Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 14, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. According to a report, about 50 million (20.4%) American adults had chronic pain, while 19.6 million (8%) experienced high-impact chronic pain. Sadly, researchers and doctors are discovering that painkillers, including over-the-counter medications and potent opioids, […] The article 5 Ways Pain Management Has Advanced with Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 14, 2023

Over a third of physicians said the requirements led to a serious adverse event for one of their patients, such as hospitalization, permanent impairment or death, the survey found.

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Hospitals 250

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2023

The administration says it seeks to bolster the IT posture of federal agencies by making "intentional investments at the right time" as well as address cybersecurity, health disparities and public health infrastructure needs. Improving the nation's cybersecurity Citing the Administration Cybersecurity Priorities for the 2024 Budget Memorandum, the Office of Management and Budget lays out three cyber investment areas for agencies – improving defense, deepening cross-sector col

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 14, 2023

The letters, sent to Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Albertsons, Walmart, Kroger and Costco, urge the chains to clarify their positions on dispensing the abortion pill.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2023

Hospitals across the nation are facing workforce challenges with nurse staffing shortages posing one of the biggest threats to care delivery. More than 100,000 nurses exited the U.S. workforce from 2020 to 2021 due to a perfect storm of issues ranging from burnout and job dissatisfaction to competing family obligations and COVID-related illness. An aging nurse workforce nearing retirement and student capacity limits in nurse education programs are putting additional pressure on nurse staffing.

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Healthcare Dive

MARCH 14, 2023

The agency’s decision on Eisai and Biogen’s newly approved drug contrasts with a stringent Medicare policy that limits coverage to only patients in clinical trials.

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Medicare Medicare 130

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

'Podnosis': Trends that should be on every hospital exec's radar, and the outlook for rural hospitals in 2023 tcarey Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:38

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Hospitals 110

HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2023

Andrew Brooks, M.D., Co-Founder and CMO at TigerConnect The world we live in is becoming increasingly integrated, and as it does, the amount of data also increases. It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes – that’s 2,500,00,00,000 million, for perspective – are created, captured, and shared every day, and experts predict that number will grow exponentially in the coming years.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

The following is a guest article by Chad Peterson, Managing Director at NetSPI As ransomware attacks become more sophisticated, healthcare organizations have become desirable targets due to the valuable data shared across medical records and the constant need for service availability. In fact, a recent JAMA Health Forum report indicates that from 2016 to 2021, the annual number of ransomware attacks on the healthcare sector more than doubled.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 14, 2023

What You Should Know: – Lucid Hearing , a provider of holistic hearing healthcare, and Independa , an award-winning software platform providing remote engagement, education, and care, today announced the launch of the world’s first smart TV-based hearing assessments. The announcement marks the first-of-a-kind offering to improve accessibility and promote better hearing health for all Americans. – The partnership’s breakthrough technology is available on all 2021 or newer

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

SXSW 2023: How retailers like Walgreens and healthcare startups aim to make inroads in underserved markets hlandi Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:49

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

The company will use the funds to circulate its ArteraAI Prostate Test as well as develop tests to support individualized therapy options for other cancers.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

Speech disorder diagnoses in children doubled during COVID, Komodo Health finds agliadkovskaya Tue, 03/14/2023 - 16:11

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

The tech giant also launched its Open Health Stack, a suite of open source tools that aim to help developers build digital health apps in low-resource settings.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

Nonprofit hospitals’ tax exemptions paid off big once COVID relief began flowing in dmuoio Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:32

Hospitals 105

Hospitals 105

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

First-of-Its-Kind Weight Management Solution to Pair WeightWatchers Proven Nutrition and Behavioral Science with the Sequence Clinical Platform WW International, Inc. (WeightWatchers, WW, or the Company) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Weekend Health, Inc., d/b/a Sequence , a subscription telehealth platform offering access to healthcare providers specializing in chronic weight management.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

CMS not likely to follow the VA's example and cover Alzheimer's medication lecanemab, say experts fdiamond Tue, 03/14/2023 - 15:51

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Digital Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

A clearer regulatory framework and better health workforce training will help speed use of AI in the health system, the Rewired 2023 audience were told.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

Surveyed physicians say prior authorization harms patient outcomes, burns healthcare resources dmuoio Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:55

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

Ten years ago, ECRI named the top 10 health technology hazards for 2013: they were alarm hazards, medication administrative errors using infusion pumps, unnecessary exposure and radiation burns from diagnostic radiology procedures, patient/data mismatches in EHRs and other HIT systems, interoperability failures with medical devices and health IT systems, and five other tech-related hazards.

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Health Care Access Nurses Hospitals Public Health 73

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

AbbVie's Humira among 27 drugs subject to Medicare drug price inflation cap rebates rking Tue, 03/14/2023 - 19:50

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Medicare Medicare 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 14, 2023

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

Google launches Open Health Stack for app developers, unveils new AI partnerships hlandi Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:32

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 14, 2023

It feels like a twentieth-century school exercise in penmanship, not a professional office visit. Where else but the doctor’s office are we asked to come fifteen minutes early to fill out a form with pen or pencil, especially when the information is usually already on record? A major goal of clinicians now is to replace paper with convenient forms that patients can fill out on mobile devices at home.

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Doctors 98

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2023

Here's how much diabetes costs employers each year pminemyer Tue, 03/14/2023 - 14:56

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Digital Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board chair, believes Norfolk and Waveney “stepped up” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Mobi Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

BlueRock Therapeutics will utilize Rune Labs' StriveStudy clinical trial platform and FDA-cleared Apple Watch data-collection tool to monitor Parkinson's disease.

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FDA 71

Digital Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

Innovative data sharing between the NHS and high street pharmacy could deliver a leap forward in disease prevention and management of long-term conditions.

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Health IT Security

MARCH 14, 2023

HHS requested $78 million… read more

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Digital Health News

MARCH 14, 2023

Limbic has been announced as the first-ever winner in the brand new scale-up category of Digital Health Rewired Pitchfest 2023.

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