Morning Headlines 9/26/22

The Watch Is Ticking: A Five-Year Plan to Harness Wearable Health Tech

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change recommends that the UK government recruit 30% of adults to participate in wearables-powered public health interventions, restart pilots that motivate people to improve nutrition and exercise, and give people over 50 years of age free devices if they meet activity targets.

Dozens of Dartmouth Health staff being shifted to Texas-based billing company

Fifty Dartmouth Health (NH) employees will transition to employment with Conifer Health Solutions, which manages the health system’s billing and collections.

Claro Healthcare to Join Kaufman Hall

Kaufman Hall will acquire clinical documentation consulting firm Claro Healthcare.

IT restructuring at Bangor hospital’s parent organization affects more than 100 employees

Covenant Health outsources some IT functions, most notably cybersecurity, to Long80, which will offer employment to the 104 affected health system employees.