| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.01.2025 | The Future of Beauty and Healthcare: AI Innovations Transforming Consumer Experiences | In the fast-paced world of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries. Two recent innovations illustrate this shift: Revieve's Hair Color Artist and Waystar's AltitudeCreate. Both tools leverage AI to enhance consumer ... |
| 14.01.2025 | ИИ начал помогать врачам составлять апелляционные письма в страховые компании | Компания по оплате медицинских услуг Waystar анонсировала новый инструмент генеративного искусственного интеллекта, сообщает CNBC. Он может помочь больницам быстро справиться с одной из самых дорогостоящих задач — борьбой с отказами в страх... |
| 21.11.2024 | CalmWave: $5.25 Million Raised To Improve Health Systems | CalmWave—the creator of the Quiet ICU—announced that it has closed a $5.25 million financing round led by Third Prime. Participation came from Catalyst by Wellstar, Silver Circle, Rebellion, Impulsum, and existing investors Bonfire Ventures... |
| 08.11.2024 | TeleVox and Premier: A New Era of Healthcare Communication | In the fast-paced world of healthcare, communication is the lifeblood. TeleVox, a leader in patient relationship management, has just struck a deal that could change the game. They’ve partnered with Premier, Inc., a giant in healthcare impr... |
| 07.11.2024 | TeleVox Awarded AI Chatbot Agreement with Premier, Inc. | TeleVox, the industry-leading provider of omnichannel patient relationship management platforms, has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement for AI chatbots with Premier, Inc. the agreement allows Premier members, at their discre... |
| 06.11.2024 | Premier to Deploy TeleVox’s AI Chatbots to Hospitals Nationwide | What You Should Know:
– TeleVox, a provider of omnichannel patient relationship management platforms, has recently secured a national group purchasing agreement with Premier, Inc., a healthcare improvement company.
– The strategic collabora... |
| 15.10.2024 | Suki: AI-Based Healthcare Leader Raises $70 Million (Series D) | Suki, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, announced $70 million in new funding on the strength of its health system and electronic health record (EHR) partnerships, including collaborations with Epic, Oracle ... |
| 20.09.2024 | The Double-Edged Sword of AI in Healthcare | Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool. It can save lives, streamline processes, and enhance decision-making. But it can also lead to chaos when mismanaged. The healthcare sector stands at a crossroads. On one side, we have success... |
| 20.09.2024 | Ferrum: $16 Million (Series A) Raised To Deploy AI Into Health Systems | Ferrum Health, a software platform company deploying AI into health systems, announced that it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by Foundry, with participation from Catalyst by Wellstar, Headwaters Ventures, and UnitedH... |
| 20.09.2024 | Ferrum Health Raises $16 Million in Series A Funding to Unlock AI Adoption in Healthcare | Trusted by Sutter Health, Carle Health, and over 250 sites, Ferrum Health is a secure, enterprise-grade AI platform
Ferrum Health, software for deploying AI into health systems, announced today that it has raised $16 million in a Series A f... |
| 18.09.2024 | AHSG Appoints Kelly Rakowski as New CEO to Drive Next Phase of Growth | Kelly Rakowski, AHSG's New CEO
Rakowski joins AHSG with a distinguished track record of leadership and innovation in healthcare workforce management solutions and technology-enabled services, having most recently served as Group President &... |
| 28.08.2024 | Navigating the Future of Healthcare: Green Security's New Leadership and Immune Health Essentials | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, change is the only constant. Recently, Green Security LLC, a key player in healthcare compliance and access management, announced a significant shift in leadership. Mickey Meehan, a seasoned vet... |
| 26.08.2024 | Healthcare Tech Veteran Mickey Meehan Takes the Reins at Green Security as Chief Executive Officer | Green Security logo
Meehan to serve as innovation catalyst for vendor access and credentialing software
