Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 18, 2022
Fewer than one in five primary care physicians electronically exchanged patient health information with public health agencies in 2019, according to a new report from the Office of the National Coordinator.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Through the Million Health Discoveries Program, the Regeneron Genetics Center will sequence and analyze DNA from Mount Sinai Health patients. The data will be linked to anonymized versions of their electronic health records for a multi-pronged study of personalized medicine by the Icahn School of Medicine. WHY IT MATTERS. In order to learn how effective genetics can be in helping to treat and diagnose most patients and to discover and develop new treatments, Mount Sinai Health and Regeneron are
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 19, 2022
The U.S. Surgeon General’s recent advisory about clinician burnout cited numerous societal, cultural, structural and organizational causes – including excessive workloads, administrative burden and lack of organizational support. The potential fallout of this trajectory is alarming: The advisory cites the Association of American Medical Colleges’ estimate on clinician demand outpacing supply, with an anticipated shortage between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians predicted by 2033.
Bill of Health
AUGUST 16, 2022
By Hayfa Ayoubi and Karishma Trivedi. At the young age of 21, Regina McKnight unexpectedly suffered a stillbirth due to umbilical inflammation. She was a grieving mother, but to the state of South Carolina, she was a killer. In 2001, prosecutors charged McKnight with homicide allegedly caused by her use of cocaine while pregnant. The jury in the case returned a guilty verdict after deliberating for thirty minutes.
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Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 17, 2022
A slow down in the economy may result in job losses and clip commercial enrollment, which would push down a key earnings driver for insurers, Moody’s analysts said in a report sizing up challenges ahead.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 18, 2022
Duke University and the University of Connecticut are two of 13 recipients receiving funding through the third round of Fairness in AI program funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation and Amazon. WHY IT MATTERS. The accepted proposals set goals to improve access to underserved patients and to improve patient care in high-stakes hospital settings.
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
The topic of TEFCA and QHINs has been an extremely important one in the world of healthcare IT and particularly when it comes to healthcare interoperability. In many ways, it’s setting the national infrastructure for healthcare interoperability going forward. So, we should be paying attention. As we continue to learn about how the industry is responding to TEFCA and which organizations are planning to apply to be a QHIN, we thought it would be valuable to sit down with CommonWell and a C
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 14, 2022
The nonprofit accreditation organization said racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare are a quality and safety problem that requires a new approach.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 16, 2022
There is a commonly held belief that social determinants of health like income and education level may negatively impact the use of digital health programs, and that this could widen gaps in health equity. However, a recent study from telemedicine technology and services vendor Teladoc Health found that participants were successful in controlling their diabetes through a remote diabetes monitoring program despite existing barriers to care access.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 19, 2022
Researchers found physicians who provided more care through telemedicine also increased their time spent on after-hours EHR-based clinical and administrative work.
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 18, 2022
The following is a guest article by Chiranjib Gupta, Chief Risk Officer at PayZen. We are witnessing a healthcare affordability crisis in America. Reading the headlines, it doesn’t take long to encounter some horror story of medical costs running rampant: an uninsured woman saddled with bills in the tens of thousands for a complicated birth, a life-saving medication costing a patient hundreds of dollars per vial, the list goes on.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2022
A report released Monday compiles research that shows arrangements, called Certificates of Public Advantage, result in higher prices, lower quality of care and lower wage growth for employees.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 16, 2022
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HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 15, 2022
Multiple ransomware groups have adopted the BazarCall callback phishing technique to gain initial access to victims’ networks, including threat actors that have targeted the healthcare sector. BazarCall is a type of callback phishing, where organizations are targeted and sent ‘phishing’ emails that request a call to a telephone number to resolve an important issue.
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 16, 2022
Today I went with my son to tryouts for flag football. My son has always been active, but he’s never played in organized sports before. Needless to say, I went to the tryouts with a little trepidation for how he’d do. Many of the other kids had been playing already for a couple years. Would he understand what the coach was asking him to do?
