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STAT+: Health care providers form a united front against stricter patient privacy rules

STAT

After yet another record year for health data breaches, updated federal security rules to protect patient information are on the table in 2025. Increased privacy protections, in their view, would impact the financial viability of medical practices — especially small ones — and even timely patient care

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Opinion: The staggering financial burden of a proposed HIPAA rule

STAT

health care system is facing a new and costly threat that will affect patient care and ultimately may lead to hospital closures : paying for and processing a torrent of medical record requests. The already beleaguered U.S.

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2023 predictions and challenges in the healthcare business

pharmaphorum

But with careful and cultural considerations, AI can free clinicians from the menial, repetitive administrative tasks, and enable them to focus their attention more on patient care. Patient care questions can be more carefully vetted with appropriate source content libraries.

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How Pharmacists Can Manage Stress and Maximize Efficiency

Digital Pharmacist

This automated system can help minimize the amount of time your staff has to spend on the phone, enabling patients to refill and transfer prescriptions and get essential pharmacy information. Streamline patient communication on a secure platform that helps you send reminders, share images, and contact patients quickly and easily.

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How AI can help pharmacists

The Checkup by Singlecare

3 ways to use AI to help patients Let’s explore how pharmacists can use AI services to help patients. Streamlining workflow AI can automate certain aspects of pharmacy workflow, allowing pharmacists to focus more on patient care. One way in which AI models can help is through inventory management.

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Optimize Pharmacy Outcomes and Simplify Operations with the Cloud

Omnicell

Securely access healthcare data in a HIPAA-compliant and scalable environment. Save user time through a single sign-on that increases efficiency and eliminates multiple data entry points, allowing you to focus on patient care rather than OmniCenter server administration.

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Optimize Pharmacy Outcomes and Simplify Operations with the Cloud

Omnicell

Securely access healthcare data in a HIPAA-compliant and scalable environment. Save user time through a single sign-on that increases efficiency and eliminates multiple data entry points, allowing you to focus on patient care rather than OmniCenter server administration.