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Sustainability efforts in healthcare have a high return on investment and are worth leaders’ time, budget and resources. But one question remains – how?

Utilizing innovative technologies to prevent workplace violence and enhance security in healthcare has the potential to increase staffing retention, ultimately improving hospital operations, administration, and the healthcare industry as a whole.

Blue Shield of California is now offering Mahmee, a maternal health company, to eight employer groups. It comes after a successful pilot in which Mahmee served 80 members.

No matter what camp healthcare providers sit in, it's important for them to understand how they can harness the power of responsible generative AI. Here we dive into some use cases to consider exploring and how it’s impacting healthcare – for the better.

Forum, which launched Wednesday, is an online marketplace that offers peer support groups for a range of topics, including grief, loneliness, chronic conditions, substance use, caregiving and relationships. It has raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by NextView Ventures.

Eli Lilly weight management drug Zepbound landed its much anticipated FDA approval. The new Lilly product is in the same drug class as Novo Nordisk weight medication Wegovy, but it offers an additional mechanism of action and costs less.

Walgreens is seeing “an enormous amount of demand” for injectable weight loss drugs, its president of U.S. healthcare said during the Reuters Total Health conference in Chicago. He declared that the healthcare industry needs to come up with a reimbursement model “that correctly compensates pharmacists and others” to administer these drugs. In his view, reimbursement hasn't caught up with the demand.

Prime members can now get a One Medical membership for $9 a month or $99 a year. The benefit provides access to 24/7 on-demand virtual care through One Medical’s app. But health experts are split on whether the move will improve access to care.

Notwithstanding the end of PHEs and corresponding loss in many waivers and policies that allowed for increased telehealth adoption during the pandemic, the recent actions of state governments and private payers indicate that interest in telehealth remains strong.

Brian Gragnolati, CEO of Atlantic Health System, said that "there's a war going on between providers and payers right now." In his view, payers “are doing everything they can” not to pay providers for the care they deliver. He said insurers have greatly increased their rate of denials and are extremely reluctant to take on risk in value-based contracts.