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Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail

Bill of Health

Modern history is littered with examples of disease outbreaks in carceral spaces, including tuberculosis, influenza, and MRSA. Like these earlier carceral pandemics, the over 620,000 COVID-19 infections and 3,100 related deaths among incarcerated individuals to date simply expose how U.S.

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Hospitals That Ditch Masks Risk Exposure

Bill of Health

Manta This month, New York became the latest to join the growing list of states that have ended their requirements for routine masking in hospitals and other healthcare settings. It also exposes hospitals to the risk of liability. As the U.S. By Nina Kohn and Irina D.

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HHS Warns HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates That Use of Website Cookies, Pixels and Other Tracking Technology May Violate HIPAA Rules

Health Law Advisor

On December 1, 2022, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. These technologies generally operate in the background of a web session and may collect information automatically as the user visits a website. available doctor appointments) and sent to the third party provider.

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Heal Launches Full Service Personal Healthcare Assistant, Renee

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Renee, the first-ever healthcare assistant that combines human support with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to alleviate the burdens of healthcare, today announced the nationwide rollout of its platform.

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Losing Control of Controlled Substances? The Case of Telehealth Prescriptions 

Bill of Health

By Minsoo Kwon Telehealth services that specialize in the treatment of mental health concerns, such as Cerebral Inc., highlight the ongoing challenge of appropriately balancing accessibility of care with patient safety.

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Lessons in Health Data Privacy from the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act

Bill of Health

The past may hold important lessons for our uncertain future of health privacy for patients, physicians, and hospitals in the face of abortion subpoenas post- Dobbs. . Within days of PBAB’s passage, several physicians brought suit in National Abortion Federation v.

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Florida Surgeon Handed Seven Years in Prison for $28 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

The Health Law Firm Blog

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 18, 2021, a Tallahassee surgeon was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for committing health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Enacting Care Coordination Policy to Curb the Drug Epidemic

HIT Consultant

Vatsala Kapur, Senior Director of Government Affairs at Bamboo Health. The U.S. With a post-pandemic spotlight on mental health and substance use disorder challenges, Congress and the Biden administration are working on multiple plans to address these issues.

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Can AI Make Healthcare Human Again? Dr. Topol Says “Yes”

Health Populi

” Dr. Verghese asserts this in his forward to Deep Medicine , Dr. Eric Topol’s latest work which explores the promise of artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, and robotics — three legs of the Fourth Industrial Age stool. [If If you don’t know the work of Dr. Verghese, and since you’re reading the Health Populi blog, you must get to know Dr. V now. ” The U.S. Deep learning AI complements human learning, Dr. T asserts.

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Prenuvo Raises $70M Series A Led By Felicis to Reimagine Preventive Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Funding comes on the heels of rapid growth, including clinic opening in Los Angeles, Calif. Springer, Lasker award recipient; Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23&Me; Steel Perlot, with Eric Schmidt as chairman; entrepreneur Rande Gerber; and wellness investor, supermodel, and actress, Cindy Crawford.

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The Critical Shift in ASC EHR Adoption: Overcoming Barriers

HIT Consultant

Maura Cash RN, BSN, CASC, VP of Clinical Strategies for HST Pathways. Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of many health IT advancements in recent years, and they prove to have a significant impact on both providers and patients alike.

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The Retail Health Battle Royale in the U.S. – A Week-Long Brainstorm, Day 3 of 5 – Apple as “Intelligent Health Guardian”

Health Populi

Apple wants to be your “intelligent guardian for health,” based on a 60-page paper shepherded by Jeff Williams, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Published last week, the paper is one of the big signals trumpeted this U.S. The latter continue to plague U.S.

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When Will Self-Service Come to Health Care?

Health Populi

At least one in three people who have tried out virtual health care have done so because they use technology in all aspects of life and want to do the same with their healthcare. This data point has informed my vision for self-care and the home as our health hub, bolstered in part through the research of Accenture from which this first graphic comes. For U.S. The post When Will Self-Service Come to Health Care?

