A new Accenture report laid out considerations that hospitals should keep in mind as they adopt new technology aimed at improving nurse retention. Some of the report’s key recommendations for providers were to build a strong, cloud-based technology infrastructure and to involve nurses early on in the process of adopting a new digital tool.

Caregiver services and benefits specific to LGBTQ+ populations are some ways employers can support their employees. Executives shared these ideas on a panel at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.

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A panel discussion from a recent Microsoft summit offered insights on how tech companies are closely collaborating with the pharma industry as they seek to repair and improve manufacturing supply chain issues exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The metaverse has significant potential to disrupt traditional healthcare delivery in the long term, according to a recent Accenture report. While it will likely take time for providers to begin building their own digital environments in the metaverse, healthcare leaders said they believe metaverse technologies will have a positive impact on healthcare.

Rising deal premiums and shrinking profit margins are threatening the sustainability of the traditional approach to mergers and acqusitions, according to a report by Accenture. The firm expects growth-minded companies will turn to other pathways.

Life sciences companies are using “digital twins” for everything from drug discovery to manufacturing. A panel of experts at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference discussed how this capability to run virtual simulations is changing practices now while also shaping the industry for the years to come.

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Patients are not the only ones who will benefit from the price transparency rule — providers and payers can also gain competitive advantages as a result of the regulation. These include being able to deepen relationships with patients and support payment contract negotiations.

The California-based healthcare organization will work with Accenture and Microsoft to grow and strengthen its cloud capabilities. The enhancements are expected to help Kaiser provide its care teams with data insights to personalize patient care.

Interactive, cloud-based video games are designed to tackle pharma’s current challenge: engaging doctors virtually during a pandemic. But the tools are likely to outlive the circumstances in which they were born.

A survey of more than 7,000 consumers by Accenture found that they listed data privacy and efficacy as their top concerns with digital health tools and services. But the majority said they’d be willing to get virtual care from traditional healthcare providers.

The company continues to build out its Applied Intelligence business with its most recent acquisition.

The Belgian drugmaker will use Accenture’s INTIENT Pharmacovigilance to monitor the safety of its drugs, including those that are on the market and in clinical trials. Germany’s Bayer inked a similar deal with Genpact last year.

A new report from Accenture outlines how distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence, extended reality and quantum computing will have an impact on healthcare processes and stakeholders.

A new report by Accenture suggests that over the next three years, 54 percent of biopharma industry revenues could come from new advancements in medical science and technology – and combinations of the two.

The four North America-based finalists in the competition, which is part of Accenture’s broader HealthTech Innovation program, are Ayasdi, b.well Connected Health, Newtopia and NowPow.

Seven organizations including Accenture and Leidos make up Cerner’s core partners in the process, and 17 other companies are considered premier partners.

A new Accenture survey notes that although healthcare execs are investing in AI and IoT, 81 percent of them said they aren’t prepared to face the societal and liability issues that may require them to explain their AI’s decisions and actions.

With the rise of models like the new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program, Accenture and Loopback Analytics are teaming up to assist health systems that want to participate in value-based care initiatives.

New research from Accenture and the American Medical Association found that more than four in five doctors have had some type of cyberattack in their practices. More than half of surveyed respondents indicated they’re very or extremely concerned about future cyberattacks.

In a new analysis, Accenture dives deeper into digital health funding. The assessment includes a prediction that annual investment in digital health startups will reach $7 billion by the end of 2017.

The latest report from Accenture, which claims the health AI market will hit $6.6 billion by 2021, also highlights which AI applications will have the biggest near-term impact in healthcare.

Three surveys from Accenture discuss Americans’ adoption of virtual care, the frequency of data breaches among healthcare consumers and the growing popularity of the Internet of Health Things.

A poor IT system is the reason some employers might find themselves among businesses unintentionally non-compliant with health insurance mandates under the ACA, an Accenture report finds.