Though the number of merger and acquisition deals in the first quarter of 2021 fell below historical averages, the size of the deals was far bigger than the same period last year, a new report from Kaufman Hall shows. The total transacted revenue was $8.8 billion, the second-highest Q1 figure in the last five years.
In an unusual move, 14 major providers — including Trinity Health, CommonSpirit Health and Tenet — have come together to launch a data analytics company. Insights derived from the company's platform will be available to providers, biopharma companies and scientific researchers working to advance patient care.
HLTH 2024, scheduled for October 20-23 at the Venetian Expo Center in Las Vegas, will highlight new programming, a physicians roundtable, generative AI, the shifting landscapes of telemedicine, retail health, women's health, and lots more.
According to a national survey of health information exchanges, EHR vendors and health systems commonly engage in information blocking. Insights from the survey can help the HHS enforce its soon-to-be implemented information blocking rules, researchers say.
As a result of rapid consolidation, the 10 biggest health systems controlled 24% of market share based on patient revenue by 2018. The trend is expected to continue through the next decade, with health systems facing growing financial pressures and an increase in demand for new types of care delivery.
The newly created organization, dubbed OneTen, aims to create 1 million jobs for Black people over the next decade. Its founders include some big names in healthcare, such as Cleveland Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare and Humana.
The EHR giant is planning to buy Kantar Health, which provides data, analytics and research to the life sciences industry. Through the acquisition, Cerner aims to provide its clients with more access to data analytics and research expertise and engagement with life sciences companies.
Monica Vajani, Executive Director for mHUB’s MedTech Accelerator, discusses how mHUB is helping innovators transition healthcare towards value-based care.
As the Covid-19 crisis accelerates, healthcare organizations are turning to technology solutions to help them keep pace with patient care needs as well as population health initiatives.
A new report by Strata indicated that health systems are already beginning to see the effect of the boom in unemployment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly 15% of the surveyed hospitals’ patients in early May were uninsured or self-pay patients.
A new report by the Center for Connected Medicine and The Health Management Academy suggests health systems should define innovation, empower their decision-makers and maximize their strengths, among other practices.
The entities have teamed up to expand the reach of Gozio's mobile wayfinding platform, which includes interactive maps and other features, to health systems nationwide.
The path forward is clear: employers must evaluate their health plan the same way they do their Saturday shopping excursion.
Technology and analytics are making social determinants of health (SDoH) initiatives scalable, leading to an increasing number of success stories. Download the white paper to learn how.
Discussions with experts highlight how factors like culture and regulatory approval can impact merger deals, as well as how hospital mergers impact prices and quality.
Dubbed CommonSpirit Health, the new nonprofit system operates 142 hospitals and more than 700 care sites in 21 states.
The key part of the collaboration involves loading Intermountain's data into MDClone's Sandbox within the walls of Intermountain, then evaluating the data to understand crucial points in a patient's care journey.
The initiative, which aims to pinpoint, develop and scale solutions to assist underserved patient populations, now has a grand total of 24 health system participants.