Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
Russian Hackers Take Down At Least 17 U.S. Health System Websites
Russian hacker group Killnet has claimed responsibility for a string of recent cyberattacks that took more than a dozen hospital websites offline across the U.S. — including the websites for Cedars-Sinai, Michigan Medicine, and UPMC. The group has been active for at least a year and is known to target countries that support and/or send resources to Ukraine.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Cigna joins Duke’s ACO
Cigna and Duke Connected Care have teamed up to form an ACO-like relationship that aims to improve population health of some 10,000 individuals in North Carolina covered by Cigna. The private market has been adopting its own versions of the Medicare-run program, looking to achieve the so-called triple aim of reduced cost, improved care and […]
Duke and LabCorp turn mill town into a biobank using Facebook’s business model
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist who thinks that Facebook should pay users for their data. After all it’s the content from individual users that has enabled the company to become a billion-dollar business ($1.81 billion in Q2 2014). Without users posting comments and pictures and links, what does Facebook have? Nothing. How do users […]
Duke Health System partners with LifePoint on N.C. hospital network
Duke University Health System has joined forces with LifePoint Hospitals to run a network of community hospitals in North Carolina. Their first is Maria Parham Medical Center in Henderson, North Carolina.
Store umbilical cord blood for free in public banks
Expectant parents are often overwhelmed with information about banking their baby’s umbilical cord blood, but privately banking cord blood can cost thousands of dollars. Now there’s a way to publicly store cord blood for free. Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have come up with a kit-based umbilical cord blood donation program. Cord blood contains special […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.