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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

This excerpt from the new book titled “ We Want Them Infected ” is printed with permission from Jonathan Howard, MD and Redhawk Publications. By Jonathan Howard On June 29, 2021, Dr. Harriet Hall penned an essay on the website Science Based Medicine titled “A New COVID-19 Myth?” in which she wrote: A correspondent suggested I should have known that the pandemic was over months ago.

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Without vehicle or viable public transit, 1 in 5 miss needed healthcare: report

Healthcare Dive

Adults with a disability, Black adults, people with low incomes and those on public insurance were more likely to report going without needed healthcare because of transportation issues, the Urban Institute found.

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Children's Mercy, GE HealthCare launch patient progression command center

Healthcare It News

A new 6,000-square-foot hospital operations center at Children's Mercy Kansas City uses artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and real-time information to optimize care coordination from the time of patient's admission until discharge. WHY IT MATTERS Children's Mercy said the center – modeled after NASA's mission control – will localize team members to break down bottlenecks, identify potential barriers and increase patient satisfaction as they advance through

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Teladoc-Philips partnership enables neonatal virtual care in rural Queensland

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new virtual care programme is providing round-the-clock access to neonatal care in rural Queensland. US-based companies Royal Philips and Teladoc have tied up to help deliver the Neonatal Virtual Care programme to hospital chain Mater. The said programme, which was co-designed by the Mayo Clinic, provides patients, parents and bedside clinicians in Central Queensland with 24/7 access to senior neonatologist support.

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Your HIPAA Compliance Checklist: Easily Find Out Your HIPAA Requirements

This checklist is your best free resource for assessing your current HIPAA compliance status. Including all of the components of an effective compliance program, you’ll be sure you’re not missing a single piece of compliance. HIPAA is a complex law - protect your organization from financial and legal ramifications by ensuring your compliance program has all of the proper elements in place.

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Public Health Product Hops

Bill of Health

By Michael S. Sinha, Edna Besic, and Melissa Mann Members of Congress have been focused on drug pricing for the last several years, culminating recently in new drug pricing provisions within the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. One reason for our drug pricing problem is that we allow manufacturers to charge whatever the market will bear for a new therapeutic.

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HHS is prioritizing consumer experience, data exchange, explainable AI

Healthcare It News

During a discussion at HIMSS23 this past week in Chicago, officials with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT offered some updates on how the agencies are working together and with others to help shape a "digital healthcare system of the future" that works for everyone.

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Roundup: Sunshine Private live with Kyra EMR, MedicalDirector and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Sunshine Private Hospital live with Kyra EMR, MedicalDirector Sunshine Private Hospital in Melbourne's west has gone live with Telstra Health's Kyra Clinical EMR system and MedicalDirector solutions. Kyra EMR, which provides real-time access to patient information anytime and anywhere, helps streamline care delivery at the newly opened 75-bed facility.

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Maximizing Healthcare Data Starts with a Human-Centric Approach

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Chris Anello, Director of Digital Platforms at iTech AG The COVID-19 pandemic pushed healthcare organizations to the edge and exposed both challenges and opportunities related to public health data. Some of these opportunities come down to basics of data interoperability and data sharing—challenges highlighted in a GAO report published last fall.

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Lawmakers show bipartisan support for site-neutral payments

Healthcare Dive

Political will appears to be rising to equalize Medicare payments to hospitals and doctor’s offices for certain low-acuity services, according to lawmaker comments during a Wednesday hearing.

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HIPAA: Why It Matters to Your Practice

85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.

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Froedtert & MCW customizes services and tech initiatives around people

Healthcare It News

Wisconsin's Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin health network is striving to meet the challenges of healthcare in part by building healthcare information technology and healthcare services around people and their lives, expanding digital health initiatives beyond its Epic EHR , and diving into app-embedded digital therapeutics. To get an informative look at this strategy, we interviewed Dr.

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Parkview Health gets 70% of patients onto Epic portal, home of its telehealth programs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Parkview Health System, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has incorporated its telemedicine programs into a larger digital health strategy aimed at meeting patients wherever they have a need for care. THE PROBLEM Prior to the pandemic, Parkview Health had many of these technologies in place, but only in small pilot areas, because the ability to gain wide adoption from providers and patients was hindered by numerous insurance constraints.

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A Tribute to Casey Quinlan – Advocate and Renaissance Woman

Healthcare IT Today

On Tuesday April 25 th 2023, the world lost a bright flame. After a long journey with cancer, Casey Quinlan @MightyCasey passed away peacefully with family and friends by her side. Quinlan was one-of-a-kind and if you had the good fortune of meeting her in-person or interacted with her online, she undoubtedly left an impression. She was one of the few people who had zero qualms about speaking her mind – and that is one of reasons why I admired her.

