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The chief information officer of NGS offers predictions for 2023 and beyond: human-centered design, AI and automation, enhanced interoperability, using data to close gaps in care, precision medicine advancements and more.

Abdullah Al-Najjar, director of corporate IT at Dhaman, says digital adoption in healthcare is lagging in Kuwait compared to some counterparts, but he hopes that will change with Kuwait's first public–private partnership project.

They are extending API gateway access to allow developers to create new applications and capabilities for the healthcare system.

Natural language processing can improve clinical documentation, drive actionable insights and help reduce clinician burnout, one expert says. But providers must be on board.

Its nurses are now training to insert cannulas in virtual patients.

Rachel E. Patzer, current director of the Health Services Research Center at the Emory University School of Medicine, will take the reins at the Indianapolis-based biomedical informatics leader.

Shari Slate was hired to ensure the company's workforce of more than 300,000 employees "reflects the communities it serves," says CVS.

From mega-mergers to matchmaking, here are a few of the deal-making trends that bear watching as the healthcare and health IT industries continue to navigate an era of disruption and change.

The legislation seeks to offer workers stand-alone telehealth benefits, similar to dental and vision plans. 

The deputy CEO of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Health Cluster, Dr. Ahmed Al-Musaed, discusses the network's journey to corporatization, and its plans to become an independent ACO.