Bill of Health
JANUARY 10, 2023
By Wendy A. Bach and Nicolas Terry. Post- Dobbs , the fear is visceral. What was once personal, private, and one hoped, protected within the presumptively confidential space of the doctor-patient relationship, feels exposed. In response to all this fear, the Internet exploded – delete your period tracker; use encrypted apps; don’t take a pregnancy test.
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 9, 2023
The longtime Congressman and “Medicare for All” proponent will soon assume leadership of the Senate HELP committee, giving him sway in one of the nation’s most broadly influential health policy platforms.
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Healthcare It News
JANUARY 10, 2023
Dr. Zsolt Kulcsar, medical director at Lee Health based in Fort Myers, Florida, says what he has learned in recent years is that telemedicine is great, but it also is a little limiting. There is only so much one can solve via a video interaction. THE PROBLEM. "When the first wave of COVID-19 kind of died down, we met with all of our heads of departments, including cardiology, pulmonary and other key service lines, and we asked them about the limitation of that telehealth interaction,"
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 13, 2023
It is an understatement to say Brad Reimer, CIO at Sanford Health, has his hands full. Sanford Health is a massive health system that serves the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. Today, Reimer is in the middle of a $350 million virtual care initiative, working to overcome health IT workforce challenges, and building a modern data ecosystem – emphasis on modern.
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Bill of Health
JANUARY 12, 2023
By Aparajita Lath. Last month, the patent battle between COVID-19 mRNA vaccine manufacturers continued with BioNTech/Pfizer filing a strong defense and counter-claim to Moderna’s allegations of patent infringement. In their initial August 2022 complaint , Moderna alleged that three of its mRNA patents were infringed by Pfizer/BioNTech. Interestingly, as of January 12, 2023, Moderna has listed 10 patents covering Spikevax (its mRNA vaccine) on its website.
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 11, 2023
The FTC’s sweeping proposal would free physicians to work for a competitor, undermining the status quo in physician-employer relationships, attorneys told Healthcare Dive.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 13, 2023
The subscription-based service sends semi-customized supportive texts based on what users input about their experiences when signing up and without initiation. Reducing healthcare worker burnout. The company's FAQ says the service, developed by a worldwide team of care experts, is designed to complement other mental health services, like counseling or therapy.
Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 10, 2023
The following is a guest article by Michael Kim, Senior Vice President/CIO at MultiPlan. In recent years, blockchain has been one of the most-hyped technologies: A public ledger that lives on a network of computers, each validating any changes in real-time. Unlike traditional distributed databases with centralized management, blockchain offers a shared database, providing security, transparency, traceability, and speed.
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 9, 2023
The number of patients who received virtual care early in the pandemic surpassed those who dropped in-person mental health treatment in a new Rand study.
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 10, 2023
As part of a new collaboration with the Connecticut Children's Care Network, Nest Collaborative will provide unlimited same-day telehealth appointments with certified lactation consultants for parents in need of prenatal and perinatal breastfeeding support. The virtual care services will be delivered without copays, out-of-pocket costs or deductibles for families with active insurance or Medicaid coverage.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JANUARY 11, 2023
This article was updated with additional comments. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently looked at state trends with regard to expanding access to telehealth-based behavioral care during the pandemic and found that states see telemedicine as a key component of maintaining access to behavioral healthcare for Medicaid enrollees. WHY IT MATTERS. KFF's survey of state Medicaid programs found them not only expanding telehealth benefits – for example, providing audio-only coverage of behavio
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 12, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The healthcare sector is rapidly evolving, with clinical researchers and scientists discovering new diseases and treatments. And with various technological advancements today, medical workers can be supported in providing excellent quality patient care in clinics, […].
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 9, 2023
Nurses at eight hospitals originally intended to strike. Ultimately, despite continued bargaining over the weekend, two failed to reach deals in time to stop nurses from walking off the job.
