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When a larger company buys a smaller company in the same industry, this "tuck-in acquisition" is relatively safe, says Aytan Dahukey, partner and leader of Sheppard Mullin's private equity team as well as a member of the firm's healthcare and emerging growth/venture capital teams.  

KeyCare partners with other health systems to coordinate care, rather than compete, says Dr. Lyle Berkowitz, KeyCare CEO.  

Connected care allows patients to access care where they are through as mobile devices, telehealth visits, mobile scheduling and more, says Jesus Diaz, director, nursing informatics at Memorial Healthcare System.  

AHIP panelist Terry Douglas of Surescripts talks about what this means for payers, providers, pharma and others.

Mount Sinai Health System started using predictive AI for clinical care and has since expanded to streamline care to make it easier for patients, says CMIO Dr. Bruce Darrow.

The current hurricane season will require providers, manufacturers and distributors to make adequate supply chain preparations.

In traditional FFS, clinicians see one patient, but in value-based care, the provider is responsible for a population of patients and needs to know where else they have received care, which brings in the necessity for interoperability, says Dr. Harm Scherpbier, HealthShare Exchange CMIO.  

Israel has been in the game longer because it became fully electronic in the mid-90s, says Ran Balicer, HIMSS board of directors member.  

AI is not meant to replace doctors, but offers augmented intelligence to make physicians more successful, more accurate and faster, says Mount Sinai's CMIO Dr. Bruce Darrow.  

The policies address what AMA sees as the need for greater oversight of health insurers' use of prior authorization controls.