Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

A nurse or technician in a hospital is asked to do a patient intake or capture their vital signs. In modern hospitals, the staff are likely to grab a ‘workstation on wheels,” which is a computer on a cart, accessorized with useful tools along with a wireless connection. Or they may grab a tablet or cell phone.

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

Four years later, Prime now owns the real estate of 40 of its 44 hospitals and is decreasing its debt levels. Two rival hospitals in Scottsdale, AZ are in a zoning dispute. Novant Health announced that it plans to build a 26-bed cancer hospital in Buncombe County, south of Asheville, NC.

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Symplr

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In 2004, President Bush set a goal for every American to have an electronic health record (EHR) by 2014. The goal was that better and safer care could be delivered through more complete knowledge of a patient that was accessible in a secure repository. Studies have shown that investing in better patient data has yielded tangible impact.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

ESO, a leading data and software company serving emergency medical services (EMS), fire departments, hospitals, state and federal agencies, today announced it has acquired Occam Technologies. Ultimately, this will help our customers – from EMS to hospitals – break down data silos and unlock insights that improve outcomes.”.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Amid widespread staffing shortages across the healthcare sector, the need for IoT-enabled digital transformation in hospitals and patient care facilities is increasingly clear. For the first time since 2004, a lack of staffing has overtaken financial volatility as the No. Guy Yehiav, President of SmartSense by Digi.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospital reimbursement also changed. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay. hospital, outpatient provider group, specialty care, radiology, laboratory).

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In conjunction with the acquisition, SOC Telemed is being renamed Access TeleCare to reflect the critical role the company plays in providing access to patient care across a wide spectrum of medical specialties in hospitals around the country. Founded in 2004, Access TeleCare pioneered inpatient telemedicine. About Access TeleCare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 18, 2022

As part of the government-funded program, Avel eCARE also provided critical care consulting to a small community hospital that was inundated with COVID-19 patients. This hospital already had called 150 different places to try and find a tertiary care center to transfer folks to, but to no avail.

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The Health Law Firm

JULY 11, 2012

Maury Regional Hospital, located in Columbia, Tennesse, has agreed to pay the federal government over $3.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that occurred between 2004 and 2009. Hospital Self-Reported After Compliance Program Revealed Billing Errors. By Miles Indest.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Hospital reimbursement also changed. In 1983 Medicare shifted to the inpatient Prospective Payment System (PPS) and DRGs (Diagnostic Related Groups) and only paying a limited number of days to the hospital regardless of the actual length of stay. hospital, outpatient provider group, specialty care, radiology, laboratory).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 30, 2022

Aspirion is a leading healthcare RCM provider across complex claims and revenue integrity, offering a broad array of technology-driven solutions for the most specialized revenue cycle challenges faced by hospital systems and healthcare providers. ” The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. About Aspirion.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

" PROPOSAL Since 2004, Providence has been using various telemedicine technologies and virtual care models, including Teladoc Health, to support safe, high-quality care across the organization. "Virtual nurses will become a new area of professional practice.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 27, 2023

This news comes on the heels of hospital providers reporting a tough year with many posting negative margins. Post Acute Medical and Select Medical both announced plans to build new inpatient rehab hospitals in the same technology park in Pennsylvania. In 2004, 122 CON applications were filed compared to 36 in 2021 and only 18 in 2022.

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Dossier

MARCH 8, 2022

In January 2022, hospitals in 18 states reported critical staff shortages, including Kentucky. 60 Minutes recently shared a segment highlighting the challenges felt by three hospital CEOs in Kentucky, which was cause for concern. In light of this, hospital executives are forced to make retention and recruitment their top priorities.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 10, 2022

With this foundation in place, we are particularly excited by opportunities to further enable these practices to collaborate more deeply with insurers, specialists, and hospitals around value-based initiatives. It is an independent, private, owner-managed partnership established in 2004 and headquartered in London, with a U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 17, 2021

healthcare system since Dr. Charles Safran testified with that statement to Congress way back in 2004 …an era where bipartisanship for health IT was a real thing. We’ve long know that “the patient” has been an under-utilized resource in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Bend clinic installed an electronic health record in 2004 and has a long history of adopting health IT. The ripples of COVID-19 hit especially hard in this community, where many lost jobs in the hospitality and tourism industries. THE PROBLEM. Further, most volunteers are over 60 and at higher risk of COVID-19 complications.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Those were the early days of the formation of patient social networks [Patients Like me was founded in 2004, and WEGO Health and Stupid Cancer in 2007]. .” Trust and truth underpin health engagement, we learned in the first Edelman Health Engagement Barometer launched ten years ago.

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The Digital Health Corner

JUNE 14, 2017

According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. There are hospitals within the same healthcare system in many places with disparate EHRs which do not talk to each other or exchange information.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2019

Perception : We are living in a moment in time when pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies, and hospital systems have been demonized in the public discourse. Fear about an Ever-Changing Context : When PLM first formed back in 2004, a lot of the data sharing issues we speak about hadn’t even been conceived of yet.

