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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Factors Associated with Compliance to the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule: a National Landscape Study. Anticancer Drugs Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration From 2009 to 2020 According to Their Mechanism of Action. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our? JAMA Intern Med.

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Digital Documentation: How PDFs Can Help Providers Expedite Care

HIT Consultant

From documenting clinical care to filing medical claims and registering patients, paper documents have been entrenched in healthcare processes since the inception of modern hospitals. The transition toward more digital recordkeeping in healthcare began in earnest in 2009 with the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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The Heart Health Continuum at #CES2023 – From Prevention and Monitoring to Healthy Eating and Sleep

Health Populi

. “Despite breathtaking medical advancements since President Harry Truman declared war on heart disease 75 years ago, researchers have observed a disturbing trend that started in 2009: America’s death rate from heart-related conditions is climbing again,” the detailed essay explains.

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Cybersecurity is Now a Patient Safety Issue, Suggests Sen. Warner In Congressional Report

HIPAA Journal

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the Sector Risk Management Agency (SRMA) for the healthcare industry, but within the HHS agencies such as the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have their own jurisdictions and cybersecurity policies.

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How Can Health IT Help Reform the CDC?

Healthcare IT Today

He reported poor standardization of data coming out ot at test centers, despite the standards for interoperability delineated in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical (HITECH) Act of 2009. They can help a hospital reliably identify and distinguish patients through biometric palm vein scanning technology.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 5 numbers on the rise of Stark law violations 3 takeaways on the new federal data privacy proposal after its first public showcase 80% of Change Healthcare restored after cyberattack Authentication failure blamed for Change Healthcare ransomware attack Biden administration issues new rule to protect privacy of those seeking reproductive health (..)

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Uber Health Hires First Chief Medical Officer, Aledade’s New CEO, Other Digital Health Appointments

HIT Consultant

Big Health , a digital therapeutics company dedicated to helping millions back to good mental health, today announced that it has added former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs Dr. Anand Shah to its Board of Directors.