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Employers have several strategies for combatting rising healthcare costs, including moving to more value-based care arrangements, said Ellen Kelsay, President and CEO of Business Group on Health. Other top health trends for employers next year will be continued support of wellbeing programs and health equity.

The next generation of HIEs must think beyond the transfer of information and explore how they can use real-time health data to improve population health outcomes, according to the CEO of Nebraska's HIE. A key way that her HIE is seeking to improve population health outcomes is through a program it launched six months ago to improve equity in maternal and postpartum care through identifying high-risk patients and sharing real-time information with providers.

An Amgen drug led to weight loss that was sustained, clinical data that support advancing the molecule to a Phase 2 test expected to start in early 2023. While AMG 133 trails rival products from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, Amgen hopes to offer patients a dosing edge.

Virtual reality exceeds the traditional training methods facilities often use, and this new immersive, experiential way to train staff members is critical for their proficiency and satisfaction.

Currently, only 13% of large employers — or companies with 200 or more employees — offer retiree health benefits, the Kaiser Family Foundation survey found. Of this group, 50% provide these benefits through a Medicare Advantage plan, up from 26% in 2017.

Going into 2023, investors think the abilities to demonstrate a measurable return on investment and prove technology’s clinical validation will be the most important factors determining the success of digital health companies, according to a recent report, While the ROI factor is a given, it’s a bit more compelling that investors cited clinical validation as a major driver of success. Sunny Kumar, a partner at GSR Ventures, said clinical validation “is the best signal of patient value and ...

Companies who do all the right things along the path to FDA approval while simultaneously doing all the right things for a hospital Value Analysis Committee's approval are the companies that help hospitals avoid expensive and harmful “never events.”

Although many healthcare systems across the country have developed promising pilot programs, there remains an urgent need to develop systematic approaches to addressing health disparities within diverse populations.

The program aims to improve work environments for nurses and remove the stigma associated with asking for mental health care. The curriculum will focus on ways to identify and reduce stress before it escalates. While it will help all nurses, the program is especially geared toward nurses of color and those under the age of 35.

Health system leaders believe that improving patient access should be their top priority when strategically planning for 2023, according to a new report from the KLAS Research and UPMC’s Center for Connected Medicine. To improve patient access, respondents agreed that their health systems will need to make changes in three key areas — people, process and technology.