Strategic Planning
Aetna and Apple are in discussions about the smartwatch, which is evolving toward monitoring chronic diseases, according to one media outlet.
If the two organizations were to reach an agreement, it would not take effect until the end of 2020, local report says.
Included in the efforts are testing for deadly drug-resistant bacteria and a new lab devoted to DNA sequencing of tuberculosis bacteria.
Policies pick up support as cyber threats increase in frequency and hospitals face stiff fines tied to data breaches.
System is already knee deep in the planned divestitures of 30 hospitals; additional sales are part of shift to "smaller stronger" portfolio.
Payers are sizing up the ledger technology for payments and claims processing, but one big area of growth could be next-generation personal health records.
New charity organization will offer no- and low-cost consulting services to troubled community hospitals.
Cutting down on negative physician bias towards obesity could yield better treatment, patient outcomes.
Division manages 15 community hospitals across the area, operates ten freestanding emergency centers.
Their annual Benefits Survey involved more than 196 hospitals across 86 participating health systems in the eastern United States.