CLEARWATER, Fla., Aug. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Green Security LLC, a leading provider of SaaS healthcare compliance and access ma... |
| 20.08.2024 | OssDsign AB (publ) publishes Q2 2024 Interim Report | OssDsign AB (publ) publishes Q2 2024 Interim Report
Tue, Aug 20, 2024 07:00 CET Report this content
Reaching milestone in orthobiologics sales
OssDsign AB (publ) announces that the interim report for Q2 2024 is now available as a PDF on the... |
| 24.07.2024 | Datavant to Showcase AI Innovations in Clinical Trials at AI Demonstration Day on Capitol Hill | NEW YORK, July 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Datavant, the leading health data platform company, announced today its upcoming participation in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Demonstration Day reception on July 25, 2024. This prestigious event,... |
| 15.07.2024 | PICC GUARD, LLC Awarded Technology Breakthrough Agreement with Premier, Inc. | PICC Guard, LLC, has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement and Breakthrough Technology designation for Tamper-Evident Technology with Premier, Inc. for PICC Guard, a tamper-evident intravenous catheter protection device. Premie... |
| 14.05.2024 | OssDsign AB (publ) publishes Q1 2024 interim report | OssDsign AB (publ) publishes Q1 2024 interim report
Tue, May 14, 2024 07:00 CET Report this content
We have successfully entered a new era as a pure play orthobiologics company
OssDsign AB (publ) announces that the interim report for Q1 202... |
| 10.05.2024 | Axios Event: Drug shortages problem will require policy solutions to fix low prices, shift market dynamics | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ongoing shortages of generic drugs have plagued the American health care system in recent years as a variety of complex factors around pricing, increased demand and supply chain iss... |
| 02.04.2024 | OssDsign awarded long-term agreement with Premier, Inc. | OssDsign awarded long-term agreement with Premier, Inc.
Tue, Apr 02, 2024 07:00 CET Report this content
Uppsala, Sweden, April 2 – OssDsign AB (publ.) today announces that the company has been awarded a new group purchasing (GPO) agreement ... |
| 15.03.2024 | New curbs on medical device sterilizer ease fears of shortages | New federal restrictions on a cancer-causing chemical that's essential for sterilizing medical devices may have balanced out long-running concerns about protecting public health without choking the medical supply chain.
But the tradeoffs wo... |
| 12.03.2024 | Healthcare Quality Management Market Size to Worth USD 8.83 Billion by 2030| With a 14.80% CAGR | Healthcare Quality Management (2)
𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 - Nuance Communications Inc., Medisolv Inc.,
The Healthcare Quality Management market is driven by increasing demand for quality care, regulatory complian... |
| 15.01.2024 | FIZE Medical awarded General Urological Products agreement with Premier, Inc. to launch its FIZE kUO® kidney monitoring solution in U.S. hospitals | Jessel Renolayan, Tech Times 15 January 2024, 10:01 pm
Related Article MediOrbisTM Partners with Kahun to Offer Artificial Intelligence Powered Digital Intake and Triage Services Kahun Integrates Its XAI Clinical Assessment Tool Into HELIXV... |
| 10.01.2024 | EyeProGPO Announces New Partnership with Premier, Inc | Both organizations’ members now have expanded access to purchase vital medical and surgical products through the respective GPO portfolios. WATKINSVILLE, GA, UNITED STATES, January 10, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- EyeProGPO, a leading group p... |
| 17.11.2023 | Premier Inc. Awards Private Eyes Screening Group Contract for Background Checks | RENO, NV, UNITED STAES, November 17, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- -- Private Eyes Screening Group, Inc. has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for 3 years with Premier, Inc. effective March 1, 2024. The new agreement allows Premier mem... |
| 30.06.2023 | Fukuda Denshi Receives Supplier Horizon Award from Premier, Inc. | Fukuda Denshi today announced that it is a winner of the Supplier Horizon Award from Premier, Inc.
Fukuda Denshi is proud to receive this important award recognizing our support of Premier and its members.”
