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VA deploys Abridge's AI scribing tool amid EHR modernization
Abridge's AI scribe is available in the VA's Oracle and legacy EHRs, offering ambient documentation and clinical decision support to clinicians across its medical centers nationwide.
Broadband deserts hinder telehealth access, especially in rural areas
Most Americans who could benefit from telehealth services to improve their access to healthcare live in rural areas with limited broadband availability, new research shows.
Zocdoc opens appointment scheduling architecture to health partners
Zocdoc said payers, providers, AI chatbots and online review sites can use its appointment scheduling architecture to embed provider search and booking on their own platforms.
CMS to add more chronic conditions to ACCESS model in 2027
The agency will introduce four new clinical tracks next year, increasing the number of conditions covered by the outcomes-based payment model from four to eight.
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OpenAI launches Epic integration with ChatGPT for Healthcare
Users will be able to use ChatGPT to query the Epic Systems medical record, helping streamline their care management workflows.
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200+ stakeholders push back on CMS plan to cut third-party RPM payments
Various groups, including trade associations, health systems and RPM companies, are raising the alarm over the potential fallout from the CMS proposal.
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Health disparities persist in patient portal signups, messaging
Racial health disparities in patient portals utilization still vex healthcare organizations, with racial minorities not getting the most out of the technology, studies show.
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Does low health literacy dampen the 21st Century Cures Act's impact?
Although two-thirds of patients look at their lab results immediately, nearly a third said their understanding of the results is fair at best.
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Oracle Health upgrades AI agent with coding, charting features
The EHR company's Clinical AI Agent now includes professional fee coding support, dictation capabilities and chart review to enhance clinical decision-making.
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Epic touts interoperability wins: 9B records exchanged, 60K orgs on TEFCA
The EHR behemoth announced gains in data-sharing efforts alongside new capabilities that aim to enhance interoperability through the Epic platform at its 2026 Users Group Meeting.
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Delaware launched a single hub for electronic prior authorizations. Here's why.
Delaware is using Rural Health Transformation Program funding and its state HIE to connect providers to payers through a neutral hub.
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Why one clinic lets physicians choose when & how to use ambient AI
Austin Regional Clinic has achieved a 97% AI documentation tool engagement rate among adopting clinicians by using a flexible, peer-led approach, leaders shared.
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How clinicians help guide athenahealth's AI development for the EHR
The EHR company is bringing together clinicians and tech experts to collaborate on developing AI capabilities to ease provider burden and enhance care delivery.
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AI scribes may miss critical SDOH data. Here's how to close the gap.
Despite their advantages for clinician productivity, AI scribes could worsen social determinants of health problems; still, there are steps providers can take to address these issues.