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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

President, Emirates Nursing Association. Al Mahri is also group chief nursing officer at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or "SEHA," where she was the first senior nursing leader to identify the importance of the nursing informatics specialty. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Isaiah Nathaniel.

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Interview: Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services

HIPAA Journal

As a teenager, I volunteered in hospitals and nursing homes. I’m currently on contract to a State Medicaid Agency’s Privacy Office. Medicaid modularity, health information exchange, patient access APIs and apps. Tell the readers about your career in the healthcare industry. I’ve always been drawn to healthcare.

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Workplace Violence in Hospitals – A New CMS Survey Focus?

Hall Render

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a recent Memo reminding hospitals and other Medicare certified health care entities of their regulatory obligation to maintain a safe setting for patients, residents and staff. CMS’s action comes at a time when violence in health care settings is on the rise.