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RFID in Healthcare: Navigating Security & Privacy Regulations

Healthcare IT Today

RFID technology involves using tags and readers to wirelessly identify and track objects. It has various applications in healthcare, including tracking medical equipment and medicines, monitoring patient movements, and managing medication inventory. FDA’s Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA).

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9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension Led by The Cigna Group Ventures to Expand to Employers Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

A recent survey conducted by 9amHealth found that 48% of Americans are on or want to be on a GLP-1 medication, and a staggering 20% would even change their jobs to get access to coverage for the drugs. Clinical outcomes show an impressive A1c reduction of 2.1 in patients with an A1c of 8% or greater, 14.5%

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

HIT Consultant

Dated, static educational pamphlets featuring dense explanations of illnesses and medical procedures just won’t cut it anymore. A quick search will discover that posts tagged with #DoctorsofTikTok have 8 billion views. Complex medical terms can be translated into the patient’s primary language for better understanding.

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Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

HIT Consultant

Patients need human expertise, empathy, and guidance when navigating prescriptions to medication, at-home tests, and other remote treatments that affect their health. Perhaps a patient doesn’t understand how to take their medication or administer an at-home test. Non-adherence to medications is a huge issue.

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Women’s Health Connecticut Leverages MedTrainer Platform to Make More Time for Patient Care

MedTrainer

While some facilities had high adherence rates others were working with outdated OSHA manuals or were using trainings on YouTube that hadn’t been adequately vetted. Other programs had a price tag that floated just above reasonable for their budget. Unfortunately, finding the right fit in a program was harder than she thought.

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Drug Price Transparency: Planning for Change

HIT Consultant

These cost increases have a negative effect on patients and overall drug compliance because people tend to avoid taking medications as prescribed when the cost gets too high. This trend is also confirmed by a 2021 GoodRx survey around medication adherence and drug cost, which shows that 18.7% What’s Next for Drug Pricing.

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FHIR Adoption and Implementation Challenges

HIT Consultant

Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. Devices and apps can easily obtain necessary data through that tag without going through laborious data exchange procedures. For instance, they could need to combine insurance information with patient medical records in a single system.

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