The American Medical Association is calling on Congress to establish safeguards for AI chatbots used in mental healthcare, citing concerns about patient safety, misinformation and privacy risks. The association outlined four focus areas for lawmakers in letters sent to leaders…
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Cancer outcomes have improved but delays and fragmentation still define much of the care journey. Patients wait an average of 156 days between screening and diagnosis, and every four-week delay can increase mortality risk by 6 to 8 percent. For…
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- Deb Vona
- Deborah Stewart, MD
- Katherine Musler
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Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health will open the Intermountain Alta View Hospital Behavioral Health Center in Sandy, Utah, in June. The new center, located at Intermountain Alta View Hospital, will expand behavioral health services in the Salt Lake Valley, according…
Health systems are facing mounting pressure around primary care economics, physician burnout and patient access — and leaders are finding a way forward that doesn’t require restructuring what’s already working. In this webinar, leaders from Weill Cornell Medicine and Mission…
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- Timothy P. Seibert, MPH
- Chad Wadell, MD, FACP
- Keith Elgart
- Gianna Angelillo
Nearly 70% of U.S. adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 who needed treatment for substance use disorder in 2023 and 2024 did not receive it, according to KFF data derived from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
Behavioral health leaders are seeing a growing disconnect between how clinicians are trained and the realities they face in practice amid workforce shortages, rising patient acuity and operational pressures reshaping care delivery. Leaders told Becker’s that many clinicians enter the…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has received a $20 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to expand pediatric behavioral health services in Nevada. The funding will support a pediatric behavioral healthcare model focused on…
For independent practices, denials don’t just delay payments. They drain staff time, strain margins, and create backlogs that take weeks to unwind. The financial impact is visible in A/R reports. The operational impact is felt in every billing cycle. Most…
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- Michelle Scott, AVP RCS Operations Veradigm
Precision genomics is moving from the lab into the operational core of health systems — yet translating that clinical capability into enterprise value remains a challenge for many. Health systems are under increasing pressure to reduce operational burden, standardize care,…
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- James Stover, PhD
