RFK Jr. appoints 8 new members to vaccine advisory panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed eight new members to the Advisory Committee for Immunization…
Social determinants of health hackathon for tech innovation
Twelve teams participated in the competition held by Cooper University Health Care – which has in its inner-city DNA an…
Cigna announces AI-powered virtual assistant among other digital tools
Cigna is introducing an AI-powered virtual assistant to help members get their questions answered during health insurance interactions.
Data ‘translator’ connects clinical and IT teams
Julie Johnson, a nurse at the University of Chicago, was recruited to translate clinical ideas into data, which is then…
HIMSS is big proponent of the responsible use of AI
Within its own maturity models, HIMSS is developing what’s needed for healthcare ecosystems to develop the data layer for access…
Blue Shield of California teams with Zocdoc for online provider scheduling
Blue Shield of California has announced a collaboration with booking platform Zocdoc to allow members to schedule in-network, in-person and…
The ‘graduate school of accelerators’
MedTech Innovator is a global accelerator for medical device, digital health and diagnostic companies that evaluates and chooses startups for…
GenAI is primarily being used to alleviate immediate operational pressure
Healthcare organizations are embracing the promise of generative AI to ease workforce shortages and reduce administrative burdens – but many…
1034: Pharmacy Considerations When Managing Caustic Ingestion
Show notes at pharmacyjoe.com/episode1034. In this episode, I’ll discuss things a pharmacist should keep in mind when managing a patient…
Platform helps remove the non-clinical obstacles to care
The WiTT Group, which stands for “We’re in This Together,” offers an online registry to help cancer patients with the…