— Takashi SasaharaREDMOND, WA, US... |
| 29.06.2023 | Health systems plagued by spot shortages scramble for essentials | Health systems that had to ration supplies during the pandemic are now facing disruptions of basic needs like syringes, surgical tourniquets, chest tubes and compounds for CT scans — and spending huge sums on workarounds.
The big picture: D... |
| 05.03.2023 | Ceiba Health Awarded Telehealth and Telemedicine Agreement with Premier, Inc | The Collaboration Will Bring an Integrated Clinical Team to the Hospital’s Bedside to Help Improve Access to Care and Patient Outcomes
Healthcare systems need this now to address staff shortages and improve the efficiency of bedside clinici... |
| 21.04.2022 | Analysis: CMS Data Underestimates Hospital Labor Spending | What You Should Know:
– Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) payment adjustments did not adequately address hospitals increased costs for FY 2021, according to new data from Premier.
– The data reveals this discrepancy has re... |
| 09.03.2022 | Getinge awarded contract with Premier Inc. | Getinge awarded contract with Premier Inc.
Wed, Mar 09, 2022 09:00 CET Report this content
Getinge has been awarded a new 3-year Anesthesia contract from Premier Inc, a healthcare improvement company in the United States.
Premier Inc. is a ... |
| 08.02.2022 | Conductiv Unveils New Technology Solution to Automate GPO Contracting | WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (PRWEB) February 08, 2022
Conductiv®, the leading third-party spend optimization provider and a consolidated subsidiary of Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), today announced a new technology-enabled contracting solution for ... |
| 15.12.2021 | Supply Chain Resiliency And A Shift To Value Based Care: Why Premier Is Investing In Data And Technology | Supply chain shortages and slowdowns continue to dominate the news cycle, a set of issues that the healthcare system has been dealing with since the start of Covid-19. From personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supply shortages, t... |
| 06.12.2021 | The Marena Group Announces Partnership with Premier, Inc | ATLANTA (PRWEB) December 06, 2021
Premier, Inc (NASDAQ: PINC), the leading group purchasing organization for hospitals in the U.S., has named The Marena Group, based in Lawrenceville, GA, its manufacturer and supplier of medical-grade, post... |
| 08.09.2021 | UHS Signs On: Premier Inc. and 11 Leading Health Systems Invest in Exela Pharma Sciences to Secure and Support US-based Drug Supply | CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 8, 2021) - Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company, and 11 leading health systems acquired a minority stake in Exela Holdings, Inc., the holding company of Exela® Ph... |
| 16.08.2021 | UnityPoint Health Selects Premier Inc. For Strategic Supply Chain Partnership | Joins Premier GPO to drive supply chain and performance improvement
Partnership will also be powered by PINC AI technologies, analytics and services
UnityPoint Health, a leading network of hospitals, clinics and home care services across th... |
| 16.08.2021 | A country-wide collaboration to address the maternal health crisis | After languishing in the background for far too long, the shockingly high rate of complications and deaths related to pregnancy and childbirth in the U.S. is beginning to get serious attention. What’s needed to give new proposals and progra... |
| 11.08.2021 | Conductiv Launches Lumen, its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative that Connects Customers to Qualified, Local and Diverse Suppliers of Third-party Services | Lumen, Conductiv's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (PRWEB) August 11, 2021
Conductiv, the leading third-party spend optimization solutions provider and consolidated subsidiary of Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), ... |
| 06.07.2021 | Winning in 2021: Meet Some of the Customers, Partners, and Employees Who are Delivering a Performance Edge and Changing How Business is Done. | A win for any of our customers, partners or employees is a win for all of Zebra Nation. This year, we've had to think outside the box, jump hurdles and tap into our creative minds more than ever before to survive and thrive coming out of 20... |
| 16.06.2021 | Powerhouse Awarded Group Purchasing Facilities Maintenance Agreement with Premier Inc. | “Our facility maintenance and exterior teams understand that in-patient care facilities’ urgency isn’t just expected, it’s critical,” said Amber Alvarez, SVP Business Development, Powerhouse.
