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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

Healthcare It News

Since 2003 the NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey has collected nationally representative data about the American public’s knowledge of, attitudes toward and use of health-related information in an effort to create more effective health communication strategies across different populations. WHY IT MATTERS.

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DAS Health Expands Reach to Senior Living Organizations with Recent Acquisition

Healthcare IT Today

DAS Health’s President and CEO, Michelle Jaeger, expressed enthusiasm about the alliance, stating “This partnership brings together the unique technology expertise of both of our organizations. We are excited about the possibilities this partnership offers and the shared vision of excellence that unites us.”

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HPG, a Leader in EHR Technology Integration, Acquires HIT Consulting Services Provider HDS

Healthcare IT Today

CEO Bob Hayden, who along with partner Brent Budke founded HDS in 2003, said of the acquisition: “HDS has had a strong connection with HPG leadership for many years, and we have long respected the company’s vision and success.

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Ketamine is the New Viagra

Bill of Health

People initially made lots of jokes about it, but Viagra really helped with a serious problem plaguing millions of Americans. By my count, Spravato is at Step (6) — about where Viagra was in 2003. It worked well , and Pfizer patented sildenafil citrate to treat impotence in 1994. Bob Dole even endorsed it.

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As Congress Considers Reauthorizing PEPFAR, A New Policy Watch Asks and Answers Fundamental Questions

KFF

As Congress considers reauthorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for a fourth time, a new KFF Policy Watch details key facts about the program and top issues related to its authorization and funding. Created in 2003 as the U.S.

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Nurses Earn Highest Grade for Care Far Above All Other Health Care Workers — Including Doctors — In Latest Gallup Poll

Jane Sarashon

The second chart arrays the historical trend downward for all healthcare players (except walk-in/urgent care clinics) looking back to 2003 to 2023. earlier this year and found that while 60% of nurses loved being a nurse, two-thirds were concerned about the future of the profession.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

What kind of ethics are we talking about? Today, the concerns about what it would mean to accommodate pets under humanitarian law and refugee law regimes — or whether just talking about this would amount to a form of “species treason” and represent unethical humanitarian discourse — remain acute.