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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association published this week showed that in New York City during the first few months of the pandemic, Black and Latino patients had lower odds of using telehealth versus other modalities.

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Ten In Ten: Manatt’s Healthcare Priorities to 2031

Health Populi

health care system, especially laying bare inequities and inertia in American health care, explained in The Progress We Need: Ten Health Care Imperatives for the Decade Ahead from Manatt Health. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the U.S.

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Telehealth and mail-order abortion possible in some states during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

But those who needed abortions still had to travel to clinics for care – even when it comes to medication abortions, which consist of taking a few pills. Food and Drug Administration regulations, which require mifepristone, one of the medications used in abortion, to be dispensed at a clinic, hospital or medical office.

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Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

Healthcare It News

Precision medicine is about you, the individual, how you react to certain medications, your genetic code and a host of other personal data points. Please stay tuned… Sam Hanna is executive-in-residence and associate dean of healthcare management, technology and innovation at American University.

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Grand challenges and opportunities for patient-centered CDS

Healthcare It News

In this Viewpoint we encapsulate the challenges and opportunities facing patient-centered CDS, or PC CDS, by highlighting key findings from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Findings from a Horizon Scan. [1].

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Electronic Transactions Can Benefit Partnership Among Physicians, Insurers and TPAs

HIT Consultant

By making medical professionals and their staffs jump through hoops to provide evidence-based care, payers are not holding up their end of the payer/provider partnership. Documentation Burden Falls on Physicians Insurance companies and TPAs understand their cost structures and outcomes by procedure, provider, and medical setting.

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SQA News | Summer 2021

SQA

As a side note, I loved watching all the countries represented where we have an Associate and/or client presence. I have been fortunate to meet different clients and Associates all over the world. Finding the Right Associates and Meeting Current Demand. Thank you for all of your support given these challenging times.

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