Healthcare Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting essential health services, this campaign is more important than ever. The majority of stillbirths and maternal and newborn deaths, however, are avoidable through the provision of safe and quality care by skilled health professionals working in supportive environments. MCN HEALTHCARE. Stay Alert !

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We reached out to six digital health executives for their key takeaways and reflections from attending the recent HLTH23 conference. Patches Seely MBA, BSN, RN, Executive Vice President of Clinical Solutions, Carenet Health “The energy of everyone I connected with was very encouraging. AI has long been a buzzword in the industry.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Primary topic: Government & Policy Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Under Armour sells off MyFitnessPal for $345M; HHS rolls out five-year health IT plan Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Primary topic: Government & Policy Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: HHS requiring hospitals to report flu data; mental health a preferred use for telehealth Featured Decision Content: Region Tag: Global Edition Right Now:

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this regularly updated special collection, we explore how hospitals and health systems are rolling out RPM initiatives: where they're seeing hurdles, which use cases are most successful, how they're getting help from their vendors, what policy and regulatory imperatives may be shaping the future of virtual care, and much more.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 1, 2024

With this being a relatively new topic of research for bioethics, it may be opportune to consider blind spots in the discipline’s own gaze and operations, which can otherwise hinder effective engagement with the issues at hand. The post Bioethics, Psychedelic Therapy Abuse, and the Risk of Ethics Washing first appeared on Bill of Health.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 10, 2023

In our research on the nature of state-level preemption across 15 domains, we examined the ways states are using law to address local control of policies that teach race and racism in K-12 education. As of November 1, 2022,  16 states  had passed laws restricting the ability of educators to talk about race and racism in the curriculum.

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Public Health Governance 144

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2022

These last couple of years have been unusual, to say the least, with a global pandemic that was unlike anything we have experienced before. Given the importance of health equity to our providers, it would not be surprising if providers experienced high satisfaction rates from being able to use an alternative way to provide care.

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Patient Satisfaction COVID-19 Hospitals 178

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 22, 2023

The process aspect involves defining and standardizing workflows, policies, and procedures to ensure that all stakeholders understand their roles and responsibilities.

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Hospitals 83

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 8, 2023

As a member of the HIMSS Global Equity Committee, Kunney advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare. The Committee also works to address health issues in underserved communities. Their focus right now is on policies that have a disproportionate effect on underserved communities.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Globally, medication errors cost an estimated $42B USD annually, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). operating rooms, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Digital document and policy management offers robust options for creating, uploading, reviewing, and approving policies.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 25, 2024

The US health system is in a desperate cybersecurity state of affairs. For example, throughout 2023 about one in three Americans were affected by health-related data breaches. Most of the largest hacks targeted vendors who bill, mail, or provide other services for hospitals, doctors, and other health providers.

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Ransomware US Department of Health and Human Services Regulatory Compliance Compliance 113

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 19, 2020

hospitals, has added American Telemedicine Association Conifer Health Solutions, which focuses on revenue-cycle management, and Gensler, the design and planning firm – bringing in three more diverse perspectives for digital health strategies. WHY IT MATTERS. The COVID-19 Resource Hub , which is open to all U.S. ON THE RECORD.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 23, 2020

Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement Telehealth With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. A recent study showed that clinical implementation of precision oncology is feasible across the across the VA health system, including rural Veterans.

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Department of Veterans Affairs Doctors Governance Hospitals 189

Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2021

” That year the firm began to study the relevance of, well, relevance for organizations especially operating in the health/care ecosystem. Those issues were COVID-19, the 2020 Election, health care policy, racial divides, and equity and access. This includes health care. The top ten were: AstraZeneca.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 13, 2023

The following is a guest article by Steven Lazer, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences CTO, Alex Long, Head of Life Sciences Sales Strategy, and Michael Giannopoulos, Healthcare Global CISO and CTO for the Americas at Dell Technologies. Bias is the most challenging topic of all.

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Governance Hospitals 85

Health Populi

APRIL 13, 2023

This event was billed in the words of the conveners, a “watershed moment to tackle the global water crisis and ensure a water-secure future.” The second charge illustrates my take on the classic social determinants of health (SDoH), those factors that shape our health and well-being outside of our DNA’s influence.

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COVID-19 Public Health Licensing 68

Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

There’s a shortage of medical providers in the United Kingdom, a nation where healthcare is guaranteed to all Britons via the most beloved institution in the nation : The National Health Service. The NHS “supply shortage” is a result of financial cuts to both social care and public health.

