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The partnership will allow Molina's Virginia-based Medicare and healthcare marketplace members access to culturally competent maternal health experts.

Administrative burden is a huge challenge, and technology often exacerbates it. But is there a better way forward? IT is underleveraged as a way to help clinicians spend more time with their patients, says one expert.

More than 30 programs aim to address the healthcare skills gap. Individual and enterprise developers can practice everything from automating prior auth forms to deriving AI/ML-driven insights from healthcare data.

Microsoft says its Azure Large Instances technology is helping the health system better manage its electronic health records, enabling as many as 50 million database accesses per second. 

New research by the Ponemon Institute and IBM Security revealed that the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million and the costs of avoiding law enforcement after a ransomware attack have increased by $470,000.

Also, doll-shaped robots have been deployed to solo-living seniors in rural South Korea.

Also, the Royal Darwin Hospital in NT is now connected to SA Telestroke after-hours service.

The Behavioral Health Information Technology Coordination Act would also direct ONC and SAMHSA to develop voluntary standards for mental health electronic health records and work with CMS to promote their adoption and interoperability.

As they grapple with rising costs, three in four C-suite leaders say recent artificial intelligence advancements will "reshape the industry," according to a new Bain & Company report. But just 6% have an organizational plan to harness it.

"We will work with a variety of partners across government and industry to promote adoption and take steps to align incentives that address constraints limiting further progress," the agency said in its new strategic plan.