CROWLEY, Texas (PRWEB) June 16, 2021
Powerhouse,... |
| 17.01.2021 | The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first | A frontline healthcare worker receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Park County Health Departments storefront clinic on January 5, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images
The US has one of the lowest COV... |
| 16.01.2021 | The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first | A frontline healthcare worker receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Park County Health Departments storefront clinic on January 5, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images
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| 15.01.2021 | Why AI In Health Care Can't Get Close To Patients — Yet | CEO and Co-Founder of CareSignal, the accessible Deviceless Remote Patient Monitoring™platform that enables scalable virtual care. |
| 21.10.2020 | PREMIER, INC.
Premier : 2020 Annual Meeting | October 21, 2020
Dear Premier Stockholders:
I am pleased to invite you to attend the Premier, Inc. 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The meeting will be held virtually via the Internet on Friday, December... |
| 09.09.2020 | Startup Soars Providing In-Home Health Care, Testing in Time of Covid
Startup Soars Providing In-Home Health Care, Testing in Time of Covid | (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. emergency department, long an imperfect shelter for those with non-urgent medical needs, is perhaps the last place you want to be amid a pandemic.
Covid-19 has aggravated an already-broken U.S. health-care system in ... |
| 12.07.2020 | Here’s What Hospitals Are Doing To Brace Themselves For The Coronavirus Resurgence | Members of the medical staff treat a patient in Houston, Texas. Getty Images |
| 27.05.2020 | To combat equipment shortage, health systems buy a stake in Texas mask manufacturer | As part of the deal, the health systems agreed to purchase a portion of their face masks from Prestige Ameritech for up to six years, with the option to renew for three more years. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
The Co... |
| 19.09.2019 | InsightRX Lands $10M for Precision Medicine Dosing at the Point of Care Platform | – InsightRX raises $10M led by HealthX Ventures to accelerate the adoption of its precision dosing at the point of care platform.
– The platform leverages patient-specific data, pharmacology models, and machine learning to understand each p... |
| 01.08.2019 | How our health systems are working to prevent hospital drug shortages | Drug shortages are a major challenge for hospitals. Today, 121 key lifesaving drugs are in short supply and 70% of all hospital pharmacists report at least 50 shortages a year. Without these lifesaving drugs on hand, providers may be forced... |
| 11.02.2019 | Advice for HIMSS: Put patients and their caregivers at the center of your universe | Two decades ago, my personal and professional lives collided when my wife was diagnosed with cancer. Together we experienced the lack of transparency and synchronization across the health care continuum. That changed the lens through which ... |
| 11.02.2019 | HIMSS19 Day 1 Announcements & Summary | HHS Proposes New Rules to Improve the Interoperability of Electronic Health Information
(HHS) today proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The rules, issued by the Cente... |
| 10.01.2019 | SCA Pharma Awarded National Outsourced I.V. Admixture Services Agreement with Premier | Windsor, Connecticut – January 3, 2019— SCA Pharma, an FDA approved 503B sterile-compounding organization, announced today that they have been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Outsourced I.V. Admixture Services with Premier Inc.
Be... |
| 08.11.2018 | Premier buys clinical decision support tools provider Stanson Health for $51.5M | Stanson, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, offers clinical decision support tools that are integrated into the EHR workflow. It’s also creating a product that will provide prior authorization decisions for medical and pharmacy benefits... |
| 28.12.2017 | 5 Barriers to Achieving Success In Value-Based Care, Alternative Payment Models | Premier recently published a white paper titled Building Successful Two-Sided Risk Models, which discusses evolving risk-based alternative payment models and uncovers insights around the capabilities health systems need to achieve success i... |
| 14.06.2017 | Health systems are taking action as drug spending steadily climbs | According to a company statement, the survey sought to “understand the financial and care delivery implications of rising drug prices.”