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 12, 2023
A new study, led by health policy researchers from Rand Corporation, and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, surveyed pediatric nurses at an urban children's hospital to assess the factors that may or may not be contributing to feelings of burnout. WHY IT MATTERS. The research – controlling for role, location and unit – found that higher levels of nurse burnout were linked to a greater workloads around quality improvement efforts.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 9, 2023
CVS, Cigna back kidney care coordination, tech startup Monogram Health's latest $375M raise. dmuoio. Mon, 01/09/2023 - 12:24.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 12, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Gait is now recognized as the 6th vital sign and serves as a valuable indicator of health and mobility status. Previously, clinically-validated gait analysis technology was only available in lab settings, making it costly and […]. The article Providers Can Now Learn More About Their Patients with Accessible Gait Analysis Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 10, 2023
Shares in Oak Street, which serves mostly seniors on Medicare, rose more than 32% in aftermarket trading following a Bloomberg report.
Healthcare It News
JANUARY 10, 2023
The National Health Authority of India will now incentivise hospitals for providing valuable service through a new initiative. Under the flagship insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana or AB PM-JAY, the agency will now shift its focus from the number or volume of services provided to the value of services to measure and grade healthcare providers' performances.
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Mobi Health News
JANUARY 12, 2023
The company's CEO said the layoffs will help Verily refine its strategy, prioritize its product portfolio and simplify its operating model.
Electronic Health Reporter
JANUARY 12, 2023
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Darren Ghanayem and Maria Turner, managing directors, AArete. America boasts the greatest advancements in medical research in the world: more Americans have received the Nobel Prize in medicine than Europe, Canada, Japan, and Australia […]. The article Medical Billing Needs To Catch Up with Modern Medicine appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 13, 2023
The state filed suit Thursday against pharmacy benefit managers CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx, alleging they worked with drugmakers to drive up the price of insulin.
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 13, 2023
Large healthcare bankruptcies rose 84% in 2022, though hospitals mostly dodged the bullet. dmuoio. Fri, 01/13/2023 - 14:00.
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Healthcare Law Today
JANUARY 13, 2023
On January 12, 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confirmed in a letter to registrants that the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (P.L. 117-328) (the Act), which was signed into law on December 29, 2022, eliminated the “DATA-Waiver Program” The removal of the DATA-Waiver (or X-waiver) will increase the pool of practitioners eligible to prescribe buprenorphine , a clinically-proven medication used to treat patients with opioid use disorder (OUD).
HIPAA Journal
JANUARY 11, 2023
Healthcare ransomware attacks have at least doubled in the past 5 years, data recovery from backups has decreased, and it is now common for data to be stolen and publicly released following a successful attack, according to a new analysis recently published in the JAMA Health Forum. Healthcare ransomware attacks can be difficult to accurately track, as ransomware is not always specified in breach reports and press releases, and ransomware gangs typically do not publicly disclose their attacks wh
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 10, 2023
Vaccinating as many people as possible to reduce the spread of respiratory illness that can be especially life-threatening for the youngest and oldest Americans is key, argues vaccine law professor Richard Hughes IV.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 13, 2023
Former VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin discusses how his experiences in healthcare shaped his digital health platform for chronic pain patients.
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Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 11, 2023
Verily laying off 15% of workforce, trimming down business lines: 'We've made some hard but necessary choices'. dmuoio. Wed, 01/11/2023 - 16:51.
NEJM
JANUARY 10, 2023
Since the rollout of bivalent vaccine boosters targeting omicron subvariants, research has suggested they don’t elicit superior immune responses as compared with monovalent boosters. What happened?
Healthcare Dive
JANUARY 10, 2023
BetterHelp’s contribution implies a growth rate of 43% for the business, up from previous management targets, according to SVB Securities analyst Stephanie Davis.
Mobi Health News
JANUARY 10, 2023
According to Rock Health's investment report, 2022 marks a significant decline from 2021 when digital health companies raised $29.3 billion.
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