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Infection Control and Prevention: 10 Tips For Preventing Exposure and Contamination In Hospitals

Electronic Health Reporter

Sources of infections in hospitals include pathogens from patients, inanimate environments, and medical personnel. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Infection Control and Prevention: 10 Tips For Preventing Exposure and Contamination In Hospitals

Electronic Health Reporter

Sources of infections in hospitals include pathogens from patients, inanimate environments, and medical personnel. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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South Korean Health Ministry calls to make telemedicine permanent

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FINDINGS According to the report, over 25,000 medical institutions provided remote treatment to 13.79 Following positive outcomes, the MOHW now calls to institutionalise telemedicine by revising related provisions in the country's Medical Service Act.

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Deep Space Research Benefits Frontline Healthcare Workers During COVID-19

Electronic Health Reporter

The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the need for autonomous healthcare as frontline physicians and medical personnel struggle to handle overloaded hospitals and overflow facilities. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. It is imperative to keep non-emergent patients out of emergency rooms […].

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U.S. Air Force and SimX Expands VR Medical Training Partnership

HIT Consultant

expansion of its ongoing effort to advance the future of medical simulation training using virtual reality (VR) technology. What You Should Know: – SimX and the U. Air Force are announcing a $1.7M

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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

Either the background and experience expected for CDC’s leadership must change (which might mean having someone other than medical personnel as the Director) or another federal agency must lead us in the fights ahead.

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Exo Acquires Medo to Make Ultrasounds Simple and Accessible

HIT Consultant

– By integrating Medo’s AI, Exo enables more caregivers in more settings to capture and interpret medical images – allowing faster and more accurate diagnoses and treatment. Make Medical Imaging as Easy as Snapping a Smartphone Photo.

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Gates Foundation Donates $5M for 1,000 Butterfly Ultrasounds to Sub-Saharan Africa

HIT Consultant

The device is changing the way the world uses imaging in both routine medical care and life-threatening situations. In war-torn Yemen, medical personnel are being trained remotely by American and Canadian doctors to more quickly diagnose patients.

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VA offers $1B telehealth contract opportunity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DLC purchases RPM-HIT medical device data systems for distribution to either individual VA medical facilities or directly to veteran patients.

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How to Improve Customer Experience in Healthcare with AI

Healthcare IT Today

Patients, medical personnel, operations staff, and insurance companies all expect a first-rate experience when dealing with your enterprise. Conclusion The healthcare industry is based on the fundamental assumption that all humans are entitled to medical care.

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No-code Software One of Many Considerations in the Evolving World of Digital Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

CAHC temporarily deploys licensed and trained medical personnel to provide support during major disasters and medical events.

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EMTALA in the Post-Dobbs World

Healthcare Law Blog

Under EMTALA, hospitals with emergency departments (EDs) must provide a medical screening examination to any individual who comes to the ED, regardless of insurance status.

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Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Girisha Fernando, Founder and CEO at Lyfegen.

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What is CPT Code 90791 ? When & How To Use It

Medisys Compliance

The only significant distinction between the two numbers is that code 90792 covers medical services like filling a prescription. This makes code 90792 only available to psychiatrists and other qualified medical personnel.

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Connecticut Abandons $20M Health Information Exchange They Built In-House

HIT Consultant

Connie, the latest attempt, was to have two purposes: enable medical personnel statewide to access a patient’s full medical history regardless of where the records are kept and analysis to improve care and reduce costs.

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2022 Infusion Industry Outlook: Adapting Care Delivery to Meet New Realities

HIT Consultant

Roger Massengale, Chief Commercial Officer, Eitan Medical. Indeed, with an increased use of telehealth technologies , also a result of COVID, patients are increasingly asking what may be possible to do from home in terms of their medical care.

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Hospital at Home Programs Extended, But Final Push Is Needed

C&M Health Law

At home visits by medical personnel also allow for the patient’s social determinants of health to be assessed, which can lead to more well-rounded care.

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Medical Malpractice Reforms

Florida Health Care Law Firm

The medical community is under attack, yet legislation has been slow to recognize the problem and address the issues. Too often, the result is that good doctors are caught up in legal battles that threaten their ability to treat patients because of medical malpractice claims.