While the findings are food for thought, it’s important to stress that this wasn’t a large study. Conduc... |
| 22.03.2017 | Here’s what C-suite leaders plan to focus on under the Trump administration | President Donald Trump, his administration and a Republican Congress have big plans for changing healthcare. For now, the future of the American healthcare system is up in the air. But healthcare leaders across the country have already star... |
| 25.01.2017 | 10 Recommended Policy Principles to Build Momentum Towards Value-based Care | In a letter to Congress and the Administration, leading healthcare organizations today called for a renewed effort to move to value-based care, patient-centered payment models that reward improved quality and cost-effective care. Central to... |
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| 28.06.2016 | MACRA responses hit CMS for short timeline, high reporting burden | Photo: YouTube user U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Teladoc Health Head of R&D Yulun Wang highlights the impact of virtual care in under... |
| 17.02.2016 | Bloodbuy Raises $3.75M in Funding | Bloodbuy, a Dallas, Texas-based healthcare information technology company, raised $3.75M in funding.
Backers included Premier Supply Chain Improvement, Inc., an affiliate of Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), and St. Joseph Health. In conjunctio... |
| 17.02.2016 | Bloodbuy Lands $3.75M to Connect Hospitals, Blood Centers Nationwide | Bloodbuy, a health tech company that operates a cloud-based platform connecting hospitals and blood centers nationwide has raised $3.75M in strategic funding round led by Premier Supply Chain Improvement, Inc., an affiliate of Premier, Inc.... |
| 28.12.2015 | Take a look back at one issue that is keeping doctors in a rage (will it continue in 2016?) | My prediction for 2016: the ABIM collapse under its own spending weight but not before “grants” are issued from the ABIM Foundation back to the ABIM to support its operations.
If the ABIM does collapse, what happens to the certification pro... |
| 06.10.2015 | Premier Acquires InflowHealth for $6.0M | Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ:PINC), a healthcare improvement company, acquired InflowHealth LLC, a SaaS-based software developer that specializes in improving the operational and financial performance of physician practices, for $6.0m in cash.
Fou... |
| 05.08.2015 | Morning Read: Shire made a $30B offer to acquire biopharma company Baxalta, patient readmission costs have added up to $420M | Mindfulness therapy seems to help veterans cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study suggests.
Mindfulness encourages those suffering from PTSD not to avoid disturbing thoughts, feelings and experiences, but rather to acc... |
| 03.12.2014 | GPOs: Teleflex inks dialysis deal with Premier | Teleflex (NYSE:TFX) said it inked a 3-year agreement with Premier Inc. (NSDQ:PINC) to provide its Arrow dialysis access products to the group purchasing organization’s members.
Under the deal, Teleflex will also offer special pricing to Pre... |
| 13.11.2014 | Survey: Financial impact of ACA on hospitals lessening, but other pressures linger | Providers reported a number of initiatives to better control spending and improve overall efficiency. More than three-quarters, 77.5 percent, of C-level executives said they have “resource utilization programs in place to better control the... |
| 13.06.2014 | How can hospitals do better job of identifying risk factors to avoid inpatient complications? | The hospital acquired conditions that ticked all the boxes — increasing length of stay, cost, and mortality rate are sepsis and pulmonary embolism. Sepsis occurred most frequently, representing 51,424 cases that were associated with 669 add... |
| 03.06.2014 | 40% of hospital execs unhappy or 'meh' with their digital health systems | A surprising number of hospital CTOs, COOs and CEOs are unhappy with the electronic health record (EHR) software used by their institution.
So says healthcare research firm Premiere in its 2014 Economic Outlook.
Hospitals must have an EHR s... |
| 12.02.2014 | Payments to CEO raise new conflicts at top health quality group | Dr. Cristine Cassel, President and CEO of the National Quality Forum, speaking before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions. Dr. Cassel was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional outside compensation ... |
| 12.09.2013 | Baxter names Young new treasurer | Personnel Moves | Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said its board promoted Todd Young to be its new treasurer, replacing James Saccaro after his transfer to "a senior leadership role" in its medical products division, according to a press release.
