Healthcare Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
The bill is best known for its signature achievement, but there are lesser known requirements that are difficult to put into practice, experts told Healthcare Dive.
Bill of Health
APRIL 6, 2022
By Cynthia M. Ho. The leaked compromise regarding a “waiver” of international intellectual property (IP) obligations under the TRIPS Agreement for World Trade Organization (WTO) members has met harsh criticism as a shadow of the original proposal to waive international obligations regarding patent, trade secret, and copyright obligations relating to any COVID vaccine, treatment, diagnostic, or personal protective equipment (PPE).
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 5, 2022
Advocate Aurora Enterprises on Tuesday announced its acquisition of MobileHelp, which develops remote monitoring technology and personal emergency response systems. WHY IT MATTERS. A subsidiary of Advocate Aurora Health, AAE invests in and sometimes buys consumer health and wellness companies to expand the Illinois health system's capabilities beyond traditional clinical care.
Compliance Now
APRIL 6, 2022
Jennifer Berman, CEO, MZQ Consulting. On April 5, 2022, the Administration issued new proposed regulations changing certain aspects of the affordability and minimum value rules under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Notably, the rules only impact whether an individual is eligible for federally subsidized health insurance; they DO NOT change the affordability requirements for applicable large employers under the ACA’s employer mandate.
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Healthcare Dive
APRIL 5, 2022
National Nurses United argued before a federal appeals court on Monday that an existing temporary emergency standard isn't enough to protect healthcare workers from the ongoing threat of COVID-19.
Bill of Health
APRIL 8, 2022
By Vincent Sliwoski. In light of the widespread cultural and business culture adoption of microdosing, private sector employers should reconsider the implications of a blanket prohibition on workplace use of controlled substances. Microdosing is the practice of ingesting subperceptual amounts of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin mushrooms or LSD.
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Health Populi
APRIL 6, 2022
He had me at the statement, “I believe health data is medicine.”. Those were the words of Ardy Arianpour, CEO and Co-Founder of Seqster, when sharing with me how his company was founded. We met up last week at the DIA Europe 2022 meeting (Drug Information Association) in the cool SQUARE Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium (my current home base for work and life).
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
This is the fourth transaction for the newly minted Advocate Aurora Enterprise, which launched last year with the aim of building a portfolio of companies beyond acute medical care.
Bill of Health
APRIL 5, 2022
By Sarah Hashkes. When we talk about microdosing psychedelics, it’s important we have a mutual understanding of its definition to be able to conduct accurate research, promote regulations, and educate the wider population. This article will look at three main questions and ambiguities regarding the term “microdosing psychedelics” and suggest a definition that would help promote coherence in the field. 1.
MRO Compliance
APRIL 7, 2022
The Patient Right of Access Rule and a Look at Enforcement Actions. April 7, 2022. Healthcare IT Today. New government regulations never stop in healthcare. It’s just the nature of the business and that’s unlikely to change. However, the reality of this is that some rules get more attention than others. One rule that I think some have missed is the Patient Right of Access rule.
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Healthcare It News
APRIL 8, 2022
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Healthcare Dive
APRIL 8, 2022
The draft guidance, which replaces a 2018 document, sets recommendations for how medical device companies should approach cybersecurity in premarket submissions.
Bill of Health
APRIL 7, 2022
(Clockwise from top left: Alma Beltrán y Puga, Luciano Bottini Filho, Ana Lorena Ruano, María Natalia Echegoyemberry). By Alicia Ely Yamin and Chloe Reichel. Leer en español. In the years before the pandemic, and especially since the pandemic began, there have been increasing calls to decolonize global health. Setting aside what ???y? Abímb??lá rightly characterizes as the slipperiness of both the terms “decolonizing” and “global health,” these calls speak to the need to
MRO Compliance
APRIL 6, 2022
Fast Focus: Information Sharing. Background Summary. The 21st Century Cures Act aims to improve access to health information and a connected healthcare ecosystem by establishing interoperability and anti-information blocking requirements. What started nearly two decades ago with regional Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) has evolved into an inexorable force for good. under the Cures Act and the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rules.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 7, 2022
Bayer to launch 27 telemedicine centres over 2 years in India. German multinational pharmaceutical company Bayer is setting up 27 telemedicine centres in 12 districts across eight states in India over the next two years through Bayer Foundation India. The company has identified the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh to launch telemedicine facilities that will provide healthcare via telehealth.