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Healthcare AI – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

The deployment of automation and AI in healthcare organizations will expand in 2023 to handle the growing demand for digital healthcare services, especially in times of shortages of medical staff.

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How to Implement QR Codes Within the Healthcare Landscape

HIT Consultant

Since most physicians and other medical staff already use smartphones and medical apps , QR codes offer an easy and powerful solution for streamlining healthcare operations, reducing technology costs and increasing transparency. Medical device information.

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U.S. Supreme Court Lifts Preliminary Injunctions on Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate

Healthcare Law Blog

The Rule requires nearly all workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities—whether medical personnel, volunteers, janitorial staff, or even contractors who service the facilities—to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption.

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The COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea and its implications on the future of telehealth

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dedication of medical personnel and frontline staff. 30 designated intensive care hospitals in 16 regions in the country have been providing timely medical care to infected COVID-19 patients and Community Recovery Centers (CRCs) were also established for less serious cases.

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Lessons from COVID-19 Pandemic and the Smart Facilities of Tomorrow

HIT Consultant

Smart spaces can be anything from individual homes to entire cities and may include schools, airports, movie theaters, and definitely medical facilities. This pitfall is nothing new to the medical profession — patients sometimes get doctors sick.

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What Can Be Done to Address Elderly Addiction? 

AIHC

This is concerning to the medical community because studies designed to understand how alcohol and drugs impact an aging brain are few and far between. Written by: Tasnova Malek, MD This article outlines the serious problem of substance abuse and addiction among our elderly.

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The Hidden Benefits of Regulatory Compliance in Healthcare

MedTrainer

In a healthcare facility’s management structure, there are generally multiple individuals responsible for ensuring the organization is meeting all regulations, protects patient and worker information, and upholds standards for medical data sharing. Properly implemented regulatory compliance in healthcare improves outcomes for patients, medical staff, and administrators. This law requires all medical personnel to protect patient privacy at all times and no matter the circumstances.

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IT preparedness is key to managing outbreak of COVID-19, says CIO of SNUBH

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

1) Appropriate triage system of COVID-19 patients in order to prevent collapse of entire medical system. In Daegu, which was actually the starting point of community infection in South Korea, the medical system almost reached the collapse threshold.

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Alabama Doctor and 3 Nurse Practitioners Charged With Running Fraudulent Pill Mill

Pharmacy Law Blog

Department of Justice (DOJ), all four allegedly dispensed controlled substances inappropriately, unlawfully and for non-medical reasons. Prosecutors alleged the medical personnel diagnosed patients at the Alabama practice with “vague, unsubstantiated medical conditions,” and prescribed controlled substances in 30-day quantities. By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law.

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Health Provider News – January 7, 2022

Hall Render

HHS: Protections against surprise medical bills implemented at dawn of new year. More Military Medical Personnel Are Assisting Hospitals With Covid-19 Treatment As Staff Shortages Mount. No Surprises Act” takes effect in 2022, limiting unexpected medical bills. Northwest Medical Center joins the UAB Health System; changes name to Northwest Regional Health. Abrazo Health buys 27 acres in Buckeye for new medical campus. NATIONAL.

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Confident Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation

Drug & Device Law

Confident learned intermediaries stand by their medical decisions. He also testified that even if the warning label contained all of the information suggested by [plaintiff’s] expert, he would still have prescribed the medication for [plaintiff]. American Medical Systems, Inc.

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Agree To Disagree – Don’t  Sue the Other Side of a Scientific Dispute into Silence

Drug & Device Law

Time and time again, we have opposed efforts by one side of a scientific dispute – typically involving a prescription medical product – to attempt to sue the other side of that dispute into silence. The statements here were made in a peer-reviewed journal for [medical] specialists.

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Vaccination – No Religious Exemption Required

Drug & Device Law

The unsuccessful preemption claim in Dr. A sought to use the federal COVID-19 regulation implementing the federal government’s vaccine mandate on medical personnel (something we discussed towards the end of our post, here ) offensively against New York State’s vaccine mandate.

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