Young, who was ... |
| 20.05.2013 | Health care data stumbles on ‘walls’ put up by EMR vendors | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Before health care providers can handle “big data,” they first need to learn how to deal with small data.
That’s the frank assessment of Sean Cassidy, a vice president with Premier Data Alliance, a group purchasing o... |
| 20.12.2012 | Medicare rewards 1,557 hospitals, penalizes 1,427 in first quality of care analysis | In all, Medicare is rewarding 1,557 hospitals with more money and reducing payments to 1,427 others, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of records released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The maximum amount any ... |
| 13.12.2012 | Hospitals see fewer birth traumas and liability claims under perinatal safety initiative | The aftermath is expensive too. In a 2012 survey of more than 9,000 obstetricians and gynecologists, more than 2,500 liability claims were reported in the obstetrics field. The average payment for the most commonly reported claim, a neurolo... |
| 13.11.2012 | Unique identifier system should launch sooner and include unclassified and OTC devices | Additional highlights of Premier’s comments include:
All classes should be completed with UDI on label/package in two years and direct marked on device in three years.
· The proposed seven year staged implementation timeline is too long.
· ... |
| 15.09.2012 | Are Medicare’s incentives large enough to cause real behavior change? | Medicare hasn’t yet calculated how individual hospitals will fare in the first year of the program. But in an article published recently in the policy journal Health Affairs, Rachel Werner, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and... |
| 06.06.2012 | MSM: Will a real journalist please stand up? | By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC
"There is some good news about the overly costly, underperforming health care system."
So begins [a] New York Times editorial entitled "Treating You Better for Less." After reading the shall... |
| 08.05.2012 | GPO to IRS: Don’t let device companies raise prices to offset the device tax | Group purchasing organization Premier wants the IRS to ensure that medical device makers aren’t planning to charge hospitals more for their products as a means of offsetting the burden of the impending 2.3% med-tech levy.
In a letter sent t... |
| 10.11.2011 | Drug shortage buster: Mustard Tree aims to knock out shortages at the root | “We want to know that every single pill coming off the line is good,” he said.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration report on the recent spate of drug shortages found that quality problems at manufacturing sites accounted for 43 percent of a... |
| 22.06.2010 | Hospital comparison data does not reflect surgical infection risk | Hospital comparison data reported to the public by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services does a poor job of predicting a patient’s risk for developing an infection after surgery, according to a study by investigators at Case West... |
| 20.05.2010 | Ohio, Minnesota hospitals join accountable care organization move | The “accountable care organization” is a construct of healthcare reform and is aimed at paying healthcare providers in ways that encourage them to work together to lower costs and raise care quality, according to Jason Shafrin, an economist... |
| - | Hospitals see fewer birth traumas and liability claims under perinatal safety initiative | A network of 14 hospitals collectively reduced the rate of neonatal birth trauma among deliveries in their facilities by 22 percent after the first two years of a program called the Premier Perinatal Safety Initiative.
The majority of the 4... |
| - | Drug shortage buster: Mustard Tree aims to knock out shortages at the root | Growing drug shortages have forced hospitals into a delicate dance that balances patient treatment against a dwindling drug stock.
Todd Blonshine addresses the problem with technology. His company, Mustard Tree Instruments, makes analytical... |
| - | To combat equipment shortage, health systems buy a stake in Texas mask manufacturer | Shortages of protective equipment have forced healthcare providers to come up with all sorts of creative solutions, from sourcing new manufacturers to 3-D printing their own face shields. A group of health systems came up with another appro... |
| - | Hospital comparison data does not reflect surgical infection risk | Hospital comparison data reported to the public by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services does a poor job of predicting a patient’s risk for developing an infection after surgery, according to a study by investigators at Case West... |
| - | New AI tool for fighting health insurance denials could save hospitals billions, and help patients | Waystar announced a new generative AI feature that aims to help hospitals quickly fight insurance denials.
