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Avel eCare Announces the Acquisition of NightWatch to Expand Pharmacy Telemedicine Services

Healthcare IT Today

Avel eCare, the nation’s leading provider of clinician-to-clinician telemedicine services, today announced the acquisition of NightWatch , a West Virginia-based company that provides remote pharmacy services to hospitals, clinics and nursing homes throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic region. the parent company of NightWatch.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

for physician referral scheme In Los Angeles, hospital CEO pay could be capped Kaiser Permanente ratings affirmed amid healthy financial profile Nurses vote ‘no confidence’ in California hospital administration, board Nursing facility, management company settle physician kickback allegations for $3.8M

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Digitalization in healthcare empowers patients

Healthcare It News

It facilitates access to health data for patients and authorized ELGA health service providers – attending physicians, hospitals, nursing homes or pharmacies. Shirky C (2008) “It’s Not Information Overload. Stanford Medicine 2017 Health Trends Report: Harnessing the Power of Data in Health. Expo in New York.

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COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?

Bill of Health

Civil rights coalitions have deployed disability frames in immigration detention facilities , psychiatric hospitals , jails , and nursing homes to challenge public health failures, and brought voting rights cases to address restrictions on early voting and the availability of ballot drop boxes.

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The Unsurprising Surprise of Social Determinants in COVID-19 Mortality

Health Populi

“There are places where you pay a price in the loss of life because of your address,” Dr. Anthony Iton wrote back in 2008 when he was health director of Alameda County, California. Dr. Iton may have been the first person to coin the phrase about our ZIP codes pre-determining our health outcomes.

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