Avalon 2025 Lab Trend Report: Genetic Testing Rises as Routine Testing Levels Off
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Avalon 2025 Lab Trend Report: Genetic Testing Rises as Routine Testing Levels Off

A new report from Avalon Healthcare Solutions highlights a significant rise in genetic and biomarker testing, even as routine diagnostic testing stabilizes. The 2025 Lab Trend Report, now in its fifth year, draws insights from 18 million members across Avalon’s managed population, offering health plans a detailed look at shifting diagnostic trends and associated cost…

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Forum Ventures Report Equips Healthtech Startups with Industry Insights to Drive Innovation

  The report offers practical advice and unique industry perspectives for early-stage founders aiming to engage with health systems Forum Ventures, an early-stage B2B SaaS fund, accelerator, and venture studio, released a new report entitled The New Landscape Of Healthcare: What Healthtech Startups Need To Know To Win. The report offers an exploration of the…

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Carequality Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary a Trusted Exchange Framework

  Nearly 800 Million Documents Exchanged Monthly Carequality, the national-level, common interoperability trusted exchange framework to enable health information exchange between and among health information networks, celebrates 10 years since it was launched as an initiative under The Sequoia Project, a nonprofit trusted advocate for nationwide health information exchange. It is five years since Carequality…

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Medicare Study: Health Plans Save between $4,000 and $8,000 per Member with Increased Physical Therapy Utilization

  A new analysis involving 1.6 million Medicare members reveals a strong correlation between increased physical therapy (PT) utilization and reduced healthcare costs for health plans, ranging between $4,000 and $8,000 per member. The report, conducted by Wakely and commissioned by Luna, a provider of in-home outpatient physical therapy, demonstrates substantial savings associated with high…

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Carta Healthcare Secures $25 Million in Series B Funding with Additional Investments from Memorial Hermann Health System and UnityPoint Health

Top health systems invest in innovative technology company to simplify data abstraction and deliver data insights to drive quality improvement Carta Healthcare, a company whose mission is to improve patient care by harnessing the value of clinical data, finalized the closing of its $25 million series B financing, thanks to additional investments from leading health…

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Harmony Healthcare IT Launches Records Release Service

New release of information service supports healthcare facilities facing closure or M&A in meeting long-term regulatory requirements for protected health information. Harmony Healthcare IT, a highly respected and long-established provider of health data management solutions, unveiled a new Records Release service that allows healthcare providers (or their trustees) to confidently outsource release of information responsibilities. …

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Tausight Expands ePHI Security Intelligence Platform with New Offering Built on Google Cloud

New AI-powered ePHI engine extends ePHI discovery to cover new attack vectors and bring PHI Intelligence to other solutions via third-party API Tausight, healthcare’s first protected health information (PHI) security company, expands its AI-based PHI Security Intelligence platform which automates the discovery and identification of electronic PHI to enhance the protection of healthcare patients’ most…

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RevSpring Survey Reveals How Patient Experience Drives Loyalty, Trust and Financial Outcomes

2023 Voice of the Patient Survey aims to help healthcare providers understand gaps, progress and opportunities across the full patient journey Two out of three U.S. patients would be somewhat or very likely to switch healthcare providers if they experienced poor communication during the pre-care process. That’s according to a new research study from RevSpring, a…

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Survey: Parents Prefer Telehealth Over In-Person Breastfeeding Support

Parents say they’re satisfied with their OBGYNs and pediatricians but want them to provide easier access to lactation support The health benefits of breastfeeding are well documented, but navigating the process can be challenging for parents. The normal ups and downs of the newborn phase are often complicated by social determinants of health such as…

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2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report Casts New Light on Shifting Front Lines, Threat Actor Behavior

New SonicWall cybersecurity report reveals healthcare still at risk SonicWall, publisher of a highly quoted ransomware data and cyberattack intelligence, released the 2023 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report. The bi-annual report details an increasingly diversified cyberattack landscape amid shifting threat actor strategies. SonicWall recorded the second-highest year on record for global ransomware attempts, as well as…