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SQA

APRIL 30, 2021

726/2004, 09 March 2021. 726/2004 , which essentially means duplicate MAAs for products authorized via the centralized procedure. EC Issues Notice on the Handling of Duplicate Marketing Authorization Applications (MAAs) of Pharmaceutical Products under Article 82(1) of Regulation (EC) No. Under Article 82(1) of Regulation (EC) No.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Vincent North in Sherwood Washington Regional Medical System Names Lucas Campbell as VP & Chief Transformation Officer 4 more Arkansas hospitals awarded federal funds Arkansas Legislative Council approves Department of Human Services’ requests for $13.4M

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

1] E.g., Anna Edney, Kids’ Covid Hospitalizations Hit Record in U.S. 31, 2021), [link] (describing a record number of pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations due to the omicron variant). [2] A full form of this Article is forthcoming in the Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality Vol. Omicron Surge , Bloomberg (Dec. 3d 868, 874 (Wyo.

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Type 2 NPI are organizations and may include acute care facilities, health systems, hospitals, physician groups, assisted living facilities, and healthcare providers who are incorporated. 23, 2004, established the NPI as this standard. Type 1 NPI includes individuals , such as sole proprietors, dentists, physicians, and surgeons.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

times the intended dose and required intervention in a hospital. As a result, the patient received 2.5

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Total HIPAA

MAY 6, 2020

The HIPAA waiver, which went into effect March 15, makes covered hospitals exempt from complying with certain provisions in the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The waiving of these provisions means that certain hospitals cannot be penalized by HHS for failing to observe these rules. What does the HIPAA waiver cover?

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Northwestern Memorial Hospital , 134 N.E.3d Dupont Hospital for Children , 597 F. To the contrary, the learned intermediary rule applies whether “no warning was provided or the warning was inadequate.” Pfizer Inc. , 2d 984, 991 (C.D. 2001), aff’d , 358 F.3d 3d 659 (9th Cir. Ackermann v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals , 471 F. 3d 316, 335 (Ill.

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Elizabeth’s Hospital of Chicago, Inc. , 2004); Sheetz v. 2004) (Posner, J.); 2d 1, 11 (Ill. 2006); Doe 1 v. North Central Behavioral Health System, Inc. , 2d 4, 7-8 (Ill. Norwood , 608 F. 401, 406 (7th Cir. 2015); E.L.T., Wachovia Corp. , 3d 474, 476 (7th Cir. 2005); Cuyler v. United States , 362 F.3d 3d 949, 952-53 (7th Cir.

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 31, 2023

2004) (“Movable or transferable property; personal property; esp[ecially], a physical object capable of manual delivery”). 2004) (statute only applies to “tangible products of trade”); Code Rebel, LLC v. Sharp Memorial Hospital , 264 Cal. Sharp Memorial Hospital, Inc. , 2004 WL 7334819, at *18 (Mag. 673, 676 (Cal.

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Drug & Device Law

JUNE 1, 2023

Regional Care Hospital Partners, Inc. , Accord Arizona State Hospital/Arizona Community Protection & Treatment Center v. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla , 232 Cal. 2004 WL 2827710, at *6 (Del. 15, 2004); Goodridge v. State , 239 So.3d 3d 1173, 1177 (Ala. 3d 948, 960 (Ala. A state analog to Fed. Alexander v.

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Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 15, 2024

1995), which precluded strict liability allegations in a prescription medical device case : In Cafazzo , the plaintiff unsuccessfully sought to hold a hospital strictly liable as an intermediate seller of an allegedly defective a jaw implant. Central Medical Health Services, Inc. , 2d 521 (Pa. at 354 (citations omitted). Blaw-Knox , 360 F.3d

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Drug & Device Law

MARCH 6, 2023

The Bone Screw court left open the possibility that it could be persuaded to permit the joinder of claims in a fact-based grouping, such as a group of plaintiffs who received the medical device at the same hospital. 2004) (in which another of our bloggers was involved), In re Baycol Products Liability Litigation , 2002 WL 32155269 (D.

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Drug & Device Law

MAY 30, 2022

2004) (another case we discussed in 2008 ), because the plaintiff failed to “produce[] evidence that the risk. . . Plaintiffs’ treating physician during her hospitalizations, testified that no other. . . Warning causation likewise failed as a matter of law in Motus v. Pfizer, Inc. , 2d 984, 995-96 (C.D. 2001), aff’d , 358 F.3d

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Drug & Device Law

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

After a claim is filed, the Vaccine Act is intended to function as a congressionally mandated Lone Pine order, requiring all claimants to provide “an affidavit, and supporting documentation” establishing when they received the relevant vaccine, what symptoms they’re claiming, and when those symptoms began. 300aa-11(c)(1). Blackmon v.

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Drug & Device Law

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Riccelli , 2023 WL 6267079, at *2 (quoting Children’s Hospital v. 2d 141, 146 (Ohio 2004)) (citations omitted). The actions are not substantially the same, however, when the parties in the original action and those in the new action are different. Ohio Dep’t. of Public Welfare , 433 N.E.2d 2d 187, 189 (Ohio 1982)) (citations omitted).

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Drug & Device Law

APRIL 10, 2023

Dupont Hospital for Children , 393 F. Abbott Laboratories , 2004 WL 3245947, at *6 (Ind. 2004 WL 3313614, at *14 (W.D. 17, 2004); Jones v. 2004); Redland Soccer Club v. United Illuminating , 1998 WL 910271, at *10 (Conn. 15, 1998) (identical opinions). Delaware : Merganthaler v. Asbestos Corp. of America , 480 A.2d

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Calvert Memorial Hospital , 117 F. Defendant] does not deny that it, the doctor, and the hospital are potential joint tortfeasors. . . . 12, 2013) (“joinder of any malpractice, negligence, or misrepresentation claim against the Hospital Defendants with the other product liability claims. . . Baxter International, Inc. ,

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