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Can Automation Drive Health System Outcomes?

HIT Consultant

Pranay Kapadia, Co-founder and CEO at Notable. The United States spends about $1 trillion per year on healthcare administration. 95% of healthcare workforce growth since 1990 has been administrative. But adding administrative staff hasn’t helped health systems stay on top of the increase in manual work queues, and it certainly hasn’t been improving outcomes for patients.

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Masks back by popular demand on San Francisco BART trains

Modern Healthcare

The decision makes the Bay Area's largest transit system the latest in California to bring back a mandate for face coverings after Los Angeles County restored its masking rule a week ago for all public transportation including buses, trains, subways, taxis and airports.

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Kelonia Therapeutics Emerges with $50M to Deliver Precision Targeted Genetic Medicines

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Kelonia Therapeutics , a Boston-based biotech company focused on vivo gene delivery, launched with a $50 million in Series A funding to expand the benefit and reach of genetic medicines. – Despite life-changing responses, existing gene therapies are highly complex, costly, and limited by complicated treatment paradigms, tractable therapeutic applications, and dose-limiting toxicities.

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