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CDC: Death rates for U.S. adults aged 25-44 on rise

Death rates for U.S. adults aged 25-44 increased 21% for black and white adults and 13% for Hispanic adults between 2012 and 2017, after declining since 2000.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

Market Expands for Teaching Value-Based Care Imperatives

Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare recently spun off a new company, Castell, to help providers and payers accelerate their transition to value-based care. The nonprofit company will share best practices from Intermountain’s prevention-focused Reimagined Primary Care delivery model and offer a technology and analytics platform to guide care.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

To Drive Your Telehealth Strategy, Answer One Simple Question

It seems simple, but hospitals and health systems looking to expand their telehealth capabilities and services must first answer why telehealth is a solution for their organizations, patients and communities, said Kevin Curtis, M.D., medical director of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Center for Telehealth and Connected Care, at a recent AHA Executive Forum on addressing disruption through innovation and value in Boston.
AHA Center for Health Innovation Market Scan

AI Image Recognition Moves from Radiology to Pathology

Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and med-tech computational pathology startup Paige say they’ve developed a clinical-grade artificial intelligence model to detect cancer in tissue slides with near-perfect accuracy.
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How radiologists can use artificial intelligence to improve care

Hospital and health system leaders should collaborate with radiologists to boost value through AI, said speakers at an AHA Physician Alliance webinar.
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As a result of AHA lawsuit, HHS making progress in reducing appeals backlog

The Department of Health and Human Services as of July 1 has reduced by nearly 20% its backlog of Medicare appeals at the Administrative Law Judge level, according to a status report the agency recently provided to a federal court.
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Council issues guide to recruiting skilled health care cybersecurity talent

The Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council, a public-private partnership of health care companies and providers developing collaborative solutions to mitigate threats to critical health care infrastructure.
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Agencies to help fund development of new antibiotic

HHS and the Department of Defense’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency will provide funding to VenatoRx Pharmaceuticals to develop a novel antibiotic to treat infections resistant to existing antibiotics.
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AHA honors five programs with Dick Davidson NOVA Award

Five hospital-led partnerships to improve community health will receive the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award Thursday at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego.
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Hospitals, health systems honored for commitment to quality

Atrium Health’s Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, N.C., will receive the 2019 AHA Quest for Quality Prize Thursday at the AHA Leadership Summit in San Diego.