The company’s new solution, called AltitudeCreate, uses generative AI to automatically draft appeal letters, which can be costly and ... |
| - | Unique identifier system should launch sooner and include unclassified and OTC devices | Premier strongly supports the implementation of a unique device identifier system and commends the FDA for issuing the proposed rule. UDI is the missing link to protect patient safety. Enabling healthcare providers to track medical devices ... |
| - | How can hospitals do better job of identifying risk factors to avoid inpatient complications? | Hospitals are keenly aware that they risk attracting reimbursement penalties for every patient that contracts an infection while they’re hospitalized. A Premier analysis identified complications that could increase costs, lengths of stay an... |
| - | Premier buys clinical decision support tools provider Stanson Health for $51.5M | Premier, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based company that works with health systems and providers, will acquire Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spinout Stanson Health for $51.5 million.
The acquisition also includes an earn-out opportunity of up ... |
| - | Morning Read: Shire made a $30B offer to acquire biopharma company Baxalta, patient readmission costs have added up to $420M | TOP STORIES
Dublin-based rare disease specialist Shire announced that it has made an all-stock, $30 billion offer to acquire Baxalta, a company that was created earlier this summer after pharma giant Baxter spun off its biopharma unit into ... |
| - | Survey: Financial impact of ACA on hospitals lessening, but other pressures linger | Hospitals still face a difficult road ahead with implementation of the Affordable Care Act, but the financial burden of reduced reimbursements and readmission penalties may be lessening while other pressures like consolidation and new care ... |
| - | Disrupt the status quo with PINC AI | If you were to reimagine healthcare, where would you start?
Introducing PINC AI, Premier’s comprehensive technology and services platform. PINC AI envisions an intelligence engine powering the future of healthcare through a groundbreaking c... |
| - | Here’s what C-suite leaders plan to focus on under the Trump administration | President Donald Trump, his administration and a Republican Congress have big plans for changing healthcare. For now, the future of the American healthcare system is up in the air. But healthcare leaders across the country have already star... |
| - | Are Medicare’s incentives large enough to cause real behavior change? | In October, Medicare will begin withholding 1 percent of hospitals’ reimbursements under the new Value-Based Purchasing program created by the health care law. The money, $850 million in the first year, will instead be doled out to hospital... |
| - | Ohio, Minnesota hospitals join accountable care organization move | University Hospitals and Summa Health System in Ohio, and Fairview Health Services in Minnesota are among 19 members of an accountable care organization collaborative launched today by healthcare alliance Premier Inc.
The “implementation” c... |
| - | MACRA responses hit CMS for short timeline, high reporting burden | The public comment period on proposed rules for implementing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, better known as MACRA, closed Monday at 5 p.m. Eastern time.
MACRA, which many called the “doc fix,” replaces the hated M... |
| - | Medicare rewards 1,557 hospitals, penalizes 1,427 in first quality of care analysis | Medicare on Thursday disclosed bonuses and penalties for nearly 3,000 hospitals as it ties almost $1 billion in payments to the quality of care provided to patients.
The revised payments, which will begin in January, mark the federal govern... |
| - | Take a look back at one issue that is keeping doctors in a rage (will it continue in 2016?) | With so much controversy surrounding the American Board of Medical Specialties’ (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program in 2015, especially as it pertained to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), I thought it would be h... |
| - | Health systems are taking action as drug spending steadily climbs | A majority of health systems have weathered a significant increase in drug spending costs over the last five years and with further increases on the horizon, most have implemented a range of initiatives to counteract the escalating costs.
T... |
| - | Liberate your health care data to create stability in a dynamic environment | In health care, the role of stability is essential. Although the industry is rich with data, providers, payers, and life science companies still struggle to unlock retrospective, real-time, and predictive insights that drive decision-making... |
