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Humana and Google Expand Partnership to Help Reduce Cost of Care and Improve Member Experiences

Humana, a leading health and well-being company, announced a new multi-year agreement with Google Cloud to further modernize Humana’s cloud infrastructure and leverage cutting-edge AI capabilities to accelerate innovation in healthcare.

AHIP, AMA, NAACOS Release Playbook on Sustainable Future for Value-Based Care

AHIP, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) announced the release of data sharing best practices that organizations may voluntarily adopt to support a sustainable future for value-based care (VBC). The playbook, The Future of Sustainable Value-Based Care and Payment: Voluntary Best Practices to Advance Data Sharing, is intended to advance the adoption of VBC arrangements in the private sector that could have a greater impact on the quality and equity of care and ease participation by fostering voluntary alignment of data sharing practices.

HIMSS Calls for Modest Implementation Deadline Delay for New Requirement in ONC Certification Proposed Rule

HIMSS recommended a modest delay in the implementing and reporting timeline for the sweeping changes proposed by the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) Health Information Technology (IT) Certification Program.

VCU Announces New School of Population Health

Virginia Commonwealth University announced the creation of a dedicated School of Population Health, the 15th school or college belonging to its academic enterprise.

Walmart and CareSource Enter Agreement to Address Health Disparities

Walmart and CareSource, a nonprofit, nationally recognized managed care organization, announced today it has entered into a unique agreement, to address racial health inequities.

Graduate Program in Population and Health Systems Management Receives Award for Innovation in Education

The Master in Population and Health Systems Management program (MPHSM) created by Boise State University and the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) has been named as the 2023 recipient of the prestigious CAHME/George and Regi Herzlinger Innovation Education Award.

20 Ontario Hospitals Transition to MEDITECH Expanse as Members of the ONE Shared Service Organization

Twenty-three hospitals in northeastern Ontario are creating a single electronic health information system to improve the delivery of safe, evidence-based patient-centered care. Three of the hospitals, Sault Area Hospital, North Bay Regional Health Centre, and West Parry Sound Health Centre, went LIVE with the MEDITECH Expanse-based ONE health information system (HIS) in 2019 with the other twenty hospitals now transitioning to the same system.

Walmart and UnitedHealth Group Collaborate To Deliver Access to High-Quality, Affordable Health Care

Walmart and UnitedHealth Group announced the beginning of an initial 10-year, wide-ranging collaboration, bringing together the collective expertise of both companies in serving millions of people with high-quality, affordable health services that improve health outcomes and the patient experience.

Regenstrief and IU Developing One of First Population-Based Surveillance Systems for Long COVID to determine Prevalence, Trends and Outcomes

Post COVID-19 conditions are common but estimates of their prevalence vary widely. Research scientists from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University’s schools of medicine and public health have received a five-year grant expected to total $9 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to enhance surveillance and detect trends related to lingering symptoms of COVID-19, known as long COVID-19.

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