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The health system plans to add AI and smart robotics as enabling technologies to further integrate intelligent connection between physician and patient, says medical director for clinical transformation and informatics Dr. Jonah Feldman.  

2024 Changemaker Award winner Gabriel Garcia-Lopez, health information systems director for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, wanted to expand the dialogue on inclusion and change the way sexual orientation data is collected.  

Health Affairs report shows higher levels of medication adherence and a lower rate of hospitalizations and ER use.

The Medical Group Management Association has sent a letter to the OCR seeking clarification of responsibility.

Layoffs are affecting nonclinical, non-member-facing administrative staff through attrition, closing of open positions and reducing redundancies.

The plan includes a Gene and Cell Services Pharmacy and Innovation Center, and four central and 300 community-based specialty pharmacies.

Through connecting positive changes to new IT, clinicians will embrace technology optimization, says Rachelle Landry, VP of clinical transformation at BD.   

Post acute care is here to stay as COVID-19 brought to light the need for these services and the right technology to drive better outcomes, says Heidi Wold, chief population health officer at Longevity Health Plan.  

Technological innovation can be an asset rather than a burden if developers listen to their frontline people, says Dr. Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, president of the American Medical Association.  

Concord Technologies takes paper documents from legacy formats still being used, extracts the information and turns it into a secure digital transmission, says Garrett Singletary, senior software engineer of data and AI.