Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

UPMC Central Pennsylvania, a hospital that in 2021 achieved Stage 7, the top of the HIMSS Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, has been a leader in telemedicine, with more than two dozen robust virtual care programs. "This shows that it is being used by all types of patients," Saiyed noted.

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Electronic Medical Records Telemedicine Health Insurance Health Outcomes 227

HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

After the expiration of the COVID-19 PHE, analysts predict a potential loss of health insurance coverage for as many as 15 million Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees, ages 12 -64. About Talib Jaber Talib Jaber, RPh is the VP of Customer Success at Sunwave Health, Inc.,

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Public Health Medicaid Medicaid Electronic Medical Records 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Software developers and applications collaborating with medical institutions are also obliged to adhere to these laws.

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Electronic Medical Records Doctors HIPAA Pharmaceutical Industry 105

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Software developers and applications collaborating with medical institutions are also obliged to adhere to these laws.

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Electronic Medical Records Doctors HIPAA Hospitals 105

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

A newer category of personal health information, social determinants of health, garners well over one-half of Americans’ interest in access that data. have transformed into health consumers since the advent of high-deductible health insurance embedded in so-called “consumer-directed plans.”

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COVID-19 Federal Policy Doctors Public Health 118

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

Where we physically lived in 2020 transformed into sites for the many daily verbs in our lives: working, learning, praying, cooking/baking/dining, exercising, and indeed, self-caring for wellness and medical care. Sleep has been a key theme at CES, which I began to note in 2018 in this post on prescribing sleep for health at CES.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Electronic Medical Records Hospitals 73

Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

Court OKs denying coverage for mental health, substance-use care. COVID-fatigued health workers are mobilizing. Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID. Now they’re facing a mental health crisis. HHS formally establishes federal health research agency. Colorado COVID Cases Double in a Week.

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COVID-19 Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses 40