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Public Health Governance Licensing Health Outcomes 102

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

JULY 20, 2020

Months into this global health crisis, we are still struggling to get it under control. During the current public health emergency due to COVID-19, the FDA has relaxed some of these requirements. We need to be careful about any clinical or public health policy decisions we make based on the results of these tests.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here's what execs from some leading health IT vendors think about the most pressing challenges – and big opportunities – of the year ahead. Health systems will need to "pre-select and process data in a manner that meshes with its intended purpose and the underlying requirements for data privacy, when and where applicable.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This was my early education in the social determinants of health (SDoH), which I will relate today in a talk at the HealthXL Global Gathering hosted in Lake Nona, FL, at GuideWell Health’s Innovation CoRE.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2022

Barry Mulchrone, Senior Director& Head of Pharmacovigilance Oversight and Analytics, IQVIA Annette Williams, VP & Global Head, Lifecycle Safety, IQVIA. Monitoring the safe and effective use of medicines has now been an essential part of public health policy for several decades. New advances in technology (e.g.,

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COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health World Health 98

AIHC

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This can be extremely difficult for leaders in today’s health care environment. The terms leadership and management tend to be used interchangeably, but they are not the same, although health care leaders must have strong management skills. Increasing your resilience is easier said than done, especially post COVID.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

. “We” was a trio including Antoinette Thomas (@NurseTechExec1), Chief Patient Experience Officer with Microsoft, David Ryan (@DavidPRyan), former long-time Global Head of Intel’s Health/Life Science business; and, me. Understanding the health inequities borne by “telemedicine.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Public Health Health Outcomes 62

Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

The vision/optical industry is one piece of the health/care ecosystem, but the segment has not been as directly impacted by patients’ new consumer muscles until just about now. I was grateful to have an opportunity to share my views with attendees on the vision patient as health consumer through the health economic lens.

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The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Something which has received more attention in the past but has been surpassed by the aforementioned topics in both lay and healthcare policy press has been patient safety. Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. Improving health literacy. I would like to highlight a few.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Electronic Medical Records Hospitals Health Insurance 122

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

I analyzed those general results with health/care implications here in Health Populi. In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance. health consumers.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Health Insurance Hospitals Governance 82

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This has a considerable impact on operational teams such as DevOps and Data Engineering, reporting that around a quarter of their time is being wasted on manual access and security policies implementation on data. Using intelligent automation to improve health data produces better results faster than manually performing the tasks.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Social determinants of health: The next stage of value-based care. Collection. by September 30, 2019.

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Telemedicine Health Analytics Governance Hospitals 82

Hall Render

JANUARY 11, 2023

Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) updated the Mobile Health App Interactive Tool (the “Tool”) to include new questions and new use cases. The updated Tool signals the continued interest that federal agencies have in regulating digital health technologies, including mobile health apps. Regulatory Landscape.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One attack that has made the headlines – the cyberattack on the Australian health insurer, Medibank Private Ltd – confirms the global nature of the current cyber war, which healthcare organizations around the world are struggling to win. The Medibank Cyberattack. Medibank Private Ltd. Steve Alder .

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. It is the system that has become the centerpiece of policy debates, and it is the system that has become more about sustaining itself than serving patients. As CMS Administrator, I am deeply committed to programs, policies, and systems that put patients first. Mohanraj.Balas….

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SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A new template for the Certificate of a Pharmaceutical Product will be put into use in line with China’s pharmaceutical export practices and the latest World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. In addition to these classic topics, developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) will be included in the future.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Although persons with disabilities are increasingly understood as uniquely vulnerable to the climate crisis, they continue to be neglected in climate adaptation and disaster risk readiness policies. These reflections will be published as a digital symposium on Bill of Health , the blog of the Petrie-Flom Center.

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Bioethics Informed Consent Public Health 144

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

Smart phones, wearable devices, telemedicine platforms, artificial intelligence software, internet applications, and other digital health technologies are advancing and transforming disease diagnosis, therapy, and other medical practices by physicians, direct-to-consumer services for better health and well-being, and other healthcare services.

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Licensing Telemedicine Governance Compliance 154

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While the key components of privacy (administrative, uses and disclosures, individual rights, and general security) are all necessary today, I would put privacy, security, breach – and relevant 21 Century Cures Interoperability topics – all together and make sure everyone handling any type of sensitive information be subject to these rules.

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Hospitals HIPAA Nurses Governance 130

Health Populi

OCTOBER 31, 2018

We’re at a fork in the road when it comes to food, retail grocery shopping, and health, which is an intersection I’m increasingly working in these days. I frequently go to Las Vegas for CES (each January, the world’s largest consumer electronics meet-up) and HIMSS (the annual health IT conference). of the U.S.

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