article thumbnail

Americans’ Perspectives on Pharma and Healthcare Industries Are Low and Low-Ish Compared with Most Other Sectors

Jane Sarashon

In this last chart, we can see the boomerang shift of Americans’ views of the grocery industry in the past few years, from its apex in 2020 in the stay-at-home phase of COVID-19’s public health crisis.

article thumbnail

Tools, Technology Already Exist for HIEs to Succeed

Healthcare IT Today

Consolidating and coordinating information between providers, payers and public health departments is particularly tough, not only because there are so many providers, but because of the variability between data platforms and systems. In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

4 Key Ways QHINs Will Improve Healthcare Interoperability

HIT Consultant

“QHINs are the pillars of TEFCA network-to-network exchange, providing shared services and governance to securely route queries, responses, and messages across networks for eligible participants including patients, providers, hospitals, health systems, payers, and public health agencies,” according to ONC.

article thumbnail

Managing Healthcare Compliance in West Virginia

MedTrainer

The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) is a collective organization that represents and supports hospitals and health systems across West Virginia, advocating for quality healthcare services and the improvement of health standards within the state.

article thumbnail

The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents

Bill of Health

Article 6 of the TRIPS states that “the exhaustion of intellectual property rights” is left to “each Member free to establish its own regime for such exhaustion without challenge,” a topic that was front and center of the 1998 to 2001 litigation between drug companies and South Africa.

COVID-19 363
article thumbnail

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – June

SQA

The new guidance from the European Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) covers “borderline products” not easily categorized either as medical devices falling under MDR requirements or medical products for human use falling under Directive 2001/83/EC (MPD) requirements for CE Marking.

FDA 91
article thumbnail

Access to Reproductive Technology May Be Impeded by Workplace Law and Policy in South Africa

Bill of Health

Treatments are available almost exclusively in the private health care sector only, with only certain health insurance providers funding treatment. This leaves individuals who are out of pocket, or who have access to only public health care facilities without access to treatment.