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The revised bill now leaves out provisions that would have increased Congressional oversight over the VA's EHR modernization partnership with Oracle, which is set to restart in 2025.

Improving the care experience through technology is at the core of the cardiovascular center's values, says its CIO – who describes how the two-hospital system uses patient feedback to focus on optimal care delivery, and has the accolades to prove it.

Among other wins, St. Luke's University Health Network has reduced length of stay for patients going to post-acute facilities by 0.3 days. This decrease translates into significant bed availability and improved patient throughput.

Research reveals three main benefits for healthcare organizations offering inpatient virtual care programs.

Also, the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department has launched a new patient portal which already helped reduce duplicate records by a tenth.

Approximately 10% of all U.S. healthcare workers will divert opioids or other controlled substances from their workplace at some point in their career.1 Drug diversion, or the illegal distribution or abuse of prescription drugs, remains a top challenge at hospitals and health systems across the country, and is often undiscovered and underreported.2

As healthcare organizations grapple with rising costs and evolving payment models, achieving positive margins is more critical than ever.

The group expects support for virtual care to continue after the 2024 election, but urges action as soon as possible to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities past the end of the year.

Also, Australia's aged care research centre has received additional funding to deploy AI.

This follows an audit report that flagged its "partly effective" management of its contract outsourcing the operation of the digital health record system.