makers of other coronavirus therapies. Merck shares jumped as much as 12.3% and hit their highest level since February 2020 after data showed the company’s pill molnupiravir… Source link