Providence
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Hospitals Should Take A Page Out of Amazon’s Digital Engagement Playbook, Argues Providence Digital Chief
In order for health systems to “not be commoditized fully,” they need to collect data to know their patients’ behaviors better and build stronger relationships with them, argued Sara Vaezy, Providence’s chief strategy and digital officer. Consumer brands like Amazon have been doing this for years so they can deliver personalized experiences to their users, and it’s time hospitals take a page out of their playbook, she said.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, exits, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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DexCare Rakes In $75M to Optimize Health Systems’ Digital Care Management
Providence spinout DexCare recently closed a $75 million Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $146 million. The startup gives health systems a platform that helps them coordinate and manage digital care services so they can better address the modern healthcare consumer’s demands for convenience and immediacy.
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Providence Scales Back Services in Oregon to Prep for Nurses’ Strike
Providence is cutting back on services at three of its Oregon facilities to brace for an upcoming nurses’ union strike. The Oregon Nurses Association has planned a five-day strike to fight for better staffing levels and working conditions.
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Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires and Layoffs
Here is a selection of recent executive hires, promotions and layoffs occurring across the healthcare industry.
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Providence, Luna Partner to Provide Patients At-Home Physical Therapy
Providence recently launched a program to expand its patients’ access to in-home physical therapy. The health system is launching the initiative in partnership with Luna, a provider of in-home outpatient physical therapy that serves patients in nearly 30 states.
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Providence Exec: The Definition of an Integrated Delivery System Will Change
Sara Vaezy, Providence’s chief strategy and digital officer, thinks the definition of an integrated delivery system is going to change. In her view, health systems will be more successful if they let go of the notion that they can do it all.
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Providence denies ‘disturbing’ debt collection practices alleged by senator
Providence issued a response to a letter sent by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, in which she demanded the health system answer questions about its alleged efforts to aggressively bill patients who qualified for free or discounted care. The response denied that Providence aggressively pursued its poorest patients for medical debt, asserting that its “commitment to those in need has never been stronger.”
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Providence funnels $712M into new facilities in Orange County
Providence is investing $712 million into new facilities in Orange County, California. The health system is adding a new medical center in both San Clemente and Rancho Mission Viejo , as well as a new patient tower for Providence Mission Hospital.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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‘Not a traditional startup’: How Providence’s Advata is getting a head start on tackling healthcare inefficiencies
Providence spun out Advata two weeks ago, and the startup, which has 30 customers and 150 employees, sells a suite of insights-focused data software products designed to improve population health and revenue cycle management.
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Providers, payers & startups are all looking for key pieces to solve the maternal care puzzle
America’s abysmal record on maternal care outcomes and equity has spurred the rise of startups as well as innovative strategies from providers and payers, each trying to solve a piece of the larger problem. But these entities will also need the help of policymakers to truly improve care in this arena.
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The key IT decisions that helped providers survive April 2020
As Covid-19 cases started escalating last April, providers in hotspot states, like New York, California and Washington, had to quickly pivot their IT plans. These are some of the decisions that five health IT leaders made — aside from expanding telehealth — that helped their health systems survive the first wave of the pandemic and beyond.
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Hospitals, Startups, Health Tech
Providence’s newest digital health spinout snags $20M
A new digital health company — spun out from Providence’s Digital Innovation Group — has raised $20 million in its first funding round. The company offers a platform that aims to help providers coordinate and manage digital care services.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Artificial Intelligence
Providence, Nuance’s expanded AI partnership aims to reduce clinician burnout
The 51-hospital system and artificial intelligence company are building on their existing collaboration to deploy technology that will allow physicians to focus solely on their patients during visits.
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Report: Hospital margins down 96% since the start of 2020
A report by Kaufman Hall showed that while hospitals’ operating margins improved in July, they were down 96% since the start of the year. Including funding allocated through the CARES Act. Without CARES Act funding, hospital margins were still down 28%.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
