Health technology company Apella developed an OR optimization platform that uses ambient AI, computer vision and analytics to provide organizations with real-time data to improve OR efficiency.
Stakeholders mixed on MACRA, ONC direct review rules
Healthcare stakeholders have registered mixed reactions to both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule laying out the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and the Office of the National Coordinator for…
Johns Hopkins opens center to reduce diagnostic errors
Inaccurate diagnoses impact approximately 1 in 20 adults in the United States--or as many as 12 million people each year. Even more troubling, a third of these diagnostic errors can lead to disability and even death. That’s why Johns…
VA to go live with online appointment scheduling in January
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to be able to roll out new app software nationwide to enable online appointment scheduling beginning this January. Patients initially will be able to set up primary-care appointments via an…
Over $600M in employee pay raises planned for 2026, Providence CEO says
An internal memo to employees said the health system will be able to afford higher pay increases "because of the difficult choices we made in 2025," when the 51-hospital system laid off employees and management across multiple divisions.