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December 16, 2024, Issue #289

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Consumers often need clarification and support from the inconsistencies they experience within a single branded healthcare delivery system. This confusion stems from separate contact centers for billing questions vs. scheduling appointments, which may be further broken down by hospital vs. provider billing and primary care vs. specialty care appointment scheduling. This webinar offers a sneak peek into how Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare delivery system, unified its contact centers after developing its Clinical Access Center and making it a Center of Excellence. 

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Digital Health in the News

How Mayo Clinic is using real-world data to advance precision medicine

An AI chatbot is helping clinicians explain how artificial intelligence models, fueled by evidence-based healthcare data, can speed research advancements and improve patient access. Healthcare IT News

CHIME24: How Health Systems Can Bring IT and Clinical Teams Together

Collaboration becomes more intuitive and seamless when healthcare organizations identify their core competencies. HealthTech Magazine

Digital health executives on their biggest takeaways from 2024, part one

Industry executives share their thoughts on the year's digital health developments, from an increased focus on women’s health to the rise of generative AI. Mobihealth news

This Week in The Big Unlock Podcast

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AI is Easy to Launch, Hard to Sustain – Focus on People, Processes, and Change Management

In this episode, Dr. Zafar Chaudry, SVP, Chief Digital Officer, and Chief AI and Information Officer of Seattle Children’s, shares his journey into healthcare and explores the use of AI in transforming the healthcare environment.

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Insights and Research

74% of hospital leaders say virtual nursing will become integral to acute care

A nurse expert discusses the results of a new survey from AvaSure showing that, while virtual nursing has yet to gain traction in acute inpatient care, it holds much promise – and already is showing results that benefit both nurses and the bottom line. Healthcare IT News

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Damo Thought Leadership and Media Mentions

NEW! Revolutionizing Pediatric Healthcare: Innovation, AI, and Insights from Dr. Zafar Chaudry

The intersection of technology and healthcare is rapidly transforming how care is delivered, and few leaders are navigating this space as innovatively as Dr. Zafar Chaudry, the Chief Digital AI and Information Officer at Seattle Children’s. Damo Blog

From Assessment to Action: How BigRio’s Cloud Consulting Services Transformed a Top Global Business School

This case study showcases BigRio’s ability to leverage its expertise in cloud technologies and project management to support one of the world’s leading business schools in achieving its Digital Transformation objectives. The business school could reduce its cloud expenditures without compromising performance or scalability by optimizing resource allocation and eliminating underutilized services. The project provided a well-defined cloud strategy and a comprehensive two-to-five-year roadmap for future growth. BigRio Case Study

How Damo Helped An Integrated Not-For-Profit Healthcare Delivery System Develop Four Enterprise Patient Journey Maps In Three Months

A large not-for-profit integrated healthcare delivery system on the East Coast focuses on innovation and creating exemplary healthcare experiences. Damo has been a long-time advisory partner and understands the health system’s strategic vision well. Damo Consultants knew the health system’s in-flight work towards improving their patient experience. As such, the health system engaged Damo in identifying the first set of journey maps that should be developed at an enterprise level and then prioritized and developed the first four maps. Case Study

Books Corner

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Other Stuff We’re Reading

What is Agentic AI, and How Will It Change Work?

With their supercharged reasoning and execution capabilities, agentic AI systems promise to transform many aspects of human-machine collaboration. The agentic AI prize could be great, with the promise of greater productivity, innovation, and insights for the human workforce. But so, too, are the risks: the potential for bias, mistakes, and inappropriate use. HBR

The Irreplaceable Value of Human Decision-Making in the Age of AI

The rise of AI presents an opportunity for humans to step up to the challenge of refining, emphasizing, and applying our own human strengths to differentiate corporate decision-making. However, human capabilities, like making moral judgments, and using imagination or intuition, are often untrained, impulsive, or implicit. HBR

Digital Health Funding and M&A

Redesign Health raises $175M fund to back healthcare startups

The fund is Redesign’s largest to date, and it will likely fund more than 20 companies. Fierce Healthcare

Hyro AI raises $35M series B with Healthier Capital's Amir Rubin

Hyro AI has brought in $35 million in an extension of its series B round, recently securing an investment from Healthier Capital, led by former One Medical CEO Amir Rubin. Fierce Healthcare

Soda Health Secures $50M to Grow Smart Benefits Platform

Soda Health's $50 million Series B financing round was led by General Catalyst and included participation from former Humana CEO Bruce Broussard, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Define Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners USA and SVB Capital. MedCity News

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