Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2023

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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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 25, 2023

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 26, 2023

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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Bill of Health

APRIL 24, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 27, 2023

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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 27, 2023

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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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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 25, 2023

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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare It News

APRIL 26, 2023

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

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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Mobi Health News

APRIL 24, 2023

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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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 26, 2023

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

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 27, 2023

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 27, 2023

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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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 26, 2023

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

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 28, 2023

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

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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Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 28, 2023

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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Healthcare Dive

APRIL 25, 2023

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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