How A Physician Group Is Using AI to Save Clinicians 3+ Hours Per Day on Documentation

Alpine Physician Partners — which operates primary care organizations in several states — is implementing Ambience Healthcare’s documentation and coding tool after a successful pilot. Before adopting Ambience’s tool, Alpine clinicians spent 4.7 hours on charting per day, but now that time has dropped down to 1.2 hours per day. The post How A Physician…

Metabolic Meds Biotech Kailera Launches With $400M for Next-Generation Weight-Loss Drugs

Kailera Therapeutics licensed its portfolio of metabolic disorder drugs from Hengrui. The most advanced program has results from a Phase 2 test in China suggesting it could be competitive with other medications that target the GLP-1 and GIP receptors to trigger weight loss. The post Metabolic Meds Biotech Kailera Launches With $400M for Next-Generation Weight-Loss…

Staff Safety is Key to Sustaining Home Health Growth

Innovative approaches to home care will only be successful if organizations can ensure the safety of the professionals who enter patient homes. To do that, they’ll need to embrace new technologies that support in-home caregivers in real-time, and implement new protocols that ensure they are provided with the security and comfort they deserve.  The post…

Patient Safety Structural Measure Marks Progress Towards Safer and Compassionate Care

CMS recently finalized the Patient Safety Structural Measure, which sets forth a broad roadmap for the implementation of a culture of safety, learning, transparency and accountability within hospitals and health systems nationwide — enabling and encouraging significant progress towards safer care and improved support for healthcare workers.  The post Patient Safety Structural Measure Marks Progress…