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The Biggest Threat to Our Health Isn’t the Next Pandemic or Cancer…It’s Climate Change

Health Populi

Before the coronavirus emerged, the top causes of death in developed countries were heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and accidents. Then COVID-19 joined the top-10 list of killers in the U.S. The coroner concluded that Ella was exposed to excessive levels of pollution.

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Telehealth and RPM – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.

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How to File a Complaint Against a Doctor in Florida

Florida Health Care Law Firm

The Florida Department of Health is the regulatory agency responsible for protecting the public in the world of healthcare. They require medical professionals of all kinds to attain a certain level of education in order to gain license to practice in the state.

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Rise of digital health during pandemic energises commitment and expectations of younger doctors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The healthcare industry has a golden opportunity to consolidate the advances achieved in digital health and virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre COVID, 25% of younger healthcare professionals had considered leaving the healthcare profession as a result of work-related stress.

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Top 10 Healthcare IT News stories of 2022

Healthcare It News

But the top most-read story of the year had to do with a challenge nearly every healthcare organization is facing: clinician burnout, and how to help address it. Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession in the next year.

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Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

Kaiser Health News

Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday.

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COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund Expected To Run Out of Money If Congress Doesn’t Act Soon

The Health Law Firm Blog

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the "Provider Relief Fund" (PRF) to help support healthcare providers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., The federal program has served as a lifeline to.

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COVID Uninsured Provider Relief Fund Expected To Run Out of Money Soon If Congress Doesn’t Act

The Health Law Firm Blog

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the "Provider Relief Fund" (PRF) to help support healthcare providers in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., The federal program has served as a lifeline to [.].

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De-identification of Protected Health Information: How to Anonymize PHI

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA Privacy Rule restrictions only covers individually identifiable protected health information. If you de-identify PHI so that the identity of individuals cannot be determined, and re-identification of individuals is not possible, PHI can be freely shared. The U.S.

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Consumers’ Embrace of Digital Health Tech Stalls, and Privacy Concerns Prevail – Accenture’s 2020 Research

Health Populi

Millions of dollars and developers’ time have been invested in conceiving and making digital health tools. Use of mobile apps to track personal health activity fell from nearly 1 in 2 consumers to 1 in 3. Still, at least half of consumers want virtual care services.

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Tele-psychiatry helps small provider expand services, treat during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As is the case nationally, psychiatry is in limited supply in the area of River Valley Health and Dental Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Further, as a federally qualified health center, River Valley is charged with providing comprehensive, whole-person care.

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100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

Kaiser Health News

Ariane Buck, a young father in Arizona who sells health insurance, couldn’t make an appointment with his doctor for a dangerous intestinal infection because the office said he had outstanding bills. including 41% of adults ? In the past five years, more than half of U.S.

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Our Homes Are Health Delivery Platforms – The New Home Health/Care at CES 2021

Health Populi

But for those of us working with and innovating solutions for health and health care, #CES2021 was baked with health goodness , in and beyond “digital health” categories. Heart health at home. The increasingly smart bathroom for health.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company Health and Life Organization Inc. Vincent CEO to exit Eskenazi unveils ambitious effort to combat health inequities in Indianapolis Hendricks Regional Health CEO named to lead Ascension St. Health Law News Health Provider News

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HHS watchdog reiterates importance of preventing telemedicine fraud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recognized telehealth's potential while cautioning that steps must be taken to ensure virtual care will not be compromised by fraud. In that case, the U.S.

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?

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Joyce Lee, Doctor As Designer talks design thinking — Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Joyce Lee MD MPH brings design thinking to academic medicine, and is making a difference in the lives of patients and clinicians by bringing them together in a learning health system. Joyce is a pediatric endocrinologist on the faculty at the University of Michigan. Much of her work is focused on the confluence of all of these streams in the creation of learning health systems. Joyce asks: “Why isn’t health more peer to peer?