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 8, 2022
Treatment with Aduhelm would only be covered for patients enrolled in a clinical trial under the policy, which largely follows a draft proposal released in January.
Bill of Health
APRIL 7, 2022
(Clockwise from top left: Kwasi Adusei, Ismail Lourido Ali, Jonathan Perez-Reyzin, Dustin Marlan.). We are excited to welcome our inaugural group of affiliated researchers for the Project on Psychedelics Law and Regulation (POPLAR). Through regular contributions to Bill of Health , as well as workshops and other projects, POPLAR affiliated researchers will share their expertise and perspectives on developments in psychedelics law and policy.
Healthcare It News
APRIL 6, 2022
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 8, 2022
The American Medical Association this week released a report outlining key steps that organizations and policymakers should take in order to work toward equity in the telehealth landscape. "Telehealth has the potential to be an important tool for addressing long-standing health inequities among historically marginalized and minoritized communities that have been impacted disproportionately by the COVID-19 pandemic," said the organization in an issue brief.
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 8, 2022
The FDA is planning to give holders of EUAs for COVID-19 diagnostics and other devices 180 days notice of its intent to end their authorizations, in anticipation of U.S. public health emergency declarations stopping.
Bill of Health
APRIL 4, 2022
By Bailey Kennedy. Statistics released at the end of last year confirmed what many already knew anecdotally to be true. Many women had turned to home births during the pandemic. While the absolute number of women who chose to use home birth to deliver their children was quite small — about 9,000 more women chose to give birth at home in 2020 versus 2019 — the percentage increase was notable.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 8, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Most people don’t realize that it can take up to 15 years and an average of $1 billion to $2 billion dollars just to get one drug developed, pass clinical trials and ultimately approved by […]. The article How Technology Is Improving Success Rates In Drug Clinical Trials appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 6, 2022
"Those of you who think that I'm going to give you a technology talk, you might as well leave now," said Roberta Schwartz, chief innovation officer at Houston Methodist at HIMSS22 this past month. While technology is key to delivering virtual care at scale, the story of the sprawling Texas health system's tele-ICU system, the tale of "getting from ground zero to where we are today," is really "a story of change management," said Schwartz.
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 5, 2022
The Florida locations will be the first Walmart Health centers to use a medical record built by health IT software giant Epic, as part of a partnership announced last year.
HIPAA Journal
APRIL 7, 2022
SuperCare Health, a Downey, CA-based post-acute, in-home respiratory care provider serving the Western United States, has recently started notifying 318,379 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed and potentially accessed by unauthorized individuals in a cyberattack that occurred in July 2021. In its March 25, 2022, breach notification letters, SuperCare Health explained that it identified unauthorized activity within its IT systems on July 27, 2021.
Electronic Health Reporter
APRIL 4, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Inato, a clinical trial platform for community sites, today announced the appointment of Liz Beatty to its Board of Directors. Beatty brings decades of experience in leadership and clinical trial management, along with over three […]. The article Inato Appoints CSO Liz Beatty To Board of Directors appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
APRIL 8, 2022
Walmart Health announced this week that it would open its first centers in the state of Florida over the next few months. The five Walmart Health locations in North and Central Florida will also be the first to use Epic technology, said the company. "Two years after the launch of Walmart Health, we continue evolving and growing to make health care even more accessible to the communities we serve," said Dr.
Healthcare Dive
APRIL 7, 2022
Among the top five telehealth diagnoses in January, COVID-19 tied for second with acute respiratory diseases and infections. Mental health conditions were by far the most common diagnosis, coming in at nearly 60% of all claims.
MRO Compliance
APRIL 4, 2022
Revenue Integrity: How to Reduce Costs and Retain Revenue. April 4, 2022. Journal of AHIMA. As the world prepares to navigate year three of COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic continues to touch every facet of healthcare. For health information (HI) professionals, demands to share patient information and support interoperability present multiple challenges related to the complexities of release of information (ROI).
Healthcare IT Today
APRIL 5, 2022
We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 4/8 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by John Lynn (@techguy) from @hcittoday on the topic “Healthcare Marketing.” In this crossover chat with the #HITMC (Healthcare and IT Marketing Community) community, we’re excited to dive into the […].
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