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2022
The Boston-based health system struggled with cost inflation, labor shortages and capacity constraints in its fiscal third quarter.
Healthcare It News
AUGUST 15, 2022
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HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 17, 2022
Practice Resources, a Syracuse, NY, provider of billing and other professional services, has suffered a data breach involving the records of 942,138 individuals. According to the breach notification sent to the California Attorney General, Practice Resources was the victim of a ransomware attack on April 12, 2022. Assisted by third-party digital forensics experts, Practice Resources determined that there had been unauthorized access to parts of the network where the protected health information
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Electronic Health Reporter
AUGUST 17, 2022
This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Healthcare is one of the apps that has been uplifted by the latest technologies the most. It’s no coincidence that healthcare app developers are very sought after since they are the ones who can help […]. The article Find the Best Medical App Developers with These Modern Detailed Guidelines appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 17, 2022
A new price transparency rule lends itself to creating a more equitable, cost-effective market for medical coverage, Clarify Health CEO Niall Brennan argues.
Modern Healthcare
AUGUST 19, 2022
The regulation is the first final rule published to implement the No Surprises Act, which limits out-of-network and balance billing.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates to complete a risk assessment. The purpose of the risk assessment is to identify and evaluate all risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic protected health information (ePHI).
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Total HIPAA
AUGUST 17, 2022
Gmail is exceedingly popular among email users for both personal and business purposes — and for good reason. It’s the second most widely-used email platform, after Apple Mail. It’s well run, user friendly, and quick to address any issues that arise. So it’s no surprise that when this powerhouse email platform announced a new “confidential mode,” quite a buzz was created.
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 18, 2022
The shakeup includes the creation of new offices, staffing moves and steps to expedite data releases, CDC director Rochelle Walensky informed staff on Wednesday.
Mobi Health News
AUGUST 17, 2022
Medication management-focused Arine raised $29 million, Epic-based virtual care platform KeyCare scooped up $24 million, and care coordination software company CareHarmony raised $15 million.
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 16, 2022
Novant Health has recently notified patients about a breach of their protected health information due to the incorrect configuration of Meta Pixel code on its patient portal. Code Snippet Sending Sensitive Patient Data to Meta. Earlier this year, an investigation conducted by The Markup into the use of Meta Pixel code on healthcare providers’ websites revealed 33 of the top 100 hospitals in the United States had included Meta Pixel code on their websites, and 7 of those hospitals had added the c
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Healthcare IT Today
AUGUST 17, 2022
The following is a guest article by Tray Chamberlin, Principal at Alexander Group. Industry Growth Requires New and Improved HealthTech Commercial Models . As the COVID-19 storm settles, the HealthTech industry has seen a shift to positive growth. The influx of investment into the sector saw a flurry of new technologies and market entrants. As HealthTech companies raced to unite piecemeal offerings into comprehensive solutions through mergers and acquisitions or disrupt existing markets by shif
Healthcare Dive
AUGUST 16, 2022
On Monday, some 15,000 nurses at 15 hospitals across Minnesota voted to authorize a strike.
HIT Consultant
AUGUST 19, 2022
What You Should Know: – EchoNous , a company delivering AI-enabled handheld ultrasound capable of producing diagnostic-quality images, forms an alliance with Samsung that enables its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Kosmos platform run on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Pro tablets (models 12.0 and higher). – Made possible through the EchoNous/Samsung alliance, this new compatibility will lower the overall price point of the Kosmos platform, which already costs tens of thousands of dollar
HIPAA Journal
AUGUST 19, 2022
Healthcare data breaches are being reported in record numbers with tens of millions of patients having their healthcare data exposed or impermissibly disclosed every year. Healthcare data should remain private and confidential but it is clear that is no longer the case. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently teamed up with the Savvy Cooperative to explore the perspectives of patients about the privacy of their medical information and conducted a survey on 1,000 adults in the United Stat
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