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Understanding the Role of HIPAA in Healthcare Innovation

Healthcare Leadership Council

Erin Geygan, senior privacy counsel at Johnson & Johnson, explained that the organization is comprised of three segments – pharmaceutical, medtech and consumer health, which have invested $14.6 billion in research and development.

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How AI and machine learning can help predict SDOH needs

Healthcare It News

Social determinants of health are major contributors to health inequity and rising healthcare costs in vulnerable populations such as Medicaid beneficiaries. That said, hospital social workers and nurse discharge planners are accustomed to having to help patients with these types of issues during an inpatient admission.

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Why Health Tech Firms Must Hire Chief Medical Officers

HIT Consultant

Although clinical studies can be costly, their positive impact is significant by generating meaningful impact in healthcare innovation as well as creating necessary checks, balances and external review of clinically-backed efforts.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

A recent study showed that the key differentiator between US healthcare and other systems that we sometimes look to for inspiration isn’t really overtreating, it’s overcharging. When a payor has providers and suppliers under one roof in a vertically-integrated enterprise, spending money internally will.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

A recent study showed that the key differentiator between US healthcare and other systems that we sometimes look to for inspiration isn’t really overtreating, it’s overcharging. When a payor has providers and suppliers under one roof in a vertically-integrated enterprise, spending money internally will.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

A recent study showed that the key differentiator between US healthcare and other systems that we sometimes look to for inspiration isn’t really overtreating, it’s overcharging. When a payor has providers and suppliers under one roof in a vertically-integrated enterprise, spending money internally will.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

A recent study showed that the key differentiator between US healthcare and other systems that we sometimes look to for inspiration isn’t really overtreating, it’s overcharging. When a payor has providers and suppliers under one roof in a vertically-integrated enterprise, spending money internally will.