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Why the CVS–Mass General Deal Would Likely Increase Spending More Than Access

A Massachusetts regulator is warning that CVS and Mass General Brigham’s proposed MinuteClinic partnership could drive up healthcare spending by at least $40 million annually, largely through steering patients into a higher-priced system. Experts said the deal might improve convenience for some patients but is unlikely to meaningfully expand access — and could ultimately strengthen market power and push costs even higher.

By Katie Adams

Artificial Intelligence, Hospitals, Providers

How Mass General Brigham Decides Which AI Tools Are Worth Scaling

Mass General Brigham evaluates AI tools by carefully monitoring real-world performance before scaling them system-wide. At HIMSS earlier this month, Rebecca Mishuris, the health system’s chief health information officer and vice president of digital, explained what this process looks like.

By Katie Adams

Hospitals

Hospital-at-Home Bodes Well for Rural Patients, Research Shows

New research from Mass General Brigham demonstrates that hospital-at-home care can safely deliver comparable outcomes for rural patients — with significant cost savings when patients are transferred home early in their hospital stay.

By Katie Adams

Hospitals, Startups, Health Tech Artificial Intelligence,

Mass General Brigham Spins Out Generative AI Startup

Mass General Brigham spun out a new company offering a generative AI platform that can rapidly interpret both structured and unstructured clinical data. Right now, the tool’s primary application is to accelerate and improve the accuracy of patient screening for clinical trials.

By Katie Adams

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Over-the-Counter CGMs Are Here — But Do They Really Make Sense for Non-Diabetics?

Over-the-counter continuous glucose monitors have been available for people with and without diabetes for more than a year now — but the data they collect doesn’t seem to be as useful for nondiabetic users, according to new research from Mass General Brigham.

By Katie Adams

Startups, Health Tech Providers,

Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs

February has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, health tech companies like Cadence and Bamboo Health hired new C-suite leaders, and providers like Mass General Brigham and Corewell Health announced rounds of job cuts.

By Katie Adams

The Hidden Administrative Tasks Draining Small Practices

Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.

By Michael Blackman, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer, Greenway Health®

Artificial Intelligence, Providers Pharmacy,

AI Can Help Better Manage Polypharmacy Patients, Study Shows

New research was published this week analyzing how AI can be used to better manage medications for senior patients who use multiple medications simultaneously. It analyzed FeelBetter’s AI platform, which pinpoints patients at high risk of deterioration and preventable hospitalization due to suboptimal medication management.

By Katie Adams

Hospitals, Health Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Providers

Research Shows Generative AI In The EHR Can Work Well, But Only With Human Oversight

Mass General Brigham researchers conducted a study to learn more about the efficacy of large language models when used to draft responses to patient messages in the EHR. The results showed that these AI tools can do a good job at reducing physicians’ workloads and improving patient education — but also that these tools have limitations that require human oversight.

By Katie Adams

Hospitals

Why Mass General Brigham Wants to Move 10% of Patient Care to the Home

At HIMSS24, Heather O'Sullivan, Mass General Brigham's president of healthcare at home, said that the health system wants to move 10% of all its medical patients to the home. She argued that there is "no greater model of care for being patient-centric," and highlighted the care modality's ability to alleviate burnout for some healthcare workers.

By Katie Adams

Artificial Intelligence

6 HIMSS Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss

This year's HIMSS conference featured a variety of news announcements — from acquisitions to new product launches to advanced partnerships. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for six of the conference's most notable announcements.

By Katie Adams

The Power of Real World Data to Study Women’s Health at Scale

Veradigm examines key clinical trends, comorbidity profiles, and treatment trends across adolescence, reproductive years, and peri-/post-menopause. Download it today!

By Veradigm and MedCity News

Artificial Intelligence

GE HealthCare & Mass General Brigham Have a Plan to Accelerate Their AI Research

At HIMSS, GE HealthCare and Mass General Brigham announced that they are integrating foundation models into their collaborative AI research and development. Foundation models could help developers create healthcare AI tools "10 times faster than in the past," according to Parminder Bhatia, GE HealthCare’s chief AI officer.

By Katie Adams

Health Tech

How Mass General Brigham Is Integrating Behavioral Care Into Its Primary Care Model

Mass General Brigham launched a program this month in collaboration with behavioral health medical group Concert Health. Under the program, more than 400 Mass General primary care providers can refer their patients to Concert. The health system's goal is to increase patients’ access to diagnoses and treatment for mild to moderate behavioral health issues — particularly for Medicaid patients, who are the most underserved.

By Katie Adams

Health Tech

Mass General Brigham-Born Revenue Cycle Company Snags $55M

CodaMetrix, an AI platform for hospital revenue cycle management, recently closed a $55 million Series A funding round. The company, which was launched out of Mass General Brigham in 2019, is focused on simplifying the complicated process of translating patient records into codes for billing and clinical research.

By Katie Adams

Health Tech

Investing in social services will improve population health, execs from Kaiser & Mass General Brigham say

Health maintenance is in some ways overmedicalized in the U.S., according to executives at two major health systems. Treatments and procedures aren’t the only ways to support patients’ health — the leaders said that providers would be wise to invest more in social services to improve health outcomes.

By Katie Adams

Health Tech

Pediatric mental health startup launches with $26M and a vow to scale Mass General’s proven care model

InStride Health — a virtual care provider for pediatric patients with moderate to severe anxiety and OCD — recently launched with $26 million in funding. The startup delivers insurance-covered pediatric mental health treatment using a care model developed by two of its co-founders, who are Mass General Brigham clinicians.

By Katie Adams