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CMS targets Medicaid payment transparency, wait times in new proposed rules

Healthcare Dive

The agency wants to create maximum waiting times for certain appointments in addition to requiring stronger quality monitoring and reporting standards for Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans.

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HR and Employee Healthcare Reform: Keys to Increasing Employee Wellness and Retention

Speaker: Mallory Herrin, CEO & Principal HR Consultant at HerrinHR

Your employees are your most valuable resource. If you want to retain employees and keep them happy, you want to make the incentives more valuable. With a full-stack employee experience, culture, health, wellness and benefits navigation solution, you can provide employees with the wellbeing support they need. The results? Employees who are happier, healthier, and more engaged, as well as a business that is thriving both internally and externally, every day.

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How Royal Adelaide Hospital is reducing their 'hidden waitlist'

Healthcare It News

The Royal Adelaide Hospital has figured out a way to address its "hidden waitlist" or long wait periods for outpatient appointments. WHY IT MATTERS The hospital worked on a joint project with Personify Care and Healthcare Logic to use digital patient pathways to communicate patient appointments, replacing traditional phone calls and letters.

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Digital care platform helps doc trim costs, increase patients and boost revenue

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. Ahmed Siddiqi, an orthopedic surgeon at Orthopaedic Institute Brielle Orthopaedics in New Jersey, started implementing models of digital, remote and hybrid care in early 2020. THE PROBLEM While the pandemic was one impetus, as an orthopedic surgeon, he also was eager to improve engagement and monitoring for his patients once they were discharged to the home for recovery.

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Digital therapeutics should work 'like magic' to succeed in clinical care

Mobi Health News

At HIMSS23, panelists explained how digital therapeutics must appeal to all healthcare stakeholders – including clinicians, patients, hospitals and payers – to work well in clinical settings.

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Kaiser Permanente to acquire Geisinger, form company to operate other nonprofit systems

Healthcare Dive

Buying Risant represents an opportunity for Kaiser to expand its reach nationwide through targeted acquisitions of nonprofit community health systems.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023. Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more!

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Congress gives $10M to DoD, Philips to advance AI-driven disease prediction

Healthcare It News

New funding from Congress's Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies initiative will enable the Department of Defense Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure project with additional investment based on its success in demonstrating the use of artificial intelligence to leverage data from wearables could predict COVID-19 and other infections 2.3 days prior to diagnostic testing.

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Roundup: Seoul National University Hospital promotes AI-powered early autism diagnosis and more briefs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Seoul National University Hospital opens living lab to promote early autism diagnosis Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea has opened a living laboratory which aims to promote the early diagnosis and personalised treatment of autism spectrum disorder. The lab, which consists of four spaces: an interaction room, a gaze tracking room, an observation room, and a family counselling room, will collect live health data from children with autism, such as voice, language, and gaze.

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How to Build An Effective CDMO Partnership In BioPharma?

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. In the rapidly-evolving landscape of biopharmaceuticals, it has become increasingly important for companies to establish effective partnerships in order to stay competitive. One such partnership that has gained popularity in recent years is the collaboration […] The article How to Build An Effective CDMO Partnership In BioPharma?

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Kaiser names new chief digital officer

Healthcare Dive

Nari Gopala has previously served in leadership positions at Amazon Web Services, Daybreak Game Company and Sony Online Entertainment.

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Streamlined Compliance Facilitates Growth for Multi-Specialty ASC

Discover how MedTrainer solved an unmet need for SurgCenter of Western Maryland, reducing the time and effort it took to monitor and remind staff about crucial annual training. Learn how this intuitive platform helped increase training completion and save staff time, leading to increased efficiency, fewer human errors, and greater overall satisfaction.

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HIMSS' new C-COMM program tracks community-focused care

Healthcare It News

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Charging Ahead with Enovate Medical and JAR Systems

Healthcare IT Today

A nurse or technician in a hospital is asked to do a patient intake or capture their vital signs. In modern hospitals, the staff are likely to grab a ‘workstation on wheels,” which is a computer on a cart, accessorized with useful tools along with a wireless connection. Or they may grab a tablet or cell phone. But can the busy staff person find a free workstation or device?

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Using Untapped Data To Inform Opioid Stewardship In the Hospital

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Richard Dion, PharmD, pharmacy clinical program manager for clinical surveillance and compliance, Wolters Kluwer Health. In recent years, the data collected by health systems has skyrocketed in volume. Unfortunately, studies show that up to […] The article Using Untapped Data To Inform Opioid Stewardship In the Hospital appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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AHIP’s new ad spot targets pharma over drug costs as Congress scrutinizes PBMs

Healthcare Dive

The marketing push comes as lawmakers take a harder look at pharmacy benefit managers, drug purchasing middlemen that are often owned by health insurance companies.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.